The state herald., 1904-05-06

Toxic, May 2, IL a. m.-The Rus
SLAMS were forced to abandon Antung
yesterday. They burned the town and
retreated to Feng Huan Cheng.
The Japanese now control the estu-
ary of the Yalu.
Toxic, May /, Z p. m-After five days
| Of fighting with artillery, the first jap
| anese army under General Kuroki, has
| forced crossing of the Yalu river and
| to-day, with gallant infantry charge
| covering frontage of four miles, i,
drove the Russians from Chi Tien
Cheng and the heights on the right
bank of the Tho or Aida river, which
enters the Yalu from the north almost
opposite Wiju.
The Japanese turned the left flank OF
the Russian position and in the battle
of to-day they swept away the new
| front interposed by the Russians tC
check their onward movement.
The present position of the Japanese
is dominating one and they may force
| the abandonment of the defenses erect
! ed by the Russians at Antung and 9TH
| er points lower down the river.
| General Kuropi began the movement
ON Tuesday by ordering detachment
of the imperial guards division to SEIZE
the island of Kurito. which is in the
Yalu above Wiju, and a detachment ol
the second division to seize the island
| OF Kintito. which is situated below
| Win. The detachment of the imperia
guards with some resistance, but i
succeeded in clearing the enemy ou
and occupied Kurito island. The Rus
SLAMS abandoned the island OF Kin
teito when attacked by the detachment
| of the second division.
The actual losses sustained by the
detachment of the imperial guards /.
| rot known, as there is an error in that
| Fart of the message received here re-
ferring to the number killed, but nine
OF the detachment were severely ant
sixteen were slightly wounded. The de-
| tachment of the Second division which
took the island OF Kinteito sustained
no losses.
During these movements on the is.
| lands the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight 91A-centime guns
from a hill behind Chiu Tien Chent
and two Hotchkiss guns which were
mounted on the bank of the river al
Kosack where the Russians seemed tc
have established their headquarters.
One company of Japanese artillery
which had taken a position on a hill
| to the east of Wiju fired three volleys
at Jusan and at noon of Tuesday tht
Russian battery behind Chiu Tier
Cheng shelled Wiju with scrapnel. Or
| Wednesday the Russians resumed the
bombardment of Win fighting at in.
| tervals throughout the day. The Jap
anese artillery did not respond to this
| fire.
General Kuroki has received reports
| to the effect that the Russians are for
tifying the heights on the right bank Of
| the Tho river. These new defenseS
are declared to extend from Chiu Tier
Cheng through the village of Makao tc
Koshoko. a distance of three and q
| quarter miles.
The Russians resumed their bonn
hardment on Thursday. but 1t was gen
orally Ineffective. Subsequently, Gen
eIal Kuroki ordered two companies ol
the imperial guards to cross the YAH
and make a reconnaissance along the
left bank of the Tho for the purpose o.
| discovering the character of the Rus
sian fortifications along the heights OF
the right bank of the river.
The japanese force advanced towart
Korsan. and then despatched a small
detachment to the village where n par
| ty OF Russians were killed. The Rus
SLAMS shelled the reconnoitering party
from an emplacemcnt in the hills In thu
southeastern part of Qoshoko. Thi,
FIRE was without effect.
The Russian artillery on the hill be
hind Chiu Tien Cheng. firing at high
engle. again opened on Win, the Is
land Of Kurito and Seikodo, to The
sonth of Win. where some japanese
batteries had taken position. This FIR