The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-02
KURoPATKINs REPORT.
Great Bodies of Troops Had Not Yet
Came in Contact,

St. Petersburg, May THE general
! staff has issued the following account
of the affairs on the Yalu river April
% and so;
From General KuTopatkius tele-
grams it appears that the japanese,
having crossed to the right bank of
the Yaiu near the village of Sindiagu,
occupied the villages Of Khussan and
LOtZaVen. General Sassulitch with a
view to reOccupying Litzaveu and the
heights near Khussans ordered, on
April %, a thorough reconnaissance Of
the positions which the japanese oc-
cupied, and then sent a detachment
commanded by SJahf Lieutenant Colo
mel Lind, 10 attack the enemy.
The positions near LitzaVen and
Khussan were defended by. a japanese
force consisting OF two battalions Of
the Fourth regiment of the guards
with mountain guns and a small force
of cavalry of the guard. With the as
sIstance of our artillery from POtielin-
sky our troops disl0dged the japanese
from their position, losing two sharp
shooters killed and thirteen wounded.
I The Japanese left on the position they
vacated ten dead and twenty-six
wounded. They also carried away a
number Of their wounded, and others
scrambled down the cliffs TO the Yalu.
The enemy succeeded in removing their
mountain guns.
Pontoon Bridge Shelled.
After occupying the heights near
Sindiagu, where our troops came Uu-
[ der a heavy fire from a japanese bat
terry posted north of Win, two OF our
guns shelIed a pOntOOn bridge ana
compelled the Japanese to dismantle it..
''The Japanese troops at Litzaven
and Khussau reueated partly to the
Vain and partly u0TtnWarU.
Up to the present ten cdrbines and
/ many cartridges and maps have been
found on the Japanese positions.
Conspicuous gallantry was dis
played by the light infantry of the
/ Tenth and Twelfth regiments, under
Lieutenant Yantchiss.
AT 10 o'clock on the morning Of
April 29 a japanese force Of 1900 in
fautry, with twelve guns, began TO
/ cross the river at Ambikhe and Sch0-
gdpOudzy. Near Ambakhe there was
a small Russian detachment under
Lieutenant Colonel Goussev, which was
compelled TO retire under the sustained
fire Of two japanese batteries Of six
guns each, -Four men were wounded
and Iietenant Colonel Goussey was
. bruised on the head and left arm. Our
I mountain guns were unable to return
the enemy's fire on account of the eX-
/ cessive range, and reinforcements were
sent to the detachment with orders TO
drive the japanese beyond the Yalu.
Warships Opened Fire.
General MistcheukO reports that
Jananese warshiDs at the mouth of the
Yalu ON April % opened fire on our
froopz. the canuonading lasting Tor
twenty minutes. No damage was done.
"AII is quiet at YiukoW.
con April 80, from 10 o'clock in the
Japauesa shelled our position at Tu-
roucheu from their batteries on the left
! bank. where they had posted twenty
four field guns and twelve i20-millime-
ire siege guns. which We're cleverly
mounted i'm masked sarthWOrks, They
fired a minimum Of 1900 projectileS.
Our troops stuck stubbornly 10 the
pontoOn at Turenchen.
ron the morning of April so the Jap
anese recrOssed the Yalu at Sindiugu,
attacking our troops posted ON the
heights near the village Of khussan
and turning our left flank. owing 20
the great superiority of the Japanese
forces we retreated to a position near
the village Of POtiounsky.
Russian Losses.
"Our losses at the Turenchen pom
to8n were Lieutenant Pakhaloh killed
and Lieutenant Colonel Mahler, COM
manding a battery of the Sixth artil-
lery brigade. seriously wounded In the
head: Colonel Mester Captain FOrO-
boeR. Captain SapojnikOn, Lieutenant
Philadelphia and Captain Atroschen-
ko wounded. Lieutenant Butropoh Of
the Tweuty-second regiment WAS Sc
riously wounded in the head on the
pontcOn near Khussan.
"Our losses iu men have not get been
definitely ascertained. but up to the
present it is only known that three
were killed and nineteen wounded"