Tokio, 30th July.
It is officially announced that the Japanese have been maintaining a hot pursuit.
Since early on the 27th inst. the Japanese have occupied Derbinokaya and Rykowska. In the afternoon they dislodged a combined force of infantry and artillery from Werdelnikow sky, and are sull pursuing the Russiane—Our own correspondent.
Tokio, 30th Juby. Received, 21st July.
It} ie officially announced that Rykofka was occupied at 8.30 p.m. on the 28th of July after sanguinary street fighting. A battle some five miles south of Rykofka resulted in over two hundred Russians being killed, and five hundred made prisoners, while about one hundred out of the force of eight hundred infantry escaped.—Our own correspondent.
Tokio, 1st August, It is officially announced that afier dislodging the Russians from a strong position, the Japanese occupied Balewo on the 28th of July. The Russians retreated southward.
On the 30th, General Haraguchi declared the whole of Sighalien to be under Japanese military control.—Our own correspondent.
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