The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-09
RUSSIAN CAVALRY'S WORK
rs Effective Fighting Is Highly Praises

oy rFS!lCh E%PerI.
Paris. June 6.-The Herald's Euro.
bean edition publishes the following
from its military Expert:
The Russian cavalry continues &c
lulfNl its mission in a mastery way. Ii
roses no opportunity of haraSSing the
enemy. Always wide awake, il pre-
vents the Japanese patrols from moving
lar away from their main body and
does not hesitate to offer more serious
opposition to every outpost, ever when
very superior in force, which seeks TO
advance in spite of it.
1t is thus that at the railway sta
.lon OF We Fang Flu on May 80 the
@ossaCks engaged in a lively fusillade
with 4 strong Japanese detachment of
several companies, a squadron of caval-
fy and four quiCk-firing guns, with
three battalions in reserve. Profiting
by an OppOrtune chance a portion of
the cavalry flung itself in a charge on
the left flank of the Japanese squadron
ana almost completely destroyed it.
While another squadron of the enemy
Salloptng up was overwhelmed by the
ire of those who had remained dis
Seeing this the Japanese in
1antry advanced upon the light flank
of the Russians to turn them, but was
checked by a battery, which inflicted
on them considerable loss. These
amounted to 200 dead alone left on the
field.
AT another point in the region which
has Sal Matse for its center thare took
place at the same tim an engagement
quite as serious, Attacked in front
and on both TANKS in the middle of
the night by an infantry force of SUI
perior numbers, the COssacks re-
treated in file, fighting their way to Il
position in the rear, where they were
again attacked the next morning by
three battalions Of the enemy, Of which
one was in reserve.
advancing in compact masses this
infantry suffered considerably from the
fire of the CossaCks and from that of
their own battery, which covered them
with s%hrapnel, bat, fearing to see them
selves surrounded. the Russians With
drew in good order on Tai Ma Use. 1t
is possible that this was the fight of ad-
vance guards, in which the CossaCks
were compelled after many attempts to
yield to numbers, and in which the Jap
enese q finally the marked advan-
tage, giving rise to the sensational re-
port. otherwise hardly probable, aC-
cording to which General KuroBi had
completely defeated General Kuropat-
kin rear Sow Ment Sc. If this last
named place is the same as Sal MatSe,
each OF the two generals must neces-
sarily AVE been able at a drum tap to
dispatch to that distant point in some
hours the greater part of their forces
for justifying the possibility of q de-
cisive battle in this mountainous and
troubled region.
1t seems confirmed that the japanese
army uses exclusively the explosive
known as shimoso, which bears the
nalne OF the doctor VINO was it's inven-
tor n who was one of the cleverest
professional men of the university of
Toxic.
This explosive, with which all the
japanese shells and torpedoes are
charged. does not make its explosion
either by shock or ignition. 1t has also
the advantage of not freezing, like gun
cotton. We do not know its exact IA
tuTe. but it is believed that it belongs
to a series of derivatives OF picric acid"