The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-05
HAVE
ENTERED WIJU
Russians Said to Have Re-
treated Beyond YaIu River.
C0SSACKS OCCUPY UNSAN
CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM
SEAT OF WAR.
COssACKS OCCUPY UNSAN


y japanese scouts entered Win, =
y Korea. at IL o'clock this morning =
y The Russians apparently retreated p
y beyond the Yalu river
= St. Petersburg. April At is re- y
y ported that 500 COssacks, COM
= manded BY General Artmanoff. y
have occupied Unsan, Korea, fore =
= stalling the japanese. who were
= marching on Unsan from Chong y
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NHANGHAI. april "A letter re-
y ceived here from Kobe, Japan, says
the Japanese government has 26O.-
600 troops in motion and fully $1,000
more under arms in garrisous and at
the depots. These numbers are exclu-
sive Of the third reserves. numbering
10000. which have not yet been called
TO the c0lOrs- The exact number OF
troops which have left Japan for their
various destinations is not known. but
the entire first army corps has been
landed and has established itself i'm
northwestern Korea with its main base
at CPinamphO. The general staff still
carefully guards the plan of campaign.
but 1t is generally believed that they
viii operate three armies, each nom
inally numbering 100000 men. the ser
ond army landing west Of the Yalu
river. and the third army east of New
Chuang- The laVdings of the latter
two armies viii be easily accomplished,
for the light cruiser squadrons can
protect both movements.
Russians Expected to Retreat.
It is thought that the landing Of a
heavy japanese force west of the
mouth Of the Yalu viii force the Rus
slams TO abandon the Notifications
which they have been erecting north OF
the Halu river for the purpose of op-
posing the crossing Of the first army
Of japanese from Korea.
IT is also anticipated that the three
great japanese forces will operate IN
conjunction. the third army swinging
eastward Of New Chuang. Selling or
cutting the railroad and then engsg-
ing in a turning movement against the
main Russian position.
The japanese are confident that the
Russians viii be unable 10 transport
supplies enough TO maintain in Man
churia 4 force larger than 100000 men.
The heavy detachments necessary to
guard the railroad and supply bases
Will II IS said, reduce the Russian
fighting 1orce to about 200 600 men.
japanese Cavalry.
The japanese are requisitiOning thou
sands OF horses and il is probable that
a considerable detachment Of cavalry
will accompany each army. Though
the horses of the japanese seem in
feriOr to the Russians. the Japanese
officers say they viii satisfactorily ac-
cOmplish the work planned for them
Much japanese artillery is departing
for the front The guns seem light,
but it is believed that the japanese
have a number Of heavier batteries.
equal in range 10 the best European
field artillery Japan also possesses o
large number Of excellent mountain
batteries, which in a rough country
viii have a distinct advantage over the
Russians.
It seems certain that Vice Admiral
TOgO's failure TO effectually dispose of
the Russian fleet at Port Arthur has
delayed the japanese land operations
A general thaw is now proceeding I'm
Korea and Manchuria. rendering the
country roads impossible and making
il Impossible to conduct general mill
tary operations until the ground hard
ems.