Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-06-30
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prssTANS DEFEATED BY JAPAN.
EsE AT MANCHENZOU.
llrs Were Finally Taken BY Assault
russians HOIsted Red Cross Flag,
hut It Did Not Stop jap Firing
sity corpses Left on the Field
Russians Retake Positions.

Toxic, June 26.-The following dis
D.tcb has been received from the Jap
.nese army headquarters in Man
churia;
nThe enemy holding the northwest
..trance of Manchuria was attacked
md dislodged on the afternoon of June
y but a portion Of them holding the
slIls to the west offered stubborn re-
.istance and the hills were finally TAX
4 by assault. Another force of the
enemy holding the hills due north was
hacked from the front and we stimuli
aneously resorted to turning move
mept from the northeast, interrupting
bls retreat and causing him heavy
Oss.
aThe enemy in confusion hoisted the
Red Cross flag, but this did not
.fou our firing, and he fed in dis
mder. His strength in cavalry and in
sDtry was some 5000 men and several
guns Fifty corpses were left on the
field. The enemy's loss was fully 200
bur loss was Insignificant"
Russians Regain Positions.
St. Petersburg.-The emperor has
received the following dispatch from
General Linevitch, dated June %:
after the Japanese advance on our
tight flank, which l have already re-
ported, the enemy advanced against
bur front east. Of the railroad, where
he Cossacks, noticing the enemy's ad-
Iantage, had withdrawn slowly.
"on June 10 our cavalry, having
been reinforced, met the Japanese adj
Iance, when the enemy hastily with
REV to the southwark.
@0n the morning of June 20 our cav
lIy reoccupied points on the Man
iarin road. Japanese infantry began
t o'clock on the same day a deter
mined advance against Gugichi, open
ing an artillery fire on our outposts.
1t noon our men to the north with
rev and the advance guard of the d.
vision retreated still further to the
heights north of Schichusa in face Of
superior numbers, finally falling back
s far as Liaoenjao. The fight ended
the evening, the enemy remaining
some four miles south of this spot
was found later that two regiments
japanese infantry and two regi-
nents Of cavalry, with machine, noun
ain and field guns, had advanced
long the Mandarin road.
TO the west three battalions Of in
antry, squadron of cavalry and
hree guns advanced. We resolved to
iyance on June 20 in order to drive
be enemy back and to enable our adj
ance guards to recover their former
0stions For this purpose the troops
elected began to move toward Liaoen-
30. Scouts were thrown out and the
japanese retired before our advance
yards.
In the evening of June 20 our adj
alced troops occupied Menchuagia
I'd pass to the west of that place.
'On the morning of June 81 our fur
AeF advance began, and the enemy,
arsued by us, retired gradually to po-
lions near Rescopingao. A lively fire
vas opened by degrees, four Japanese
arteries being engaged. The Japanese
moved disposition to offer an obsti-
ale resistance, and the appearance Of
u troops here caused confusion
aong them, compelling them to send
y Endorsements.
The object Of our advance being
NY attained, our troops were with
avn in the falling darkness, the po-
aons which the enemy here occupied
wore our advance remaining in our
lnds.
Japanese battalion and 200 cav
appeared north of Chajushen,
aFea, on June 90"