The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10
RUSSIANS OCCUPY
MANCHURIAN TOWN
VILLAGE OF CHAUTANDHENAU
TAKEN AFTER AN EARLY
MORNING BATTLE.
SHARPSHooTERS ENTER
49, VILLAGE OF FANSHEN
Shoot and Bayonet Many Japanese
and Then Retire-Rumor of Success
sor to Observation-Disclosures with
Stoessel.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 6.-Gen. Kuro-
ruary to Emperor Nicholas, said:
The village of Chautandhenau has
been completely occupied by our troops
after a fight at five o'clock this
morning. We reconnoitered the viii
lagos of Fanshen and Poudzova, occu-
pied by the enemy, and after several
volleys the sharpshooters entered
FanShen and shot and bayoneted
many japanese. The latter were rein
forced and attacked the sharpshooters,
who retired carrying off their dead or
wounded.
ION our right flank the Japanese left
LOO corpses of which number We
buried 81. One of our patrols blew up
the railway eight miles south of
Liaoyang January 81 and February 2.
No reports Of further encounters have
been received"
New Commander Rumored.
RumOrs OF Gen. Kuropatkin handing
over his command to Gen. Linevitch
Commander OF the First army, have
been current in ST. Petersburg since
the announcement that Gen. Gripen-
berg had been relieved of his command
OF the Second army. The war Office
declares they are improbable, but is
unable to deny them. A distinguished
general said that evidently there had
been friction between Gen. KuropatlIin
and Gen. Gripenberg.
Jap Right Wing Bombarded.
Toxic, Feb. 6.-Manchurian head
quarters tele2raphing under date of
February . says: ION Thursday, Feb
ruary 2, the enemy's artillery bonn
barded from several points our right
wing. Otherwise the situation is I'M
charged. In the direction of our CEN
ter. at 1880 Friday morning, Febru-
airy 5, one company of the enemy's
Infantry attacked our outposts from
the Mukden road, and later another
section was attacked in the neighbor-
hood of Wanchiayuantzu. Both at
tackS were repulsed. In the direction
OF our left the enemy has been attack
ing in the neighborhoOd of Liutiaokou
since the morning Of February 2.
Their force, which consisted of the
First and Fifth rifle brigades, was
driven back toward Changtan. The
elemy's losses are estimated at 700
We witnessed the removal of over 800
dead"
The Russian dead already inferred
after the battle of Heikoutai, in the
aeighborhood Of Sumpao alone, num-
Der 900.
Stoessel at Ceylon.
Colombo. Ccylon, Feb. Cen.
StCessel, the former commander of
Port Arthur, and the Russian officers
and others accompanying him arrived
here Saturday from Japan by way of
Shanghai on board the French line
steamer Australian. In an interview
the general denied the statements pub
iished to the effect that Port Arthur
was surrendered prematurely. He
vas especially Indignant at the state
Tnents made by a London newspaper
January %. in dispatch from Picking,
that there were at the time of the sur
render $4,000 able-bodied men in Port
Arthur capable of making sortie,
plenty of ammunition. the largest
magazine being untouched and full to
the roof, and that there was an ample
supply Of food for three months even
il no fresh supplies were received The
general characterized these statements
as unjustified and not supported by
facts.