Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-02

Charged the Enemy In Their Earth
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O'clock This Morning.
LONDON, May 2.-Advices from Wi.
| Jul state that the Twelfth division of
| the Japanese army forced 4 crossing Of
the Yalu river above Win just before
dawn. The second pontoon bridge
| across the river near VIII was COM
plctcd at 8 O'Clock Saturday night, and
the Imperial guards of the Second d.
vision Immediately crossed.
The Russian left flank has been
| turned by a general attack begun at
dawn, nearly all the Japanese batter
les OH the south bank of the river and
Il flotilla of g~unboats cooperating with
the army. Previously detachments of
| the Imperial guard and of the Second
| division attacked and dispersed the en-
! cmy on islands in the river and Occu-
| pied the islands. In these engage
ments sixteen of the Imperial guard
were seriously and nine slightly
wounded. while there were no casual
' ties in the Second division.
The enemy retreated. carrying many
dead and wounded toward Chiutien-
Chang. A Russian c%avalryman taken
prisoner said that the -Twenty-second,
T~wenty-third and Twenty-seventh in
fantry regiments of the eastern Sibe-
rian sharpshooters formed the van of
| the Russian force. Lieutenant Senyo-
1 INff N,,p,npIiDn tho mountain ccoltfc
of the Twenty-second regiment, was
found dead and was buried at WIFI.
A Hardin dispatch says:
"From General Kuropatkin's tele-
grams it appears that the Japanese,
having crossed to the right bank of the
Yalu near the village of Sindiagu, oc-
gupled the villages of Khussan and
L.itzaven. General Sassulitch, with a
view of reoccupying Litzaven and the
heights ear Khussan, ordered a thor
ough reconnaissance Of the positions
which the Japanese occupied and then
sent a detachment commanded by Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Lind to attack the
enemy.
1.-THE positions near Litzaven and
Khussan were defended by n japanese
force consisting of two battalions of
the Fourth regiment of the guard,
with mountain guns, and a small force
of cavalry of the guard. With the as
slstance of our artillery from Potietin-
sky our troops dislodged the Japanese
from their position, losing two sharp
shooters killed and thirteen wounded.
The Japanese left on the position they
vacated ten dead and twenty-slx
wouned. They also carried 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 heights near
Sindiagu, where our troops came under
n heavy fire from a Japanese battery
posted north of WIFI, two of our guns
shelled Il pontoon bridge and COMPEL
ed the japanese to dismantle it.
'The Japanese troops at Litzaven
and Khussan retreated partly to the
Yalu and partly northward.
up to the present ten carbines and
many cartridges and maps have been
found on the Japanese positions.
AT 10 o'clock In the morning a Jap
anese force Of 1900 infantry with
twelve guns began to cross the river
at Ambikhe and Schogapoudzy. Near
Ambikhe there was a small Russian
detachment under Lieutenant Colonel
Goussev, which was compelled to re-
tire under the sustained fire of two
Japanese batteries of six guns each.
-Four men were wounded, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Goussev was bruised
on the head and left arm. Our III
tain guns were unable to return the
enemy's fire on account of the KEGS
sive range, and re-enforcements were
sent to the detachment with orders to
drive the Japanese beyond the Yalu.
General Mistchenko reports that
Japanese warships at the mouth of
the Yalu opened fire on the Russian
troops on the right bank, the cannon
ade lasting for twenty minutes. No
damage was done"
A report from Mukden says:
"On April 80 from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 5 in the afternoon the
Japanese shelled our position at III
renchen from their batteries on the left
bank, where they had posted twenty
four field guns and twelve 120 milli-
meter siege guns, which were cleyerly
mounted in masked earthworks. They
fired a minimum of 1000 projectiles.
Our troops stuck strbbornly to the
pontoon at TufenG1idn.
son the morning of April 30 the
Japanese crossed the Yhlu at Sindiagu,
attacking Il troops posted on the
heights 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 village Of Potietinsky.
rOur losses at the Turenchen pom
toon were Lieutenant Pakhaloff killed
and Lieutenant Colonel, Mailer. com