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CLOSING ON KUROPATKIN Sweeping Advance by Kuroki. Passes in the Motien Hills Forced Assault on Port Arthur Forts. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Tuesday.-The Czar ha" received the following telegram, dated yes- terday, from General Kuropatkin Yesterday, June 26th. Japanese troops at- tacked the advance troops of our eastern front posted before the Fen-shiu-ling, Mo- tien-ling, and Ta-ling Passes. Our cavalry and infantry, while retiring under the pres- sure of the Japanese, ascertained that the attack on each of the above-mentioned passes was made. by a superior force. It was further established that the attack on the Ta-ling Pass was carried out by a di- vision of the Guards, besides other troops. Besides their frontal movement, the Japa- nese turned both flanks of our troops, occu- pying the Fen-shiu-ling and Mo-tien-ling Passes, employing considerable forces for the purpose in each instance. On the morning of June 27th a small Japanese force attacked our troops who had retired from Fen-shiu-ling Pass to Tikhe, but was easily repulsed. On the evening of June 26th, after having thrown back our advance guard troops from W angt-siaputse towards the Ta-ling Pass, the Japanese continued their advance against our position on that pass. The troops of our advance guard for some time offencd resist^ce to a brigade of infantry, with three batteries advancing against our front, but, finding they were in danger of being outflanked by other Japanese troops, they fell back. It has been established by reconnaissances that a portion of the Japanese army,in the south is advancing northward to effect a junction with General Kuroki's army, and at noon it was reported our cavalry was hotly engaged at Sen-yu-cheng. Collating al lthe information received dur- ing the last few days, the strength of the Japanese army advancing on our Manchu- rian army can be estimated at eight or nine divisions of infantry and several brigades of cavalry. The Japanese have now brought up their reserves into their first line. [Note.—The Ta-ling Pass is about 65 miles due east of Liao-yang. The Mo-tien-ling Pass is about 30 miles south-east of Liao- yang.] KUROPATKIN DECIDES NOT TO FIGHT. Rome, Wednesday.—A Tokio telegram to the "Agenzia Libera" states that creneral Kuroki's trocps have occupied. he ^mtien- leng Pass, where the Russians were en tienehed, after sanguinary nghtmg. General Kuropatkin, it is addeJ, is retiring on Liao-yang, and refuses a general action. —(Central News). BATTLE LINE OF OVER 150 MILES. Tokio, Tuesday.—General Kuroki, who:? combined armies now number v_ons\ierably over 200.000 men. holds a line extending roiii Siungyucheng, c he west coast of the Liao- .Y I tung 0 peninsula, a point north of ibaimatsi >—nearly 1&) miles. The forces at Siungyr.cheng, WhICr, are a division detached from General Oku's army, are also advancing rapidly northwards along the railway. The battle may become a general engage- ment between the main armies witnin the next twenty-four hours, and the scene will probably be at Tashihchao, Simuch.ng, or Haicheng.—("Daily Express.") PORT ARTHUR AGAIN UNDER FIRE. Chifu, Tuesday.—The last batch of Chinese who have arrived from Port Arthu- state that the Japanese fleet incessantly bom- barded the fortress from dawn to iark on Sunday. They believe that a great battle was in progress on that day. Cannonading has been going un since Fri- day last. The Chinese report that they saw a large Japanese warship being towed, dis- abled, towards Nagasaki. A Japanese man and a woman have been arrested at Port Arthur, having been dis- covered signalling by means of tele- graphy to the Japanese ships at sea.- (•'Daily Express.") VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON UNDER- GOING REPAIRS. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—The "Novoyfc Vremya's" correspondent at the front tele- graphs "The Vladivostock squadron is in port be- ing cleaned and thoroughly overhauled, es- pecially the boilers and engines of the crui- sers, with a view to wringing these vessels up to their original speed and efficiency. The torpedo flotilla is also under repair, having been a good deal strained by the heavy weather encountered during the recent cruise. It will be several weeks before these re- pairs and renovations are completed. Every- thing is quiet in the Vladivostock region." I Reuter. ANOTHER RUSSIAN WARSHIP OUT OF ACTION. (Central News War Special.) Tokio, Tuesday.—It is reported this after- noon that another Russian battleship has been discovered stranded off Tiger Rock. It is presumed that she was wrecked .in running back to Port Arthur after the re- cent naval fight. (Press Association War Special.) Chifu, Wednesday, 2 p.m.-Chinese, who have arrived here by junk report that a large vessel, presumably Russian, is on rocks ten miles S.E. of Liao-tshan, with three fun-j mels and two masts above v, iter. After Japanese warships left Port Arthur on 24th inst., Russian fleet again emerged and remained outside for a short time. Fighting is continuous on the land side and frequent attacks are made from sea. The weather has been stormy since Mon- day. In Manchuria extreme heat prevails. RUSSIANS FINAL ATTEMPT TO DE- FEND PORT ARTHUR. (Press Association "Times" Telegram.) Tokio, Tuesday.