The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-06
THE FIGHT AT
SIMOUCHENG
Russian Casualties Placed
at 1000.
THE JAPS ALSO Z FER
The Broken Co FRY Makes
Manouverj' ,SDifIicult.
=
Captured De- +ment of the Enemy's
Med,e. Srp. Sent Back Into
its Lines by the Army of
the Mikado.
THE JAPS ALSO ( FER

| that the Russians loSt S,OVV men AZ
the fighting at Simoucheng. The Jap
a.s.s sanitary corps buried 700 bodies
! In the valleys through which the Rus
slams retreated. Prisoners and Chinese
report that many of the Russian dead
| and wounded were removed by the
| Russians themselves. The Japanese
captured six guns. $40 shells, guam
tity of stores and thirty prisoners.
| a detachment of the Russian medical
corps which was captured by the Jap
anese. was returned to the Russian
lines. The japanese casualties at ST
noucheng amounted to $50 men, includ-
| ing eight officers killed and twenty
| four officers wounded.
General Kurokfs attack upon the
late Lieutenant General Count Keller
was timed to forestall the assumption
of the defensive on the part of the
| Russians General Kuroki telegraphs
| that the Russians were gradually rein
| forced until they had four divisions
The center moved out on the Liaoyanx
road to Anping. which Is thirteen miles
| from Liaoyang.
kuroki Decides to Attack.
A day or two previous to the fight at
| Simoucheng. which occurred July 80
and 81, the Russians left at Yushulikzu
showed signs of activity, the advance
guard occupying certain heights in
! front of the main position. When it
| became evident that the Russians were
concentrating their forces. General
Kuroki determined to attack before the
movement was completed.
| He started his army on July 81, send
| ing his right against Yushulikza and
his left to Yangtzulng, a separate de-
| tachment keeping in touch with the
right wing which moved against tns
| Russian left at Yushulikzu.
| The country at this point is sue.
cession of hills and dales disadvanta-
geous to the attackers. The Russians
showed great ingenuity in entrenching
| and defending their positions.
| Frontal and flank attacks were or
| dered simultaneously against the Rus
SLAMS at Yushulikzu at dawn of Sun
day the japanese artillery first clear
| ing the way for the infantry. This po-
sition was captured at o'clock in the
| morning.
a frontal attack against the Russian
center was continued but the geneva
advance was delayed TO await the sue
cess of the Japanese left column. me
| Russians attempted repeatedly to re-
| take their former positions at Yushu-
| likzu, but the Japanese repulsed then
every time.
| Russian Vanguard Repuised.
The japanese left column encount-
cred the vanguard of the enemy al
| Pinglng and repulsed It. Later a sep
arate detachment of Japanese troops
fanked and severely punished heavy
detachment of Russians which was re-
treating from PinglnG. The topo-
| graphical conditions of the country pre-
| vented the completion of this flank at
| tack.
| The fghting at Yangtzuling began
at dawn of Sunday. July 81. when the
japanese drove back the Russian out
post companies and took possession OF
| their positions. The Japanese artillery
was ineffective here on account of the
| Typographical conditions. Horses were
useless and men had to drag the guns
| over the broken country. IT was II
o'clock before the main battery of ar
| tillery opened fire.
! The main force of the left column be
gan the attack from Makumenza and
separate detachments advanced along
various routes with the object of strik-
ing the Russian flank and rear.
| Jap Assault Ineffective.
| The heights a Yangtzuling were held
| by the Russians with four batallions
The Japanese partially slenced the
Russian artillery. but four of the en-
emys guns continued to sweep the
Japanese position. Only twenty Jap
anese guns got into action. The front
al attack delivered by the japanese in
the morning had not become effective
| by noon.
In the meantime fanking column
| had scaled some heights and gotten me
| Russian range and at 10 o'clock the
japanese artillery was strengthened
| During the afternoon the infantry
pressed forward and the entire line
became engaged The Russians resist
ed stubbornly. The battlefield was a
| most difficult one on which to manoeu-
yer ard the Japanese We're not able &c
| dislodge the enemy.
! The troops of the Mikado slept in
battle formation when the coming OF
night suspended hostilities. Fighting
was resumed al dawn next day and the
| Russians were speedily repulsed
| General Kuroki estimates the Rms.
sian casualties AT 1000. At Yangtzu.
| linG the japanese captured two guns
with sixty rifles. 400 tents and muct
ammunition and equipment Eight
! Russian officers and 149 men were taker
prisoners. In the lighting at Yusbu.
likzu and Yangtzulng. the japanese
casualties amounted to go. incIudina
four officers killed and forty wounded