The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-06

day our scouts ascertained that a de-
tachment Of the enemys advance
guard. ] 500 strong mad occupied the
Villages OF Ekhauan and Tcha humen-
"a on our front, the main force having
remained IN Fen Slui ana RIO Iien
passes At this moment We discovered
the movement of a japanese detaCn-
Inent consisting of a battalion of in
fantry, 70 turn cur left flank positions
IN the Yang Use pass. in TIE direction
of Liam Dian Sian. In order 70 check
the movement q force. consisting OK
five companies of infantry. two de-
tachments Of mounted hUssars ard a
half company of COssacks was sent
forward in the direction of this
threatening point"
Tested Enemy's Strength
In order to learn the strength of the
eDemv's position in front of Lang
Tes pass detachment was ordered
out which was reinforced ana
a reconnOitering party OF the com
panies was sent IN tie direction or
Fkhavuan. under the command OF
Colonel Letschitsky- With a view q
making a demonstration insUring the
return Of Letschitszy's detachment
three companies under Lieutenant
Colonel Garnitsky marched TO Mahou-
mIzza. about a mile and a half south
of Fkhavuan. TO the crossing Of the
river passes Firing began about l-5b
ID. m. July l. GeTnitsky's column
reached the cross roads and dislCcged
a company of TIE enemy'S advance
guard. which was almost annlnllaIeu-
simultaneously Letschitsky column
dislOdged a company Of the enemy
advance posts without firing a shot.
and approached the foot Of the
heights which were sUrmOUnted by 4
temple Tire temple is less than a
mile east Of EiShavuan, where Al
though exposed 10 a heavy frontal ana
flank fire, our troops dashed foT-v ara
and dislodeed the japanese from their
entertainments and occupied the pass
As the enemy was preparing 10 de-
liver a frontal and flank attack our
column then retired as previously IN
srructed Three companies OF GarniJ-
sky's force occupied the position Whlch
they had been ordered TO secure
Fire From the Heights.
when Letschitsky's force began te
withdraw the enemy opened heavy
fire from the heights. In spite Of this
the column retired in perfect order
Brave Letschitsky remained conunu-
ally on the firing line and directed the
column with remarkable ability and
cOoIness He was the last 10 retire,
with his chief OF staf and adjutan--
.'Garnitsky's column behaved with
equal brilliancy and GOODNESS, carrying
out their task with no sign Of agita-
ton
Our casualties were. Letschitsky
bruised and wounded, Colonel POppa-
low, Lieutenant Colonel Trakhem2v-
sky, Captain SOLDIER. Lieutenants Mar
kof, Latkine. BobroskOvsky and ko-
zine. Second Captain Palic and several
officers wounded and 200 soldiers killed
or wounded
Il observed the fighting with my
staff from the TkhacOun tower, and 50
/ can personally testify to the conduct
OF the troops.
7 cannot pass in silence the remark
able devotion Of the surgeons and the
chaplain who attended the wounded
under a hot fire. and even helped 10
carry them off the field.
"AH the wounded were removed
More Heavy Fighting.
"On the morning Of July our Tein-
I forcemeufs occupied Liam Dian Sian.
I one soldier was killed during the fight
! ing The same afternoon a detachment
/ of the enemy. consisting of two bat
fsIions and six squadrons, with six
machine guns. advanced and attacked
our outpost lying south of the valley
/ of the River Kho. who retreated under
I the vigorous FIRE Of the enemy The
J officer. commanding our advance caval-
~ advanced at 2:30 p. m. with a de-
( tachment and at the same time the
enemy placed machine guns on the
+ heights northwest Of Dounschekhedja
and their infantry occupied the out
/ skirts Of the forest near the village.
/ Our horse battery retreated on the pc
sition at Daoasischja near the railroad.
+ being covered by mounted dragons
and frontier guards Under the fire Of
our artillery and rifles the enemy
quickly evacuated their position and re-
/ treated toward Senuchen
Our cavalry pursued them until they
reached an entrenched position sccu-
pied by q strong force OF the enemy.
The enemy's principal forces are az