The San Francisco call., 1904-06-07
BROWN SOLDIERS
ARE DRIVEN FROM
THEIR POSITIONS
Cavalry of Warning Nations
Meets in a Hand to-
Hand Conflict.

ST. PETERSBURG, June General
Kuropatkin telegraphs to the Emper-
or, under date of June 4, as follows:
Fuller reports give particulars of
the affair near Wafengkau station on
May 80. A detachment of Russian cav
airy, consisting of dragons, Cossacks
and mounted chasseurs, with a bat
terry, on its way from Vanzalon, was
informed that two companies of the
Frontier Guard were engaged with the
enemy occupying a position near the
village of Yendziatun. A portion of
our cavalry advanced toward Wafeng-
kau, while two squadrons of dragons
were sent to support the Frontier
Guards and one company of chasseurs
was sent to protect and reconnoiter
on our right flank in the valley of Fu-
chau. After accomplishing this mis-
sion the chasseurs and a company of
Cossacks formed the right flank of our
position.
Toward / o'clock the enemy began
to debouch in considerable force from
Lutsiatun, with the object of attacking
our advance line. Two companies of
Siberian Cossacks crossed the railway
in front of the cavalry and attacked
a squadron of the japanese advance
guard, almost entirely destroying it in
a hand to hand fight They afterward
encountered the fire of Japanese in
fantry.
Two squadrons of our cavalry and a
battery of machine guns hurried up
and then, retiring, drew after them a
second squadron of Japanese cavalry.
This squadron followed until it came
into contact with a detachment of
chasseurs, who succeeded in firing eight
- a int he
ron, which then fell back, having suf-
fered considerable loss.
RETIRE IN DISORDER
while retreating to the left, the
japanese squadron came under the fire
of a company of the Frontier Guard,
which had advanced. and the squadron
retired in disorder. Our dragons came
up at this moment, but owing to the
typographical conditions they could not
participate as part of our front, but
fired upon the enemy from the heights
north of Lutsiatun.
Discovering our endeavors to turn
their left. the Japanese retired to
second position. Our battery got into
position and opened a successful fire
on the Japanese infantry with machine
guns
Meanwhile a movement Of the en-
emys infantry toward Lutsiatun was
observed and subsequently. at about
. %. m dense lines of infantry were
seen occupying the crest Of the heights,
which had been previously occupied by
dragons.
"Our losses were Lieutenant Won
Meyer seriously wound d; Lieutenant
Brandt, slightly wounded three men
killed and forty-two wounded.
1T appears from a report found on
the body of Japanese non-commis-
stoned officer that the Fourteenth
Dragons alone lost seventy men.
JAPANESE DRIVEN BACK.
"Our Cossacks were fired upon by
japanese infantry occupying a fortified
position on the heights near the vii
lage Of Khotsiaputse, eighteen miles
from Fengwangcheng. At the outset
the japanese attempted to advance
across the valley of KoaulindZypho,
but were stopped by an accurate fire
from our field guns, which the Co.'S
sacks had succeeded in bringing into
position.
The Cossacks dismounted and. with
the aid of reinforcements and the fire
of two guns, forced the japanese TO
abandon their position and retire under
cover of their supports. The engage
ment lasted from l p. m. until 6 p. m.
ION the japanese side six companies
TOOK part TOUR having arrived as REM
forcements. The intrenchments of the
enemy were well constructed and per-
fectly masked.
Our cavalry worked the guns ad-
mirably. Their fire contributed prin-
cipally 10 our success. Our losses were
the gallant Cossack chief, Strakoff
killed; two officers slightly wounded
and two bruised. The japanese losses
were not ascertained, except that they
WIRE larger than ours"