Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-12
ZASSALITCH
OVERWHELMED
RUSSIAN YALU DISASTER DU-
PLICATED AT MANGA PASS.
LOSS OF FOUR THOUSAND
Japs Again outmaneuvre the Rus
SLAMS and Deal a Severe Blow to
Kuropatkin s Forces in the Battles
of Simoucheng and Haicheng.

st. Petersburg. g.-Detailed reports
reaching the war Office from Gen. Ku-
ropatkin S generals show that the Rus
sian losses July 80, July 81 and Au-
gust l did not exceed 1000. The Jap
anese are believed to have lost at
least an equal number.
From a comprehensive review of
the fighting obtained by the Asso-
ciated Press it appears that most of
the Russian losses were sustained on
the Saimatze road and between Sim
oucheng and Haicheng. The two di-
visions of the late Gen. Keller's corps
did not make serious resistance at the
Yangsee pass, falling back on Liam
diansin with scarcely any casualties.
Similarly General Stackelberg and
Gen. Zaroubieff troops retired upon
Anshanshan, half way between Hal
cheng and Liao Yang, without heavy
fighting or loss. The greatest num-
Der of casualties was sustained by
Gen. Herschelmann, who, with the
ninth European division held Kuchi-
atzu and Yusha pass on the Siam
atze road. The fighting there was of
the most desperate and bloody char
acter. A single regiment lost 25 per
cent, or 800 men, before they with
drew towards Anping. Another point
where most stubborn resistance was
made was at Manga pass, position
between Simoucheng and Haicheng,
which was held by Gen. Zassalitch
who had been placed in command of a
newly formed corps, including the
31st division belonging to the tenth
European corps and two Siberian bat
talions, altogether $4,000 men. Gen.
Zassalitch's s misfortune at the Yalu
river was duplicated, owing to the
superiority of the japanese artillery.
He was making splendid fight until
he suddenly discovered that the Jap
aneses gunners were enilading his bat
teries. 1t appears that Zassalitch in
this was not. to blame. The informa-
tion that Gen. Zaroubieff had received
orders to retire had not yet reached
him and consequently he allowed the
japanese to take up a new position,
suddenly unmask batteries and over
whelm the Russian gunners who made
desperate efforts to remove their
pieces but were compelled to leave
six of them behind.
There has been no further fighting
of an important nature since August
/, according to the latest reports re-
ceived.
The japanese legation, has receiv-
ed the following cablegrams from To-
kio:
According to a detailed report re-
ceived from Gen. Kuroki, one of the
heaviest reverses which befell the ene-
my during the engagement at Yushu-
lintzu on July 31st was at Pyenling,
five miles south of Yushulintzu, where
our detachment turned the flank of
the retreating Russians.
"Our detachment consisted of three
infantry regiments and severely fired
upon the whole line of the enemy.
On the afternoon of the same day
the Russians approached the scene of
the battlefield with Red Cross flag for
carrying away their wound, which
we permitted, stopping our fire"
A second dispatch reads as follaws
"Gen Oku sends the following ad-
ditional report concerning the attack
of last Sunday on Tomuchling:
"Our casualties in this engagement
reached $50, of which 194 were killed
and 666 wounded. We buried with
due honor about 700 Of the enemy s
dead.
"Gen. Kuroki reports that our cas-
ualties in the engagements of Yushu-
lintzu and Yangtzuling reached 946
including 40 officers. Enemy's casu-
alties estimated at 1000 at least"