The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-03-25
BATTLE ON YALU
IS NOT CONFIRMED
May Have Been a Skirmisk Of
Scouts as Armies Are
Far saparted.
RUSSIAN DEFENSE ACTIVE
Greatly Hindered the Latest Attenp
of Japanese to Land Troops at
Helena Bay-Foreigners Must
Remain Behind.

London, March 22.-Nothing has
reached here to confirm the report that
a battle has taken placeSon the Yalu
river, in which the Russians are alleged
to claim that they captured 1.200i pris-
oners.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg to a
news agency dated yesterday says there
has been no change in the situation,
ana that all is quiet on both LAND and
sea.
Between the Russian line at Ping
Yang to the Yalu river and the Japa-
nese line to Gensan there have been
slight skirmishes between scouts, but
no battle has taken place. as the dis
tance between the opposing armies is
great.
The bulk of the Russian forces, the
dispatch adds, has not yet passed the
Yalu river.
The 81. Petersburg correspondent of
the Dali Telegraph states that the mill
tary authorities were startled by the
attempt of the japanese to land in
Helena bay, as the nearest Russian
force that could have been .sed against
them consisted of three rifle regiments
at New Chwang. They. however, have
hindered the Japanese landing and en-
ergetic measures are now being adopt
ed to prevent such a movement.
Among the other devices adopted has
been the concentration of troops at
Foo Chow, twenty-five miles south Of
Helena bay.
In cabling the fact that all British
and American residents at New
Chwang must remain within the walls,
a correspondent Of the Daily Chronicle
at New Chwang says:
81 was arrested while attempting to
leave yesterday"
The correspondent says 1t is reported
that a Japanese squadron arrived at
the mouth of the Lao river Saturday
night and landed a party, which. after
accommodating, re-embarked.
Guns Not Mounted on Forts.
A correspondent of the Times at New
Chwang cables as follows:
according to information received
here the reason the Vladivostock forts
did not reply to the bombardment by
the Japanese was because the batteries
were not provided with guns. Since the
pombsrdment parties have been work
Ing night and day to place guns in
position. The b~ombardment destroyed
the Linevitch battery. The Russian
were deserted. The same Conditions
prevail at Xlad1yostok as at Port
Arthur. The supply Of provisions there
Is running short, and the population Is
panic stricken. The ice is considered
the only real protection"
A correspondent Of the Times with
the Japanese forces, by wireless teleg-
raphy, via Wei-Rai-Wei, under date of
March 20. sends over a column of
matter which is mostly a description Of
the torpedo fight between the Russians
and the Japanese on March 8. He says
that Admiral Togo has since been COM
p~aratively passive, according to the
advices, and that Port Arthur has been
given a respite, although the cruisers
and torpedoboat destroyers have kept
a close blockade.
The correspondent says that Vice
Admiral Kamimura's bombardment of
Vladivostok was solely intended to
harags the Russians and to compel the
Russian cruisers to leave the harbor.
The vice admiral brought his ships
within range opposite the dead point of
the forts, on he northeast entrance.
The Russians did not reply because the
japanese vessels took up positions be-
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