The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-05-05

| OH May J. dl udWn.
The Battle on Sunday.
True to his promise Gen. KuroM at
daylight Sunday centered all his artil-
lery on the Russian position between
Chiutiencheng and Yoshoko. To this
| fire the Russians made reply with all
their batteries, At seven o'clock in
the morning the Russian battery at
Yoshoko was silenced and half an hour
later Gen. KuroI ordered his line,
stretching for four miles, to attack.
| The japanese infantry, on the word OF
| command, charged across the Tho, wad-
ing that stream breast deep and began
storming the heights at Is minutes
past eight. At nine o'clock they had
swept the Russian line back across the
plateau.
Victory Is Minimized.
st. Petersburg, May 2.-The japanese
| victory Is minimized as 1t is declared 1t
was not the purpose of the Russians to
hold the Yalu, and that the real test will
come when the Japanese approach Feng-
huancheng, on the road to Liaoyang. 1t
| 40 hNNldltt lIIdt oHIl b,buO lNuSSiti
troops defended the banks of the river
| and that their only effort was to harass
| the japanese.
Interest at Fever Heat.
St Petersburg, May 3.-The interest
of the public in the news of the fighting
| On the Yalu is at fever heat, especially
| since the last official report which an
! nounced the fighting at Chingow was
yiven out. To the general disappoi- t.
| mcnt. no further kilograms from Gen.
| Kuropatliin have been published by the
war commission, nor will the censor
pass press dispatches wired from the
front.
| Wild Rumors.
The absence or news led to the circula-
| ton of wild rumors. For instance. 1t
was reported that Gen Sassulitch would
| be relieved of his command and court
martialed for making a too strenuous
stand on the right bank of the Yalu AS
1 matter of fact, while the war office Is
surprised at the resistance made by Gen.
Sassulitch, a telegram from Gen. Kuro-
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nounced that Sassulitch, in view OF the
preparations which the japanese were
making to cross the Yalu, had begun to
reinforce his troops on the Manchurlan
bank.
Losses Reported to Be 1000.
Another report says that the war office
has been informed that the Russian
casualties numbered 1000. Should this
be true it can be accepted as certainty
that the Russian plan Of operations
never contemplated such sacrifice.
Rumor of Japanese Defeat.
An unconfirmed report of severe
| fighting between 5000 Russians and
similar number of Japanese at Gensan
IS sent by the Standards st. Petersburg
correspondent, who says the Japanese
were compelled to retire into Gensa--
both sides losing heavily.
Another Russian Repulse.
London, May 3.-The Japanese lega-
ton gave out Monday an official dispatch
from the admiralty at Toxic, reporting
an engagement between japanese war
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batteries. 1t reads as follows:
The captain of the gunboat Maya
reports that a flotilla consisting of the
gunboats Maya and Vii and some tor
pedo boats assembled the Yalu May
bombarding the enemy. While they
were returning the enemy's artillery
suddenly attacked the torpedo boats
The latter silenced the enemy after q
severe engagement lasting 80 minutes
and the flotilla all returned to Yongam'
pc. There were no casualties. Oul
armed launches reached Antung the
same morning and repulsed the enemy's
infantry and artillery after 80 minutes
of sharp fighting. Fire was seen ris
Ing from the town and native says
that the enemy fed from Antung after
setting fire to It,
Gives Satisfaction in London.
London, May 3.-The latest dis
patches received here, confirming thu
completeness Of the japanese victor,
on the Yalu, could hardly have giyeI
greater satisfaction in Toxic than the!
have done in London. The editorials
in the morning papers ring with ad
miratiOn at the success of Gen. Kuro
ki's strategy in a manner indicating
that Great Britain had been in consid
cradle doubt of the capacity of he
ally's troops when matched against thu
Russians, and despite the lack by ia
; pan of good cavalry to follow up he
victory, 1t Is believed that she viii
speedily drive the Russians out o
Fenghuanchong also.
To Make Another Stand.
Tientsin May 1.-Two hundred Rus
SLAMS are entrenching themselves on thu
; Lao river three miles from Sinmin
tung, employing Chinese laborers. Sin
mintung Is two miles from Koupangtse
permanent Russian camp, A detach
ment of $50 men is patrolling the rail-
road line.