Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-08

through the Kaiser Wllnelm Cdhdi
would be regarded, and that Germany
replied asking Russia not TO make
the request. as permission 70 traverse
the canal would conflict with Ger
many's neutrality.
The National Zeitung says that it
does not understand how Russia could
put such n question.
Volunteer Fleet to Sail.
London. Aug. 5.-The Brussels CORE
spOndenf OF the Telegraph says that
he has been informed that five YES
sells Of the Russian volunteer feet win
leave the Black sea next week for a
cruise in the Red sea.
Russian Report of Fighting.
s.. Petersburg, Aug. General
S.shsrOff has transmitted to the en-
pcror Lieut. Gen. Zassalitch's detailed
report of the fighting of July 81. The
action Of the japanese on the Rus
sian east front July 80 convinced
Lieut.. Gen. Zassalitch that they were
making an attack with their main
forces on the south front near OUtus-
chOut0un, toward Dapoutzza and
Pkhailaantoun. He hurried his
forces forward and the battle opened
favorably TO the Russians. Accord
ing TO the report the beginning Of the
fight showed the superiority of the
Russian artillery over the Japanese
and not only were the Japanese guns
silenced and prevented from leaving
their position but the Russian batter
les sustained no loss. At 10 o'clock
on the morning OF the 91st Col. Sol
omky notified Lieut.. Gen. Zassalitch
that the japanese turning movement
had been stopped. the enemy sustain
ing enormous losses.
a Russian captain was killed and
several officers and many men wound
ed. simultaneously with the re-
ceipt of this report IL was seen that
the Russians had evacuated three
crests Of the mountain range. tt was
evident that Col. Solomky had too
strong a force to cope with and had
been obliged to give ground some
what He continued, however, to
hold his position. Reinforcements
were Immediately sent to him. The
report continues:
"The fussilade continued on our
right flank without becoming threat
ening. Our artillery continued to
crush the enemy's artillery with its
fire. although the Japanese had
brought mountain and field guns in
TO position.
at $40 p. m. I received a report
that a regiment at the extreme right
flank had retired from its position on
the mountain, having had it's flank
turned. Six disabled guns were
abandoned. Two officers were
killed. two wounded and a command
or Of a battery injured
Before this had happened the Jap
anese had placed two more batteries
on the left of those which had previ-
ously taken up their position there
and with their batteries on the ex.
treme left began to lombard our bat
terry as we'll as to enfilade the right
flank Of our formation. This was
the cause Of the destruction of our
battery and the serious loss of troops
on our right flank.
'The battery was completely shat
tered. but at the beginning OF the ac-
ton we succeeded I'm saving four
guns. while four others were left on
the field completely disabled. OF
these four. however. two had to be
spiked and abandoned owing TO the
lack OF horses"
At in the afternoon the Russian
troops were ordered to take the of
fensive and to support this movement
the Russian batteries opened on the
ridges held by the Japanese.
THE fire Of our guns which had
previously bombarded this point,
says the report, was murderous and
the Japanese sustained many killed
or wounded"
The Russians in open order "ad-
vanced swiftly across the principal
mountain range, rushing on both
sides with fixed bayonets on the Jap
anese. who were unable to sustain
the shock and quickly evacuated the
three crests they had occupied.
AT Z o'clock I received an order
to retire in the direction of Haicheng.
Our losses July 80 and 81 have been
mp to the present estimated as %
officers and slightly over 1000 men
killed and wounded"
Six Nearly Drowned.