Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-08
ENTIRE RUSSIAN COMPANIES SWEPT AWAY BY THE PRE- CrSioN OF THE
 ARTILLERY.
EYE WITNESS DESCRIBE
Scores of Russian Officers Are Picked On By Japanese sharp shootcra-The Little Men of Japan Always tn the Agsressive.-Japan csc Eneii in the Flank Movements and Precision of Their Fire.

Cheefoo, May 7.-After all their boosting of superiority on land. the Russians have been signally defeated in their first important battle with Japan
 The Russian army, fully 10000 strong. has been driven from it's chos- en positions on the Manehurian side of the Yalu river. and is in full retreat 0 the interior. leaving dead and wounded to be cared for by the vic torious Japanese.
 This Japanese victory was achieved after five days fighting in which the losses on both sides were heavy. The killed and wounded are variously esu- mated. Some accounts place the Russian loss in killed alone at 1500, while the Japanese death roll. it is said. will reach 1000
 According to eye-witnesses of the engagement, who reached here this afternoon on a dispatch boat, the fighting was of the most detei mined Character. the Russians at many points making a brave resistance, but in the end being compelled to give be.Ore the daring of the Japanese.
 The Japanese were in every in stance on the aggressive, the Russians lighting behind entertainments. That lne Japanese did not lose more heavi- iy is dss to the terrible ehectivenessr| oi their artillery fire. which demoTai- ized the Russians and also to the skill shown by Japanese generals in order ing flank movements.
 The Japanese sharpshooters also did most enective work, picking of scores of Russian officers whose brilliant uniforms rendered them con spicuous targets. Among the Rus sian officers wounded were Generals Sassulitch and Kashtalinsky, who were in command along the Yalu. Both Of these officers were shot by Japanese sharpshooters while at Tempting to rally their men.
 The most desperate engagement Of the week-long battle occurred at Antung. which the Russians made determined effort to hold on account
 
 the fragments of the Russian army which had been driven from position after position, rallied and, urged by Ono officers, prepared to stay the ad- gacce of the Japanese.
 The Japanese advanced on AntuDg from three sides. On every point of vantage they planted their batteries snd at given signal, fire from many guns was opened on the demoralized Russians. The precision of the Jap anese was marvellous and the exc cution done was appalling. Entire companies of Russians melted away Cnder the rain of shlls. After an hour of their cannonading. the Rus sians broke and fled by the only ave que of escape left to them. Had Dney delayed their flight an hour long CT they would have been surround ed and either annihilated or forced to surrender, as a Japanese column was hastening to close the line Of retreat
 As the Russians fled from Antung fhey used the torch and the Japanese entered the city to find it in flames.
 From the Yalu to Antung the country is strewn with the impedi- uents of the Russian army The grsand is s.rewn with guns, standards, knapsacks, dead horses and dead men
 Among the trophies taken by the Iapanese are 2S cannon, many of Cem. quick-fring. So swiftly did the Japanese advance that some of these guns were captured before they 6Ould be fired.
 In many instances the Japanese furned the captured guns on the re treating Russians and did terrible exc Cauon-
 As a result of the fighting the Jap aaese have gained control of the estu- ary of the Yalu and have placed Fort Arthur in such a position that its fail is only a matter of short time In fact. the stronghold has been prac- Ccally isolated by the success Of the Japanese
 Many instances Of individual hero ism are reported. especially on the part of the officers on boah sides The Russian officers seemed to be driven Almost crazy by their failure to stop faa Japanese and in many instances Gecklessly threw their lives away. lust as the Russians began to retreat (rom Antung the captain of Cossack <Dnpzny is reported to have called on his men to follow him in last charge (c the little father" meaning the e1r.
 With the fatalism that characterizes fhe Russian soldier the company cs,ayed to . man and followed their leader, with colors flying, in hope gess charge against Japanese bat fry. Not . man returned and not ono got within fifty yards of the bat fery. % deadly was the Japanese ire.