- ith reference to th9 attempt of the Russian fleet to escape from Port Arthur, it is believed in Japan that, although the exit is practicable, it is so diffi- eult as to make the enterprise impossible during the right. Moreover, the ship.: could not all get out and steam tway in one night. Therefore, the only chance of escape for the fleet was b emerge during the dav and commence the flight at nightfall. It is not imagined that the Russians had anv inten- tion of fighting. All accounts indicate that the Russians in Port Arthur mean to make a resolute stand at Tuchintsoc, where the preparations re- semble those made at Nanshan. KUROPATKIN NOT PREPARED TO FIGHT. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Wednesday—The "Novoye Vremya" publishes a telegram stating that General Kuropatkin does not consider the time has yet come to fight a decisive battle with all his forces and that he will prefer to retire northwards on his entrenchments. UNOFFICIAL REPORT FROM TOKIO. (Press Association War Special.) Tokio, Wednesday. 3.30 p.m.-An un- official report has been received here stat- ing on Sunday Japanese attacked and cap- tured three forts to south-east of port de- fences at Port Arthur. There is no confirmation of this report. RUSSIAN STRATEGIST'S TRIBUTE TO THE JAPANESE. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.-General Drago- Diiroff, who is unquestionablv the best strate- gist in Russia, and whom age alone pre- vents from assuming the command, pays a high tribute to the military skill of the Ja- panese, which sounds very like criticism of the Russians. He says: — "The Japanese are never scattered about, and they always know exactly what they want to accomplish. Having set themselves an aim they know how to concentrate their efforts on attaining it. and never lose sight I of it under the influence of various fancies) and velleities originating in fleeting impres- lions of the situation and in suggestions made by adventures and jobbers, who are found in large numbers, especially on general .18úfa. "Dally Telegraph." ( RUSSIANS ADMIT DEFEAT AND I RETREAT. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Wednesday.-A Russian correspondent sends from Haicheng a vivid description of fighting on the left wing of the great Japanese army advancing against General Kuropatkin. His telegram is dated June 28th. "The Japanese," he says, "have now passed Daiin Hill and are twenty miles south of our position. A heavy engagement is expected to-morrow near the village of Simu- eheng, fifteen miles south-south-east of Hai- cheng, and an equal distance due east of the railway. "I returned here from Tashichiao at dawn to-day. Terrific rains had rendered the roads almost impassable. "Our regiments were camped on high ground, and the signal fires on the hilltops glared and lighted up the bivouacs and horse-lines of our cavalry regiments. "On the road long trams of soldiers and transport constantly passed and repassed me. "Our men are in excellent condition, and General Kuropatkin and his stall are appar- ently quite easy in their minds as to the issue. "The Japanese have given us time to unite and strengthen our base and fiank, while General Kuroki is not so secure as he was formerly from a dank attack. "General Kuroki cannot get round our position without forcing a fight. "The total losses in the Dalin Hill fight are not yet known. "Eighty wounded arrived here yesterday, and a hospital train with two hundred wounded passed through on its way to Liao- yang. "The fighting occupied the whole of the :i>th and 27th. "ihs Japanese successively pushed the Russians from three positions, occupying them with their artillery as the defenders retired. from the wounded I hene gathered in- teresting narratives of the two days' fight- ing- "They say that the Japanese again demon- strated their reliance on their artillery, pounding the coveted position into subjec- tion. "The Japanese were greatly superior in. numbers of men and guns, and on the second day they brought up a heavy battery, which silenced the lighter Russian guns and caused severe loss. "The Japanese artillery practice, how- ever, was not so accurate as usual. "They several times shelled empty posi- tions or overshot the Russian columns. "The fight started at dawn, fifteen versts south-west of Dalin Hill. "A Russian Rifle Brigade held the posi- tion till noon in the face of a heavy artillery fire, but were finally outflanked by infantry and cavalry, the Japanese actually getting a field battery in the rear of the position. "The brigade then fell back to Dalin Hill, and the hght was continued from 4 o'clock until dark, the brigade being supported by a battery. "At night all the Russians retired north- ward. "The Japanese worked furiously all night I 1 erg, and in the morning we found that they had two batteries employed on the indicated Russian position. "The fighting was resumed at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 27th. "The Russians silenced two Japanese batteries, but the Japanese brought up a train of big guns, end silenced the lighter artillery, which was running out of ammuni- tion and wao again forced to retire. "As the Japanese cavalry and infantry threatened to surround the Russian position, a general retreat became necessary. "Th3 Russians carried off all their guns, and got their revenge on a Japanese cavalry cl column which was caught in close formation, and was shelled with terrible effect and forced to scatter." REPORTED DEATH OF THE "MORN- ING POST" CORRESPONDENT. In reproducing a Reuter telegram to the effect that Mr. Knight, the "Morning Post., war correspondent, has been killed at the Wafangtien battle, the "Morning Post" re- marks that on the 24th of June Mr. Knight telegraphed from the Japanese headquarters that he had received permission to join a force that was moving. [Note.