The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
ON
yALU RIVER
RIGHT WING OF JAPANESE Ap-
VANCE CLASHES WITH
/. RUSSIANS. :.
CROWD or WOUNDED RUSSIANS
MUkDEN REPORTS TRAlNLoAD
WITH BANDAeED HEADS
AND LIMBS.
RUSSIAN SQUADRON AT SEA
GEN. kURoPATk,N's OFFICERS
PRAISE JAP ADVANCE IN
KOREA.
RUSSIAN SQUADRON AT SEA

to believe that the right wing of the
Japanese line OF advance from North
ern Korea is strongly posted in the
of Chasong, in the north
westerly bend of the Yalu, and it is re.
that ar engagement took place
on March 20.
The Japanese objective is said to be
the tieing of a section Of the railway
in the tear of Mukden. This advance
to the northwest is extremely proba-
BILE, as billy and sandy country is ia
vorable to the transport of forces and
guns, while the country to the west OF
the Southern Yalu at this season is
swampy.
The Chinese and Christians at Muk-
den report that a trainload Of Rus
SLAMS with bandaged heads and limbs.
passed northward about the I'd inst. 1t
Is not known where they came from.
Costly Delay.
London, April 13.-The Times cor
respondent with the Japanese head
quarters staff sends a wireless mes
sage via Wei-Hai-Wei, outlining the
prospects Of a lane campaign in Man.
churia. In the course o fthe dispatch
the correspondent says.
1.-THE Russians were either lever in
a position to effect the military occu
patton OF Korea before the Japanese
or, in the belief of the superiority OF
their feet, were content to delay. 1t
would seem that after the disaster TIC
their feet, the only object of the Rus.
sian troops in Korea was to delay and
hamper the Japanese advance as far
as possible without becoming serious.
ly engaged. 1t is doubtful whether the
long prophesied engagement for the
possession of the Yalu will ever take
place. Certainly not unless the Rus
slams have been reinforced much more
heavily than my information leads me
to believe"
Praise for Japanese.
st. Petersburg, April 13.-Gen. Ku.
IORt0NlAl - OlllAO1o iSPolt luNl tIC zap
anese advance in Northern Korea has
been a plucky and clever performance
The roads are indescribably bad, the
rivers swollen and the weather of the
most trying description, but the mika
dos troops have pressed forward with
out the slightest trace Of confusion
The Russians have bridged none of the
streams, but the Japanese crossed I'm
fordable waters in their own pontoons
brought from Chinnampho. It is sale
that in some instances the currents
were SO swift that only the highesr
skill in forthcoming could have accom-
plished the operation. Apparently the
Russians see that nothing is to be
gained by minimizing the military ca
pAcity of the enemy.
AS far as can be observed little con
fidence exists in military circles tina
Kuropatkin's position on the Yalu i:
strong enough to offer serious check t.
the enemy in hat quarter. 1t seems tt
be generally admitted that the Japan
csc will compel the Russians to con
centrate at their main positions on ths
LiaOtung %penincula.
Japs at Mouth Of YaIu.
Seoul, April 13.-The district nortf
Of ANU is becoming the main field O
japanese military campaign. The
second and third divisions of the Jap
anese army are arriving at the mouth
Of the Yalu.
The project of the province of Ping
yang IL appealing to the Korean gov
eminent to send military help for the
suppression of local rioting. The stu
alton is serious. The province OF
South China is overrun by bands OF
robbers who are we'll armed. The pre-
feet there 10 also appealing to the
Korean government for assistance.
Russian Fleet Sighted.
Chefu, April 13. The steamer
ehaohsing. from Niuchwang, sighted
yesterday north Of Hwang Cheng isl
ands, ten miles from Port Arthur
eight large Russian warships cominf
In from the direction of Dalny. The
vessel was stopped and her papers
examined on the admiral's yach1
Almiy.