Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
VICTORIOUS LAPS. Yalu forced Driv. en From Positions. ST.PETERSBURGADMlTSDEFEA1 KurOM Wins First Great Battle FOI
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED REPORTED KILLEL

Japanese ny Means of Pontoon
 Bridges Crossed the River In Face
 of Russian Fire and Gannntly
 Charged the Enemy In Their Earth
 wOrks-Latest Details Up tO 2
 O'Clock This Morning.
 LONDON, May 2.--Adyices from WI. ju states that the Twelfth division of the Japanese army forced crossing of the Yalu river above Wiju just before, dawn. The second pontoon bridge across the river near Wiiu was com pleted at s o'clock Saturday night, and the Imperial guards of the Second di- vision immediately crossed,
 The Russian left flank has been turned by general attack begun at dawn, nearly all the Japanese batter ies on the south bank of the river and fiotilla of gunboats cooperating with the army. Previously detachments of the Imperial guard and of the Second division attacked and dispersed the en- emy on islands in the river and occu- pied the islands. Tn 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 cavalryman taken prisoner said that the Twenty second, Twenty-third and Twenty in. fantry regiments of the eastern Sibe- rian sharpshooters formed the van of the Russian force. Lieutenant Senyo- loff, commanding the mountain scouts of the Twenty7second regiment, was found dead and was buried at Wiju.
 A Harbin dispatch says:
 "From General Kuropatkin's tele- grams 1t appears that the Japanese, having crossed to the right bank of the Yalu near the village of Sindiagu, oc- cupied the villages of Khussan and Litzaven. General Sassulitch, with a view of reoccupying Litzaven and the heights near Khussan, ordered 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.
 'The positions near Litzaven and Khussan were defended by Japanese force consisting Of two battalions of the Fourth regiment of the guard, with mountain guns and small force of cavalry of the guard. With the as- sistance 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 six 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 a heavy fire from a Japanese battery posted north of Wiju, two of our guns shelled a pontoon bridge and compell- 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 1,500 infantry with twelve guns began to cross the river at Ambikhe and Schogapoudzy. Near Amhikhe there was 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 I tenant Colonel Goussev was bruised on the head and left arm. Our noun tain guns were unable to return the enemy's fire on account of the excess sive range, and endorsements 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 30 from 10 o'clock in the morning until 5 in the afternoon the Japanese shelled our position at Tu- renchen from their batteries on the left Ouuhy WACAC NAGy huu PVStCu tNVhNy- four field guns and twelve 120 milli- meter siege guns. which were cleverly mounted in masked earthworks. They fired a minimum. of 2,000 proJectiles. Our troops stuck stubbornly to the pontoon at Turenchen.
 "On the morning of April 80 the Japanese crossed the Yalu at Sindiagu, attacking our 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 position near the village of Potistinsky.
 Our losses at the Turenchen pom toon were Lieutenant Pakhaloff killed and Lieutenant Colonel Mahler com manding battery of the Sixth artil- lery brigade, seriously wounded in the head; Colonel Mester, Captain Voro. bleff. Captain Sapojnikofr, Lieutenant Philadelphofr and Captain Atroschen- ko wounded. Lieutenant Rutropofc of 1aA