The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-03

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hand and hnally the Russians we're
routed.
In a report on the final battle, which
occurred Sunday, General kuroki says:
The Russians made two stands.
The enemy's strength included all OF
the Third division, two regiments of
the Sixth division, one cavalry brigade,
about forty quickfiring guns and eight
machine guns. We have taken twenty
eight quickiiring guns, many rifles,
much ammunition, more than twenty
officers and many noncommissioned
officers and men as prisoners. | am
informed that Generals Sassulitch
and Castolinski were wounded. Our
casualties number about zoo and the
Russian loss is more than 500 men.
Movement Begun on Tuesday.
General kurolIi began the move
ment on Tuesday by ordering a de
tachment OF the imperial guards diYi-
sion to seize the island OF kurito,
which is in the Yalu above WiJu, and
the detachment of the Second divi-
sion to seize the island OF Kinteito.
which is situated below Wiju.
The detachment of the imperial
ii succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied kurito island. The Rus
slams abandoned the island of knteito
when attacked by the detachment OF
the Second division.
Thursday General kuroh ordered
two companies of the imperial guards
to cross the Yalu and make a recon
noissance along the left bank of the
eor nf 1jC4nynpinp he
character of the Russian Notifications
along the heights on the right bank of
the river The Russians shelled the
accommodating party from an emplace-
ment in the hills in the southeast
part OF Yoshoko.
The Twelfth division of the Japanese
army was chosen To make the first
crossing of the Yalu. Ii began its
preparations on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
hank of the river opposite Suikochin.
The entire division passed over the
river during the day and by 6 O'Clock
Saturday evening ii was in the posi-
tion assigned TO IL for the battle OF
Sunday.
On Saturday morning Russian artil-
lery began shelling Japanese infantry
patrols and this fire brought a vigor-
Gus response from the chain of Jap
anese batteries on the Korean side of
the river. rhe Russian guns fired for
two hours before they were silenced.
Jap ssunboats Participate.
A fiotilla OF gunboats from the
squadron of Admiral Hosoya partici-
patel in the fighting of Saturday. 1t
nF ,an
infantry, cavalry and artillery on the
Manchurian bank Of the Yalu below
Antung and after a sharp fight scat
tered them to the hills.
A bridge across the main stream Of
the Yalu just above VIII was com
pleted at o'clock Saturday night and
the Second Japanese division and the
imperial guards Immediately began
crossing. They advanced and oecu-
pied the hills back of Kosan. facing the
Russian POSITION on the right bank of
the river
All through Saturday night reg ment
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
poured across the bridge and at day
light Sunday General Kuroki centereI
all his artillery on the Russian posi-
tion between Chiutieneheng and Yo-
shoko. To this fire the Russians made
reply with all their batteries
AT o'clock in the morning the Rus
sian battery at Yosholzo was silenced
and half an hour later General Kurok
ordered his line, stretching for four
miles, to attack The Japanese infan-
try, on the word of command. charged
across the Tho, wading that stream,
breast deep. and began storming the
heights at fifteen Minutes past 8
o'clock.
At Q O'Clock they had swept the
Russian line back across the plateau.