Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-14
ANOTHER DIVISION Is NEAR
THE YALU RIVER At
CHANG-SENG.
JAPANESE ARE HIGHLY flAIfD
FEEL THEY HAVE ACHIEVED
HALF THE TASK THEY SET
OUT TO PERFORM.

or the Japanese first army yesterday
entered WIFI. and the main body is re-
ported as closely following.
Another division is nearing Chang.
seng, fifty miles up the river from
WIFI If there is any serious fighting
on the Korean side of the Yalu it will
probably be near Chang-seng.
Big Army Near Viii.
Seoul, Korea, April THE Japan.
csc first army, consisting Of $4,000
men, including the i'm perial guard.
and the Second and Twelfth divisions.
which had been concentrated at Anju,
is moving on WIFI by three routes.
1t was the advance gu3rd, composed
OF $50 infantry and cavalry, which re-
pulsed 600 Russians and occupied
Pingju and Chongju, sixty-fve miles
southeast of VIII March %.
Lieut.. Kato and four Japanese were
killed on that occasion and Capt.
Kurowaka and eleven men were
wounded. The Russians had ten men
killed.
Start for the Front.
London, April THE Daily Nails
correspondent at Kobe cables:
The war correspondents accom-.
panying the first Japanese column left
here last night. The Nails CORES.
pendent at Toxic left Saturday."
No Signs OF Warships.
A correspondent of the Times,
cabling yesterday afternoon, says that
he has been cruising for fifty hours in
the vicinity of Port Arthur and that
he has seen no sign of the navy of
either belligerent, cot even scout
boats, but that he has seen large
fotillas OF junks steering northwest,
presumably going to Laio Lishin to
land provisions for Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, April 6.-There is no
signs Of the Japanese, and there is no
notable change in the situation.
Half the Battle Won.
Toxic, April 7.-Wher the Russians
evacuated WIFI without serious at
tempt to oppose the japanese they
did precisely what the mikado's mill.
tary council expected them to do.
Apparently few Russians remain
on the hills on the south bank of the
Upper Yalu, but their position is un.
tenable owing to the danger that the
Japanese will cut off their retreat. It
is believed that those scattered de-
tachments will speedily follow the
force that retired from VIII, and that
in a few days the Japanese will be in
Of
will be brought to successful con-
clusion the first main object of Japan's
land campaign - the occupation in
great strength and the elaborate forti.
f1cation of Korea.
Now that this object practically is
feeling of deep gratifl.
cation pervades the whole empire. It
Is felt that
An Enormous Advance
has been made toward defeating Rus.
sia's ambition to put Japan at its
mercy. However large may be the
army Gen. Kuropatkin may succeed in |
deplOying to Manchuria, the mikado's |
advisers are convinced that he will be |
unable to eject the Japanese troops
from Korea and thus clear the road |
FOR other achievements fatal to this |
1--WE feel that we have achieved at |
least a half, and that the most i'm
portant half, from the standpoint of
Japanese security, of the heavy task
we set ourselves to perform" said a
high official. 1T is true that nearly
Ill the shedding of blood lies before
is, but the emperor's troops now are
n possession of territory we deem the
Key to the strategic position of our