A Russian official dispatch shows that the Japanese on the 26th ult. [captured first the heights behind) Sinopingtao, fourteen miles east of Port Arthur, and then the Lungwangtang mountain, eight miles east of Port Arthur.
The Japanese are now erecting a heavy battery on Lungwangtany.
Phe Russian gunboats and torpedo-boats from Port Arthur supported the Russians.
Strong Japanese columns are ad-vaneing along the central Dalny-Port Arthur road.—Reuter. was exchanged, when one of the enemy's destroyers capsized, emitting white smoke, and sank. All this is reported to have been clearly seen by all our ships, under the enemy's searchlights. Our casualties were fourteen killed. including Lieutevant Gondo, and three wounded, including, Second Lieutenant Yano—Speciad telegram.
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