Toingtao, 16th March.
The following news is just received hero from Chemulpo On the 10th inst., ten Japanese men-of-war were anchoring atOhinnampo. Twelve transports have just commenced to disembark troops. Thirty more transports were expected to bring twenty thousand men.
The American cruiser Cincinnati has gone to Chinnampo, in order to take on board all American missionaries from Pingyang, and the English and American mining engineers occupied in that district.
The bodies of two Russian sailors have been rescued from the Varyag. They were buried with full military honours, men of all men-of-war taking part in the ceremonies by the request of the Japanese.
Shanghai, 17th March.
The following telegram has been kindly placed at our disposal by General Dessino, the Russian Military Agent in Shanghai Mukden, 16th March.
The information of the English and Anglo-Chinese newspapers, according to which Port Arthur was taken by the Japanese, the town was a mass of flames, the residents wore leaving the town, ete., is pure invention. The bombardment of the 10th inst. has no other result thaw killing five people and damaging a number of houses in the town.
(Signed) Prangon, Chief of Diplomatic Service, Chefoo, 17th March.
The American cruiser Cincinnati has just arrived here from Chemulpo and reports that " Russian advance guard, comprising three hundred men, came across a Japanese advance guard, consisting of two hundred men, near Pingyang. The Sepaneso were annihilated.
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