The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-06

Chuang and the head Of Korea bay.
Occupying an interior line and puTsu-
ing the tactics of Napoleon, kurOpat-
kins problem VIII be to prevent a
juncture of the euemy's forces. It is
necessary for him to await the devel-
Opmeuts of the japanese plans and
ascertain the direction, strength and
whence the other column viii come
before deciding how TO fight his ad-
versaTy I'm detail
Attack Expected,
Tt is believed here tina. the japanese
plans for concerted action have been
embarrassed by their failure to block
the entrance to Port Arthur Tuesday
and repetition of the attack on the
RUSSIAN Gibraltar is mUmeutariiy eX-
pected.
Vice Admiral T0g0's fleet was sighted
of Port Arthur last night and indeed
unConfirmed rumoTs So ne attacked
at daylight this morning and that fight
IDS IS now i'm progress there. At least
the cutting of of Port Arthur, If not
the fate OF the fortress, depends in the
opinion Of she general STAFF. upon Gen
eral kurUpatkin.s preventing a juno
tuFe of the japanese forces.
IL is understood here that General
zassalitch has already been relieved Of
his command for disobedience Of orders
and that his action is under invesuga-
!. ton
zassalitch Obstinate.
In connection with the obstinate
stand made by The Russians at
the Yalu, against Instructions, and i'm
face Of an overwhelming superiority of
men and especially of guns. an inter
estins bit of the history of what Oc-
CURED during the maueuvers near ST.
Petersburg last summer is being re-
counted. which illustrates this trait in
General Zaszalitch's character He
commanded an infantry division and
insisted on sJorming heights command
ed by artillery and i'm the face of a fire
which theoretically wiped out his com
mand The judges were so Disguised
Jhat they rewarded the blunder with d
zero mark against the generals name.
Old Rule Rescinded.
Under the old rules and traditions of
the Russian army. the Second and
Third batteries of the Third artillery
brigade and the Third battery of the
Third brigade, which lost their guns al
the battle of Kin Lien Cheug, would be
stricken from the army list forever.
The names of batteries losing guns and
those Of regiments losing their c0lOrs
or otherwise disgraeiuE themselves,
Formerly disappeared from the list.
This was the case of the celebrated inn
mortal Huzzars iu 1925, which partici-
pated in the conspiracy against En-
peror Nicholas. Only "A feW years ago
the regulation was Tesciuded. owing to
a realization Of the fact that it would
work great injustice I'm the case Of bat
teries and regiments forced by circum-
stances TO sacrifice themselves. as was
the case ON Sunday.
Probable Losses
No further official news has been re-
ceiyed regarding the Russian Iosse-
but General kashtalinsky's estima
-.CyJ men, is accepted as representing
practically their full extent
Tt is generally believed that the jap
auese lost between 1900 and 600 men.
This is based upon reports OF eye-wit-
nesses. There has been absolutely no
statement Of the number Of prisoners
captured Dy the Japanese. but the sem
erad stan is inclined to admit that 800
men were captured though the stan
asserts that it has no actual means of
knowing definitely how many prisoners
are iu The hands of the japanese
Not single newspaper dispatch has
Yet been received beyond the several
colorless kilograms from the Russian
Headquarters al Lao TauE. which sim
ply repeat The official news
A correspondent DC the Nayosti. who
was at the front. was killed