The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-08
PIT. ARTHUR
CUT OFF
Russians Are Forced to Fall
Bacti..
JAPANESE AT KAYCHOW
Mikado'S Troops Have Advanced
Close to the Town and
Hold Strong Position

LONDON, july S.--A IatchekiaO dis
patch says that the japanese in force
have swarmed over the mountain
crcsts and advanced on Kaichow COM
peiling General Chirikotf, with the cen
ter Of the Russian vanguard, to fall
back.
A whole brigade of japanese. with
masses Of cavalry, followed ana occu-
pied the village of Nantay, driving out
two companies of Russian infantry and
two companies of Cossacks who were
intrenched there. The Japanese have
arrived within five miles Of Kaichow,
and both hold a strong position.
General SamsonoI made heroic at
temps to check the Japanese, galloping
out with guns TO shell the japanese left
and inHicting great loss on them. But,
fearing his retreat would bee cut OF,
he fell back and is now holding Kai-
chow. General Chirikon-s force is sta
toned southeast of kaichow. The
plans Of the Japanese remain a mys-
terry to the Russian commanders.
There is no doubt that the appear
ance Of the Japanese 50 close TO Kai-
chow is one Of the most crucial fea-
lures of the present situation. This
leaves an opportunity either for a Wig
orous defense of Kaichow. bringing
south for this purpose General KurO-
patkin, who is still ut Tatchekiao. or
Tor the Russians TO evacuate Kalchow
without serious resistance, probably
concentrating at Tatcheliao, at which
is the end of. the branch railroad con-
Meeting Newchwang with the main line
and apparently the last place where a
stand could be successfully made to
prevent the Japanese from pushing
across the peninsula, seizing New
chwang and Yinkow and establishing
"A new base on the west coast of the
peninsula.
The fact that the japanese outposts
are gradually being pushed out along
the whole front, even to the north of
almost anywhere along the railroad.
A Chefu dispatch says that in the
fighting which occurred for the posses
sion OF one of the hills northeast of
Port Arthur the Russians lost, accord
ing to Chinese reports, 100 men killed
and fifty wounded. Fifty Chinese were
sent out TO bring in the Russian dead
and wounded.
Chinese say the entrance to the har-
bor 10 Port Arthur is unsafe for the
passage of vessels. One Russian war
ship was slightly damaged while com
ing out recently as a result Of striking
sunken wreck and two other war
ships cOliided in the entrance and had
10 undergo repairs.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff has reported
TO st. Petersburg that the Russian
cruisers front Vladivostok, commanded
by Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff, met a
japanese squadron, consisting of three
battleships, four protected cruisers and
torpedo boats, in the Korean gulf and
turned back. The Japanese pursued
the Russians, the battleships and cruis-
ers firing on them without result. Jap
anese torpedo boats then attacked the
Russians, which returned the attack,
and Admiral Besobrazoff believes that
two Of the enemy's torpedo boats were
sunk by the Russian fire The Rus
slams sustained no'damage.
A Chefu dispatch says that Chinese
who have arrived there from Port Ar
thur say the Japanese forces have
sormed a complete Gordon around the
land side of the town and that they
are occupying all the commanding
hills, including Wolf mountain, with
in a radius of seven miles of the forti-
fications.
The Chinese say also that two large
warships are missing from the squad
ron which went out from Port Arthur
and that the Russian battleship Sevas-
topol has been damaged.
The Japanese bombarded Port Arthur
from the sea on June 80, but did no