New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-28
0kU'S ATTACK By NIGHT
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served massing in the district of Mantsiatoun.
1antsuokara and Dafang-Shan.
The IRE now became centred on our troops oc-
cupying the heights south of Tsanchiatsia At
the same time two baItaliOns of Japanese in
fantry attempted TO occupy a mountain 10 the
northwest OF Dafang- Shan. but being dislodged
oy our artillery the Japanese took flight our
| shells burst full in the enemys ranks.
ABOUT II O'clock between three and four Jap
anese oattalions were firing our troops occu-
pying the heights of Tsianchiatsia a battery
! or RUSSIAN field artillery and another of horse
aItlLery then began to fire from Nandaline their
nfe conVerg1ng upon Dafang-Shan As a result
the Japanese fire slackened.
Immediately after II o'clock the troops posted
at Islanchlatsla were reinforced by a reserve
battery. our fire again causing considerable
sIaCAehlng or the enemy's cannonade
Al clock in the afternoon all of our artiI-
Iery, beginning from the NandaIine U0sitior
! changed front and opened fire upon Dafang-
| Shan with such marked success that the troops
IN thal section Of the field attempted to take the
offensive against the japanese right flank
a battalion sent in advance reported the
pIsSetce OF large reserves OF the enemy the
t,lie rom AehtslatolIn 70 FanchanSou- The
| battalion sustained heavy casualties and was
| onLged 70 retire AT the same time the Jap
@It-ese occupying the heights Of Fanchankou
threw forward at least three more batteries.
Al & O'Clock IN the afternoon the massing OF
the japanese infantry suggested that thev in
Iehded 70 force our position at the village Of
1sianchiatsia, which was held by the Rarnaoulsk
regiment About five or six japanese batteries
creased toward evening
At I:3o o'clock the japanese IRE was at it's
4LC45iIt ana IN the ldSt RAYS of the setting
Che enemy delivered his attack on the Barna-
DUSK Regiment. The latter reinforced by three
oattanons. under the command of Colonel Deb
trotIA Nallahtly swept back the enemy, making
Iour bayonet charges and capturing a number
not yet ascertained. or rifles together with am
At o'clock in the evening the cannonade
ceased, but the rifle fire continued until late in
the night.
we retained all our positions
AFTER the night it was ascertained that our
elshteen hattalions had been engaged with at
least two Japanese divisions supported by an
extent Of the position measured nine miles
In these circumstances I did not think it ad-
VlSaple 70 resume the action on the following
day. and resolved to retreat toward the north.
The withdrawal was effected in perfect order.
our losses have not vet been ascertained but
they csUrnat ted at a bout twenty officers and
600 men killed or wounded Among the wounded
is Colonel AUspensky. commanding the Tomsk
Regiment
must testify to the remarkable frnress dis
played by all the troops in my command during
this difficult action. which lasted sixteen hours
Inc siberian regiments who had met the main
japanese attack particular DISTINGUISHED
themselves by their unVavering endurance. Not
an men OF ground was yielded. despite the enOr-
nous numerical superiority and the repeated
attacks on our centre. where the fighting on
four occasions was conducted ar close quarters
with the bayonet, which the Japanese could not
The list Of the. men nleritfnr rewards for +be-
share in this glorious night VIII follow In the
mean time beg To mention the great vaIor of
the Tabosi and Tomsk regiments Of two bat
L1lloNS OF the ullIaidtltSk Regiment ana IN
particular Of the BaruaOulsk Regiment which
covered itself with glory. The conduct of all
our batteries which remained in action for If
teen and half hours under heavy fire. was be-
yond all praise.
1 am unable 10 give the exact number Of losses
sustained by the Japanese, but I venture TO say
that these losses were greater than ours.
DISPATCH To THE LEGATION HERE
Washington. July 27.-The Japanese legation
has received the following dispatch from the
Foreign Office Toxic, dated to-day:
General Ozu reports that on July - our army
began al attack on the enemy posted on Ia
Ping-Ling and other eminences near Tashf-
Caiao which We're fortified with strong defen-
sIve works. The eUenys line of operation ex-
tended over ten miles from east 20 west The
enemy consisted OF abour five divisions with a
least one hundred guns. The right wing OF our
army reached the heights three Kilometres
southeast OF Ta-PinE-LinE and there eusued
the exchange OF severe artillery fire
our advanced lines had TO Withdraw until
dark before the enemy's artillery fire. the
local situation did not permit our artillery TO
fire with full effect. At 10 2. m. a detachment
from our right wing dislOdEed the enemy from
the position around a-P1UE-LilE. Then by
successive attacks till daybreak We captured
Ill the positions commanding Tashi-Chiac and
are now pursuing the enemy toward that place
Our casualties are estimated az eight hundred
The State Department has been officially ad-
vised that the japanese forces occupy Wing