Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-28


shot was fired, the japanese ana CO.
/ rcans withdrawing The unexpected APP
pcarancc of Cossacks in the rear OF the
Jaranesc forces near the falu caused IL
panic among the japanese troops pro-
ceeding towards the Yalu from Ping
Yang and they consequently retreated
The Japancse troops at PAX Chon, ku-
song. Kasan and Chong Ju did not at
tempt to stop the Cossacks, but moved
towards the northwest by forced
marches.
st. Petersburg, April $3.50 \. NJ
Disappointment prevails in st. Peters
burg that no official dispatches giving
letails of the operations on the Ialu
river have vet been made public.
The Associated Press has obtained
from the general staff the following
clear statement of the situation:
Before beginning the passage of the
Yalu the Japanese evidently completed
the conc cntration of two armies along
the river. commanded by Generals
kuroki and Oku. The total force Is
| 100 0aO.
The Japanese then commenced the
passage Of the river ana the Russians
|
| prevent their crossing. The japanese
front extended from Win as far as
| Pick Tong over eighty miles. We faced
| the possibility that they would cross
ut a score of places and all we could
| hope WAS to harass and impede the
crossing
The Japun"Sc crossed ut at least two
points Their first attempt to force Il
paSSlgc near Chand-C h"-kow, 20 miles
| above Wiju, near SiaopouSsikho on the
| Poussikhe a tributary of the Yalu. WAS
successful. This is important because
| u road leads from Siaopousskhe north
east to kwan-Ti"n. which commands
enc of tn, roads to Mukdcn.
TIP the stream near SindiaGou tn"
japanese were practically unOpposCd
At TuranChcn lower down our out
posts directed Il lire from field piece
80 successfully that they destroyed the
mornings ana wrecked the pontoons.
The enemy WIS thrown into disorder
and suffered considerable loss. still fur
Their down the stream the Japanese
made Il third attempt 1T crossing.
I'VE do not think that tn" Japanese
will attempt to land 1T TakuShan or
TatIng kau now that they have cross
ed the Yalu. The object of Surh landings
has been to cause IL DIVERSION so as to
enable the japanese to cross the river
Takushau is lot a good strategic point.
London. April 2$.-Thc Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent ut Irkutsk. ST.
hcria under yesterdays date says that
the Japanese hav" blown up Il portion
of the railway at khailar, but that the
resultant damage is insignificant.
Paris, April 2S-Thc st. Petersburg
| correspondent of the Journal reports
| that Russian submarine boat has
sunk a Japanese transport which WAS
conveying six hundred men to Corcl
and that all the troops We're lost.
London. AnriI oS-Tt is announced from
Shanghai, this morning. that tn" third
Japanese army now modifying will com
prise three divisions from Hiroshima.
llinicju aud Zentsurii. Preparations are
on foot to mobilize Il fourth army should
1t become necessary.
1t is supposed that it NAV he intended
to use tho armies against Nladivostok or
Port Arthur.
The Ticn Tsin CORRESPONDENT Of tn"
Standard reports that 1000 Russians are
harrassing Chinese villages west of the
Shuan-Tai-Su river. midway between Chin
L
The correspondent Of tho Standard at
Che Foo says he learns that both banks
of the Lao river have been strongly forti-
fed. and estimates that a hundred guns
have been mounted.
Paris. April 2S.-Thc st. Petersburg cor
respondent Of the Echo dc Paris says he
learns that Niccroy AleXieff's telegram to
the Emperor reporting the sinking at
Gensan of a Japanese merchantmen was
| published only in part. 1t contained the
| following additional details:
The maneuVerS of the Nladiv0StOk
| squadron near Gensan in accordance with
| the plan drawn up by lessen CE,sscn?)
lessen informed Alexieff that he had in
tercepted a wireless message. the tenor
| of which he was unable to make out hl't
| which indicated the presence in the vicin-
! ity of a Japanese fleet concealed by the
| fog.
| Berlin. April 21.-Colonel Won Ciaedke
| war correspondent of the Berlner Tage-
\ blatt writing from Harbin Msnchuria.
| under date of April 1, says he found the
Russians much moro unprcpared for war
| than he anticipated. High officers as
| sured him that the garrison of Port Ar
thur amounted to only 5000 combatants
/ when the first attack occurred. The
troops south of Mukden ready for action
numbered Only a0.000 to $3.50 men.
| Col Won Gaedke asserts that the total
| strength of the Russians in Marchuria
| at that time was hardly above @.@o men.
| exclusive Of %. 600 railroad guards
| The Russians expected a speedy advance
| of the Japanese after the outbreak of war