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THOUSANDS. DEAD ON YALU.
Russian General Admits Heavy Losses
in Battle With Japanese.
THE BODIES LAY IN HE

Between 3OUO anu 4ooO OF the MIX
Troops Fell in the Fight Superior
Numbers Forced the Russians to Retire
-~Japanese Male Continual Bayonet
Attacks Under Calling Fire.
st. Petersburg. Russia.-In a report
received by the Emperor from General
Kuropatkin it is stated that at least
from 5000 to 1000 men we're killed in
the Yalu River battle.
General Europatkin's report of Sum
days battle at the Ya.u is, in part, as
follows:
General Sassolitch's report on the
fight with the japanese on the Yalu
River says that the battle was fought
under the following circumstances:
The Twelfth and Tventy-second regi-
ments and the Second and Third Bat
teries Of the Sixth Brigade Of Artillery
were engaged in the battle. which be-
gan with heavy c%annonading of our
right flank by siege guns at Win and
field. batteries in the distance. p
After a lull the fighting was resumed
with extraordinary violence against the
left flank Of Our main position at Tu-
renchen and our position at Potientin.
sky. A fuSillade was also begun by
small parties of Japanese across the
Al River. 81
The situation of the defenders posi-
ton became difficult. especially at Po-
tietinsky, which was bombarded on the
front and on both TANKS. .
Thirty japanese guns were pitted
against u battery at Potietinsky,
which after having sllerced the ene-
my's mountain battery directed its fire
on the Japanese infantry and sustained
few losses 20 long as it was not obliged
to take up another position owing to
the withdra wal of our infantry from
the bank.
The Japanese under our fire made
continual bayonet attacks on our
troops. Japanese bodies lay in heaps
at the river fords.
simultaneously with the attack at
Potietinsky an attack was being made
on our left flank at Turenchen, and the
Russian trenches had to be abandoned
under the japanese enfilading fire. Our
reserves several times mingled with
the first line. thus enabling it for a
long time to maintain it's position.
Finally all of the supports were
brought up into the. firing line. but ow-
ing to the great distance from our
main reserves it was impossible for
them to reach the advanced force in
time, and our men retired from the
principal position to another position
in the rear Of T%urenchen, followed by
the concentrated fire Of the japanese.
who could not make up their minds to
descend from the crest they occupied
and face the fire of our batteries at
Poulemetts. >.
They dug fresh trenches and opened
a heavy artillery fire on our new posi-
ton and began to. turn our left flank to-
ward Chingow.
Two Eattalions of the Eleventh Regi-
ment and the Third Battery of the
Third Brigade of Artillery, belonging
to the main reserve, were ordered to
L%aofunhou.
They occupied a position with a dou-
BILE firing line, thus permitting u adj
vanced line, which had suffered heavily
and our wounded to retire. A battal-
ion of the Eleventh Regiment, both
tanks Of which were repeatedly turned
by the enemy. advanced with fixed
bayonets. preceded Dy buglers, to clear
a passage The Japanese, however,
declined a hand to hand conflict.
In the Eleventh Regiment the killed
included Colonel Laming and Lieuten-'
ant-Colonels Dometti and Raievsky.
The Twelfth Regiment lost nine COM
pany commanders killed or wounded.
The Second and Third batteries of the
Sixth Brigade, having lost the greater
number of their men and horses, were
compelled to abandon their sixteen
guns after rendering them useless. =
The Japanese losses were very heavy
at the passage Of the Al Piver. at their
position at Turenchen and CT the hill
occupied by the two battalions of the
Eleventh Regime ut. According to the
statements of participants in the battle
at least 5000 to 1000 Japanese were
killed.
1t is now admitted here that both
Generals Dassolitch and Kashtalinsky
were wounded and that twenty-seven
guns were captured by the Japanese.
AS is we'll understood here. General
Kuropatkin's program did not contem-
plate such resistance to the japanese