The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-06
WANT MOLTEN PASS
Russians Attacked Kurokrs
Forces and Were Repulsed.
COMMANDER WOUNDED, 200 DEAL
Cars Troops Charged the Position
Three Times with the BnyOnet.
when Beaten, Japs Pursued
lem Three Miles.

LONDON, July G.-General Kurolli
tns reported to Tokyo that two bat
talions Of Russians attacked the Japa.
aCso outposts in Motion pass mt dawn
under cover of dense fog and Were
rcpulsed
They returned to tie assault and
charged three times with tie bayonet
before they were iiI-lly driven oif.
The japanese pursued them for three
miles to the westward of Molten pass.
The Russians retired before over
Nhelming numbers after asccrtaining
the strength of the Japanese forces.
The Russian losses are officially stated
10 be 200.
The general staff at St Petersburg
h1s received the following dispatch
from Lieutenant General Sucharon, thc
chief of staff Of General Kuropatkln;
"rhe advance guard of the Russian
| force operating east of Liaoyung oc-
/ cupicd position at Langtse pass. To
I ward evening lae same day our scouts
ascertainrd that dctuglmcnt Of the
cncmy'S advance guard, 1.50O strong,
had occupied the villages of Ekhayuan
ana Tchakumenza, on our front the
main force having remained in Fenshui
! and Molten passes,
AT this moment we discovered the
/ movement of a Japanese detachment
| consisting of u battalion OF infantry.
TO turn our left flank position in the
] Ia, h.. Il Of fam,
! diunSian.
In order TO learn the strength Of
! the Uomy'H position in front of Lang
! tSe pass the commander of tie dG1aCh-
! ment ordered out was re-enforced. and
II accommodating party of ten compa-
| MES was sent in the direction of Elk
| havuan under the command of Colonel
| Letschitsky. With the view of making
demonstration tnsuring the return Of
! Letschitsky's detachment three compa.
MES under Lieutenant Colouel Garnit.
sky marched to MahoumiZZa. about a
mile and half south Of Ekhavuan, to
the crossing of the roads leading to
Sinkhi and the Lok river passes
"Garnitsky's column reached the
crossroads and dislodged company OF
the enemy's advance guard. which was
almost annihilated. simultaneously
Letschitsky's column dislodged the en-.
emy's advance posts without firing a
shot and approached the foot of the
heights, surmounted by temple. The
temple is less than mile east of Ekha.
Yuan, where. although exposed to a
heavy frontal and flank fire. our troops
dashed forward and dislodged the Jap.
anese from their intrenchments and
occupied the pass. AS the enemy was
preparing to deliver frontal and flank
attack our column then retired, as pre-
viously instructed Three companies
of Garntsky's force occupied the posi-.
tion which they had been ordered to Sc
cure.
when Letschitskys force began to
withdraw the e..emy opened heavy
fire from the heights. In spite of this
the column retired In perfect order.
Brave Letschitsky remained continu-
D.. ously on the fighting line and directed
the column with remarkable ability
/
tire, with his chief of staff and adju-
tant.
Our casualties were Letschitsky
wounded, Colonel Poapelow, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Trakhemoysky, Captain
Soloielf. Lieutenants Markoff LAtkine,
Bobroslavesky and Kozine, Second Cap
tain Paly and several other officers
wounded aud POO soldiers killed or
wounded
Il observed the fighting with my
staff from the Tkhacouan tower. and
can personally testify to the conduct OF
the troops. our re-enforcements have
occupied Liandiansian.
''rhe enemys principal forces are al
present concentrated at Vandlapudze
in the direction Of Haicheng, and al
Schiskouyo, about ten miles west OF
Suyen on the road to Kaichou"
The fact that Lieutenant General
Sacharom witnessed the fighting near
Molten pass is taken here to indicate
that he is in command of the forces
east of Liaoyang, which include the
army corps under Lieutenant General
Count Keller.
The desperate character of the fight
ing is shown by the repeated bayonet
charges, the Russians ousting the Jap
anese from the trenches.
The fighting around Senuchen shows
that the japanese are determined to
hold the ground to the south as well as
| nnlin mass untiI n favorable OnnOrtu.
nifty presents itself for an advance Oh
YinkOw, the port of Newchwang.
Russian ships Pass DospOrus.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 6. - The
Russian volunteer fleet steamers st