Seoul telegrams report a collision between scouts on the 8th inst. at Pakehhén, 55 miles north of Phyong-yang. The enemy was about thirty strong; the Tapanese numbered four. In spite of the odds Jagainst them -the latter engaged the. rissians, and succeeded in rejoining their main body, with the loss of one private. The Russians retreated northwards. They are now said to have been making Wiju their defensive base. The thawing of the Taidong river, on which Phyong-yang stands, enabled a Japanese steamer to make an experimental run up the stream.
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