Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1904 — War News in Brief. [ARTICLE]

War News in Brief.

Tokio states that the only losses to the Japanese fleet are the Hatsuse and the Yoshino. The Japanese army in the field is estimated at 180,000 to 200,0(i0 men, against 100,600 Russians. Newchwang is abandoned because of the Japanese landing at Kaichow, where warships bombard the Russian defenses. Newchwang reports that a Japanese force of 20,000 met 32,000 Russians east of Fenghuangcheng and retreated. Admiral Hosoya, commanding the third squadron, reports the landing—of troops at a new unnamed place, probably Takushan. A Japanese army has appeared thirty miles northeast of Mukden, and threatens. to cut off the retreat of Kuropatkin’s forces from Liao-Y T ang. While the troops were landing near KaUChau on Monday a fierce engagement occurred at Hsin-Yen-Cheng. Two thousand Russians w r ere killed or wounded. A report from the naval, commander at Port Arthur states that two Japanese battleships struck mines off the harbor May 15. One sank and the other, after showing distress, was righted and steamed away, escorted by cruisers. The Russian general staff has received official advices of the defeat of the Japanese force which was marching northward from Fenghuangcheng for the purpose of executing a flank movement

on Mukden. The Japanese were driven back by a detachment of Cossacks. The Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded in a fog on the rocks near the entrance to Vladivostok. The crew was saved, but the ship is in a critical condition. Seventy thousand Russian troops are reported to be advancing to relieve Port Arthur. The Japanese are hastening their operations against the fortress with 45,000 men, advancing to within seven miles of the batteries. Each foot of their advance has, been stubbornly contested. The Japanese army advancing against Mukden was defeated by a force of Cossacks in a battle lasting all day and driven back upon Fenghuangcbeng. The Japanese were forced to abandon four positions, and reports in St. Petersburg state that the loss was heavy. The Russians report light casualties.