The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-27
JAPS CUT ROAD
T0uADIVOSTOk
RUSSIANS REMAINING FORTRESS
IN THE FAR EAST is NOW
ISOLATED.
HEAVY FIGHTING IMMINENT
STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE LAND
FORCES WILL BE RENEWED
ON LARGE SCALE.
JAPS R0UT ADVANCING SLAVS
REPORT OF OJESTVENSkY'S
DEATH IS RlDIcULED AT ST.
PETERSBURG.

London, May 25.-The Toxic cores
ponden1 of the Daily Telegraph cables
that the railway to Vladivostok has
been severed, as the result of which
the fortress is isolated.
Toqo's Fleet Located.
London, May 25-The Shanghai cor
respondent Of the Morning Post says
he learns from Il trustworthy source
that Vice Admiral Togo's feet is still
off Masampho, on the southeastern
coast of Korea.
Do Not Believe Admiral Dead.
ST. Petersburg, May %. - The AS
sociated Press was informed at the
admiralty yesterday that no direct
advices have been received from Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky for ten days,
when. it is believed, he set out on his
long voyage. The report of ROjest-
vensky's death was ridiculed at the
admiralty
Linevitch Reports.
Gen. Linevitch. in a dispatch from
the front, dated May II, announces
that the Russian detachment east OF
the railroad, which on May Is ap-
preached the village of ShahOtse and
was attacked by a considerable force
Of Japanese from the coal mines south
of that place occupied Shahotse on
May 10 and continued southwark on
Nav 20. Prince TroubetZkOy' de-
tachment met the Japanese artillery
fire on May II near Ckangtufh sta
ton, but the japanese were forced to
evacuate the position and retire south
ward. The prince on May 20 advanced
further southwark and another Rus
sian detachment on May 20 exchanged
rife fire with a strong Japanese force
occupying the village of Arnangan,
about four miles west of Kinchuantso.
Heavy Fighting imminent.
The news from the front continues
to point to the imminence of re-
newal of fighting on a large scale
Gen. Linevitch is pressing the Japan
csc certer both on the line Of the rail-
way and on the Mandarin road, but
whether he is simply feeling out Field
Marshal Oyama's strength or has as
sumed a genuine offensive is not yet
clear. There is no doubt, however,
that Linevitch has made complete
preparation for a big battle. All the
Russian sick and wounded who were
at Hardin and places south Of there
have beer transported westward to
Irkutsk and orders have been given to
clear the intervening hospitals. The
ok
to the front.
No News of Roiestvensky.
Paris, May 25.--NOthing is known
here of the report that Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky is dead, except brief
extra cali from a London paper to
which no Importance is attached. ow-
ing to the complete absence Of knowl-
edge of the whereabouts Of the Rus
sian feet. The officials Of the Russian
embassy here discredit the rumor as
circulated in the interest of the JAP
anese.
Japs Rout Advancing SlaVs.
Toxic, May Z5-Imperial army head
quarters reporting to-day, says:
"The Russian cavalry which de-
toured toward Fukumen from the
right bank of the Lao river was fire.
quently defeated by our rear guards.
On May 20, after their failure in the
vicinity of Tafangshen, they camped
with the main strength at Siaotatzu,
twenty-six miles from Fakumen, and
on May Il they retreated to the right
bank of the Malien river
''In the meantime a few companies
of the enemys force remaining on the
left bank of the Malien river were de-
feated ard reiterated nOrthward in dis
order. Otherwise the situation is I'M
changed