The Reds' Clash with Japanese Peking, Apr. 7.
Advices from Vladivostok state that the Red body is reported to be. retiring some distance north of the Railway, though a few stragglers remain in the vicinity of the neutral zone.
The melting of the winter's snow has rendered transport very difficult and the condition of the roads is likely to form a serious impediment to further Red operations.—Reuter.
Peking, Apr. 8.
Further details of the recent fighting between Bolshevik and Japanese troops, on the border of the Vladivostok neutral zone, indicate that the Red forces comprised four regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry and about 400 Red Partisans, or about 4,400 men in all.
The entire Red body was not, however, engaged in the attack on the neutral zone, only about 1,000 men coming into contact with the Japanese. The Japamese casualties are understood to include a number of wounded, but none killed. The Red losses are believed to have been heavy, but are difficult to estimate, The opinion is expressed from Vladivostok that the Reds, having learned the strength of the Japan-ce positions, are unlikely to renew their offensive.—Reuter,
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