—Mr. Knight, it may be mentioned, lost his right arm in the South African war.] OUTRAGEOUS ACCUSATIONS B7 IRRESPONSIBLE RUSSIANS. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—A semi- official telegram of yesterday's date from Liao-yang, says General Kuropatkin has issued an Army order directing the troops | to treat fallen or captured Japanese with respect due to brave foes, tind to render military honours to fallen soldiers and to care for the wounded just as if they were Russians. This order is doubtlessly intended as a response to the excellent treatment which wounded Russians have met with in the wounded Russians have met with in the Japanese hospitals. Unfortunately reports have lately come in of outrages on the Russian wounded, and the military organ of Liao-yang specifies in- stances of mutilation, of which it asserts the Japanese troops u have been guilty, declar- ing that the latter differ in no respect from the ancient barbarian population of Asia. REPORTED "ENDING DEPARTURE OF RUSSIAN WARSHIPS. St. Petirsb'tr- Tuesday.—According to a T Russian naval officer, a portion of the second Pacific squ'idri.n leaves Kronstadt to-day, but I cannot to-night verify this important bit of new?. In connection with the above, it is note- worthy that Vice-Admiral Avellan, Minister of the Navy, yesterday inspected the Sissoi Vc'iki, Os'iabia, and Kniaz Souvoroff while Admiral Enq iist, second in command of the new squadron, was received in audience by the Emperor and Empress a few days ago, giving the -repression of making parting visits.—"New York Herald" per "Daily Telegraph. INFERIOR TO THE JAPANESE IN NUMBERS DESPAIRING OUTLOOK. Paris, Tuesday.—A French engineer who has just returned from Mukden has, in an interview with the St. Petersburg corres- pondent of '.he "Petit Parisien," expressed a verv unfavourable opinion of the condi- tion of the Trass-Siberian Railway. He concludes from his own observation that the actual transport of troops does not exceed 1,000 men per day. He reckons that in the three months during which that transport has been effected not more than 90,000 men have been conveyed to the seat of war, and /with the inadequate means at the disposal of the authorities even that was a "tour do force." I PENETRATES INTO A JAP CAMP: DARING ESCAPE. (Press Association War Special.) I St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—A Liao-yang despatch states that the Commander-in-Chief has conferred the Cross of St. George on a non-commissioned officer named Wolkoff, who, being able to speak Chinese, succeeded dressed as a Chinaman, in penetrating into the Japs camp at Siungyocheng and making a thorough reconnaisance of it, afterwards preparing a report for his commanding officer. ° On his return he came into contact with a Jap patrol of thirteen men, who were col- lecting information regarding the position of the Russian forces. Wolkoff was seized, but proceeding to in- terrogate him, he drew a revolver and shot several men. Eventually he escaped on a Japanese horse. It has been proved that Japanese guns have shorter range than the Russian They use shells which, on their explosion, emit poisonous gases. SOLDIERS ENTER BATTLE LIKE SHEEP TO SHAMBLES. Newchwang, June 27.—I have seen a trans- lation of a private letter from an officer m! high command under General Kuropatkin. It reveals a gloomy state of affairs. The writer says: — y "It is sad to see our officers constantly quarrelling. They are divided into cliques, and fight so for their own interests that Japan, the common enemy, is forgotten. "Every one, from the Viceroy and Gen- eral Kuropatkin down to insignificant sub- alterns, quarrels and is unwilling to obey orders. In the eyes of the war correspon- dents and foreign attaches we are disgraced, and until the whole system is changed we cannot hope for victory. "Jealousy and suspicion are rampant throughout the army. The members of our secret service are so busy spying on each other that they cannot apprehend spies, and Japanese agents carry on their work with impunity. "Japan apparently knows everv olan made by us, wh".h explains why many of our plans are suddenly changed. "Our briv-o soldiers go into battle like sheep to the shambles. None can deny their loyalty, but i-ittil they are properly officered their loyalty is wasted. "All Europe now knows that we are a divided house and will profit accordingly. Those who Lave the welfare of Russia at heart cannot help feeling that if Port Ar- thur falls and Japan takes Liao-yang, the Powers will intervene to our ?ternal dis-

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