Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1904 — Report 4,000 Russians Fall. [ARTICLE]

Report 4,000 Russians Fall.

The Shanhaikwan correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle sends a report received from Newchwang that, on May 23, thinking that the Japanese had retired from Fenghuangcheng, 15,000 Russians from Halcheng and Liaoyang marched toward Fenghuangcheng. They were surprised by 30,000 Japanese in the Tatlenllng pass. The Russian casualties were 4,000 and over 1,000 Russians surrendered. The report does not state the Japanese losses.