have to thank the Consul-General for Japan for the following official telegram received by him on Saturday Tokio, 23rd July.
General Kuroki reports that one column of our army commenced operations on the 18th inst, for the occupation of Hsihoyen (on the Liaoyang road, north of Lienshaokuan), where the enemy had constructed strong defence works, and were posted on eminences commanding the defile and sloping eastward. The main column advanced in front of! the Russian position and commenced cannonading at dawn on the 19th; the enemy replied with 32 field guns, Meanwhile one detachment, crossing a steep mountain pass, menaced the enemy's right flank, The enemy offered a stubborn resistance, and a sanguinary fight ensued. At 539 P-m., our main force penetrated the enemy's position on the heights northwest of Hesihoyen, while the detachment facing the enemy's right cut off his retreat, At 8 pin, Hsi-hoven and its neighbourhood fell into our hands, and the enemy's main force fled in confusion towards Anping. Our casualties were 72 killed, including two officers, and 452 wounded, including sixteen officers, The enemy left on the field 131 dead, and his total casualties are estimated at over 1,000. The enemy in this engagement consisted of the 34th and 36th infantry regiments and one Cossack regiment, with 32 field guns, London vit Bombay, 25th July.
General Sakbaroff reports that the Japanese advanced guard is advan- 8 cing along the Taitse river, east of Liaoyang, followed by a strong column with thirty guns.—Reuter,
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