Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-03
7ASSALITCH IS STILL RETIRING.
10 is Maintaining Good Order and
The Japanese Are Not Fol-
lowing Him.
RUSSIANS FOUGHT sTusBoRNLY.
Gen. Kashtalinsky Reported Killed -
Could Not Hold Position, but lnilict
ed Heavy Loss on the Enemy.

G, Petersburg, May 3, 2;25 p m,--The
Glance of the authorities here regard
Eng the later details of the hghting on
,he yalu river is interpreted CONTINUOUSLY
and there is consequent prevalence
~ all sorts Of irresponsible rumors re-
.ardlng the magnitude Of the Russian
,osses some figures going as high as
omo These manifestly are gross ex-
aggerations.
The absence of official information ls
explained by the general staff by the
,aot that a few japanese have succeed
"a in getting in the rear Of the Russian
nostion and cutting the wires between
Tai San Cheng and Feng Wang Cheng'
Heavy losses are admitted, but they
oro moi believed to exceed few nun
drsd and few guns The latter, While
rrotectlng the retreat Of the RUSSIAN
Sorce from Antung to Kulien Cheng mad
10 be abandoned owing to the loss Oh
mo horses. The breach locks, however,
were carried away, so the guns Will Dc
Of no service TO the enemy.
According to the latest Information
Gen. Zassalitch Is retiring IN goou order
along the main road ana tne Japanese
are not following him. Details are ex-
pected as soon as Cen IaSsalltch ID
again In communication.
There is no confirmation of the re-
ports that Gen. Zassalitch or Gen.
Kashtalinsky is wounded
PUBLIC IN THE DARK,
In the meantime the public remains
In the dark and ~ the prey of idle ru-
mors The war bulletin boards are
bare and not a single dispatch has come
through from the front. The figures OF
Inc Russian losses given from Japanese
sources in the dispatches from abroad
are carefully eliminated by the censors,
Until Gen. Zassaliteh's official advlces
arrive the general staff Is inclined to
believe that Zassalitch, who was under
orders to withdraw after Impeding the
progress Of the enemy as much as pos
sible, allowed the fight to mature be-
You'd his Intentions. being compelled 10
sustain heavy losses along the Litza-
yena river in order 10 extricate the re-
treating columns from Antung ana
Kuen Cheng.
The lighting in Chin Chow was ex-
ceedingly severe and stubborn, The
Japanese took n position on both TANKS
after Chin Cow had been shelled and
came TO close quarters, some desperate
hand hand work being reported,
many OF the Russian soldiers in the
fever Of combat, refused to retire at the
command of their officers,
NUMBER ENGAGED.
According TO the general staff, only
about 5000 Russians were actually en-
gagged at Kiulien Cheng, and along the
Lltzavent We're two regiments OF 81
berial rinemen OF 5000 men each
Gen. MischenkO, commander of the
eastern Cossnck brigade had 1900 Cos
sacks protecting the Russian right
flank lower down the Yalu and also u
brigade Of artillery, four batteries Of
eight guns each. Gen Kartroif, with
1900 Cossacks, was higher up the Yalu
guarding the road at Pusokhe which
leads direct to Mukden, In order to
prevent column of the enemy using
this for the purpose OF outflanking the
position at Feng Wang Cheng.
RUSSIANS FOUGHT sTUBBoRNLY,
Toxic, May as p. MA supplement-
al report was receive today from Gen
kurok 1t is dated today and says;
Yesterday the enemy offered stub
born resistance against our pursuit
adding about 300 TO our casualties the
enemy stood with resolution until their
artillery consisting Of two batteries
lost the majority of it's men and horses
, They then broke the breaches and
closing apparatus of their guns, and
4 hOsted the white dag.
According to captured Russian
n officer Mai, Gen. Kashtalmsky com
mander Of the Third east Siberian rifle
brigade the colonels OF the Eleventh
n and Twelfth rifle regiments, and the
commander OF the rifle artillery bat
talon we're killed In the fighting at
4 Hamatan.
1t seems that the enemy was en-
\ tirely routed by our attack, because
= since yesterday many have come In
and surrendered our prisoners m
clude 80 officers. 20 Of whom are
wounded, and 800 men, 100 of whom are
a wounded.
4 "A preliminary report from the chief
A surgeon OF the First Japanese army
a shows that we had 79S men killed and
4 wounded. These casualties are divided
as follows:
a The Imperial Guards, 1922 Second 81
Vision, $780, Third division, 3l6"
COULDN'T HOLD POSITION,
st, Petersburg, May 3-(Noon)- The
emperor has received an official dis
patch from Gen. Kuropatkin forward
n ing a dispatch from Gen. Zassalltch
4 commanding the Russian forces which
nave been engaged with the Japanese
advance from the Yalu. II Is dated
noon Sunday and describes how he
ordered the Russian forces ut Antung
ana kiuien Cheng to fall back along
me main road toward Fong Vans
, RMS movement was protected from
we threatened flank attack by mer
uld guns stationed ut Petitlensky, one
mlle north OF Kiullen Cheng and Chin
lou villages on the Litdavela river
mere the fighting was protrrcted and
n %Vere' The Russians lost artillery and
nuIses being obliged TO abandon, &C.
a SCordlng TO the text, few guns
zen lassalitch says:
II Although we were unable 70 hold
IA Iur positions here we inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy"
n FIGHTING ON THE YALU.
n seoul, May 3.-in the lighting be-
n iNsen the Japanese and Russians Oh