The National tribune., 1904-06-23
NAP SHOWING OPERATIONS AROUND WA
FAN Cow.

Of the desperation of the fighting in which
the correspondents bankrupt the diction-
ary daily. One correspondent has a very
funny picture of the Russian artillery
moving down the japanese like wheat"
Another says: The whole valley was be-
Tassa ran red" After all this lambent
irridescence of the English language, it is
rather disappointing to learn that the
Russian loss. in being driven from a
strong position, was only about 800 killed
and wounded and 800 taken prisoners.
The japanese loss is reported as prob
ably LOCO. The Russians lost IA quick
firing guns.
The reports say that the Russians had
AZ battalions, with 9S guns engaged, and
the japanese A battalions, with 200
guns. AS the battalion is about 800 men,
this would make something over $4,000
infantry on a side. say. 10000 men, in
Guiding cavalry and artillery, or larger
army than Grant had at Shiloh or Rose
Grams at Stone River.
The number of guns would indicate
fully this number of infantry. 1t would
give the Russians one gun to about 800
men and the japanese one to about go
cannon TO 800 men. Later we reduced
the number TO one to LOCO men.
Old soldiers will have difficulty in un-
derstanding how men could be driven
from any nights, and losing IA pieces of
artillery, with a loss of but 800 killed and
wounded, and a similar loss on the part
of those attacking them. The next as
tOnishing thing is how they could have
lost IA pieces of artillery in such a melee
with so few casualties. The third as
tOnishment is that there were only 300
prisoners taken. This implies that all the
fighting over there is being done at very
long range, so that when one lire gives
/, oI,a x,l-a
vantage of it and reap a harvest of pris-
OnerS.
Again. We have the remarkable lack of
casualties among the higher officers on
both sides. Only one Russian Colonel
was captured. In such collisions as these
large mortality among the field and gen
eral officers, who rush into the critical
part Of the fight TO restore order. and 10
encourage their men by their presence
and example. In doing this it is always
the case that many high officers are killed
and wounded, or captured. The Russian
superior officers do not seem to be play
ing the game that way TO any extent
The Russian column was commanded
by Gen. Stackelberg, who is reported 10
have received a shot in his leg. There is
much apprehension as TO the fate of this
column. because its capture is among the
possibilities if not proba abilities.
landed sometime ago at Takushan, is sup
posed to be moving up through the coun-
try, and should come upon the rear Of
this relieving column or upon the Russians
confronting ng-wang-cheng. If it is
handled with the skill that has hereto
fore marked the japanese operations, it
must succeed i'm destroying one or both Of
these Russian detachments.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
Gen. Oku started from a line marked
by Pulant-ien and Tassa River on June
13. His right column moved clong the
Tassa River, his main column along the
railroad, and his left column by road
leading through Wuchiatun, Suchuankon,
and Tahoai. The japanese cavalry started
from Pitsewo over a road leading through
Shunzo, and the small bodies of Russians
opposing this advance were brushed away.
The left column reached NachiaIing on
June IA, and the main or middle column