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THE RUSSIANS STORY
OF YALU SKlRMISHES

st. Petersburg, May 1.-The general
of the affairs on the Yalu river, April
20 and 30:
From Gen. Kuropatkins kilograms
it appears that the Japanese, having
crossed to the right bank of the Yalu
near the village of Sindiagu, occupied
the villages of Khussan and Litzaven.
Gen. Sassulitch, with view of reoc-
cupying Litzaven and the nights over
Khussan, ordered on April 30 a thor
ough reconnaissance of the positions
which the japanese occupied and then
sent a detachment commanded by Staff
Lieut.. Col. Lind to attack the enemy.
1.-The positions near Litzaven and
Khussan were defended by Japanese
force consisting of two battalionS of
the Fourth Regiment of the Guard,
with mountain guns and small force
of cavalrymen of the Guard. With
the assistance of our artillery from
Potietinsky our troops dislodged the
Japanese from their position, losing
TWO sharpshooters killed and thirteen
wounded. The Japanese left on the
position they vacated ten dead and
twenty-six wounded. They also car
ried away a number of their wounded
and others scrambled down the cliffs
to the Yalu. The enemy succeeded in
removing their mountain guns.
after occupying the nights near
Sindiagu, where our troops came I'M
der a heavy fire from a Japanese bat
terry posted north of Win, two of our
guns shelled a pontoon bridge and
compelled the Japanese to dismantle it.
1.-The japanese troops at Litzaven
and Khussan retreated. partly to the
Yalu and partly nortfward.
up to the present ten carbines and
cartridges and maps have been found
on the japanese positions.
Conspicuous gallantry was display
ed by the light infantry of the Tenth
and Twelfth Regiments under Lieut..
Yantchies.
"At 10 o'clock on the morning Of
April 80 a Japanese force of 1,500 IN
fantry, with twelve guns, began to
cross the river at Ambikhe and Scho-
gapoudzy Near Ambikhe there was a
small Russian detachment under Lieut..
Col. Goussey which was compelled to
retire under the sustained fire of two
Japanese batteries of six guns each.
Four men were wounded and Lieut..
Col. Goussey was bruised on the head
and left arm. Our mountain guns were
unable to return the enemy's fire on ac-
count of the excessive range, and re-
81 AAt@ 01,
ment with orders to drive the Japa-
nese beyond the Yalu.
Gen. Mistohenko reports that Japa
nese warships at the mouth of the
Yalu on April 20 opened fire OH our
troops, the cannonade lasting for TWEEN
ty minutes. No damage was done.
IAN is quiet in Yinkow April 30
from 10 o'clock in the morning until 5
in the afternoon the Japanese shelled
our position at Turenchen from their
batteries on the left bank, where they
had posted twenty-four field guns and
twelve -millimetre siege guns, which
were cleyerly mounted in masked
earthworks. They fired minimum of
1000 projectiles. Our troops stuck
stubbornly to the pontoon at Turen-
chen.
ION the morning of April 80 the Japa~
nese recrossed the Yalu at Sindiagu,
attacking our troops posted on the
nights near the village of Khussan and
turning our left flank. Owing to the
great superiority of the Japanese forces
we retreated to a position near the VIII
lage of Potietinsky.
"Our losses at the Turenchen pom
toon were Lieut.. Pakhaloff, killed, and
Lieut.. Col. Maher, commanding a bat
terry of the Sixth Artillery Brigade,
seriously wounded in the head; Col.
Mester, Capt. Vorobieff. Capt. Sapojn-
ikoff, Lieut.. Phiadelphoff and Capt.
Atroshenko wounded. Lieut.. Rutro-