Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1895 — ORIENTAL WAR NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ORIENTAL WAR NEWS.

Late Moremeetn of th -Ohlneie and Japanese Armies. A dispatch to the London Times from Tien-Tsln, Jan. 3. says that letters received there frorrvNew Chwang state that the fighting on Dec. 22 about tho village of Kang Wan Thai lasted six hours. Gen. Sung then retired west of Tien Chwang Star and the Japanese returned to Hal Chang, which they strongly fortlfiedGen. Sung, not being pursued, marched back, on Dec. 25, toward New Chwang, which appears to be still in the hands of the Japanese. Port Wing Tsu Is now said to be threatened. The Chinese state that the Japanese are suffering greatly from the cold, and that Gen. Suug’s force, profiting by experience, is improving in military tactics and seems to be regaining confidence. The General’s troops have made some creditable marches during the last two months.