Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
Fighting in a Small Way Reported ii
NO DECISIVE BATTLES, HOWEVER
Both Sides Seem to Be Playing For
Time In Which to Collect All Their
Forces.

Toxic, BY Cable.-The advance
guard of the Japanese army in North,
western Korea occupied the town OF
Senge Cheng yesterday afternoon
without opposition. Senge Cheng is
on the Pekin road, IS miles west of
Cheng-Ju and about forty miles south
of Wiju.
When the japanese drove the Rus
SLAMS out of Cheng-Ju last Monday
the Russians withdrew in two col.
umns, one going over the Kcak San
road and the other over the Peking
road. The Japanese advance from
Cheng-Ju was made very rapidly. 1t
was anticipated that the Russians
would resist this advance, but they
failed TO do so, and it is not probable
there will be any further opposition
south of the Yalu river.
{ Cheng-Ju, because Of it's superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
place between Ping Yang and Wiju.
Besides these natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there
which, had it been defended with
spirit, would have been hard to take.
The Japanese are gratified with the
comparative ease with which they
drove the Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be
In the country east Of the Peking
road, but it is not probable that there
Is any considerable force of Russians
in that section. The patrols are
withdrawing gradually to the north
ward toward Yalu.
It is reported that the ice on the
Yalu is we'll broken up, and in the flu
ture the river must be crossed either
In jrnks or over pontoon bridges.
A dispatch from Toxic to the Asso-
ciated Press. dated April 1, said In
formation had been received from a
private lodging the enemy at Cheng- !
Ju had advanced to the Yong Chun
{about As miles west Of Cheng-Ju),
from which place they drove the Rus
SLAMS after brief engagement. 1t
is possible that the many different
spellings given to Korean names in
gazeteers, and on maps have led to
confusion and that Seng Chers in
: = tsaaie ,aassasa-and Yopsl lCh1p |
referred. to in the d1spatcn Or .Apri
J., should be the same place. The
two towns, however, are quite dis
tinct, being about 25 miles apart.
st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The Nov
Kroi, Of Port Arthur, thus describes
the scene on board the cruiser Bayar
during the recent bombardment in
which she distinguished herself:
Bursting shells bowled over man al
Ter man until decks were slippery
with blood. Amidst this hell the cap.
tain stood unmoved in the coming
tower calmly telephoning his orders te
the gun captains. His wonderful calm
ness had marvellous influence upor
all the officers.
1.-THE cockpit was soon crowded, 6
men being there before the fight end,
ed; but amidst the crash of the guns
the hiss of flying splinters, and the dl'
rection of the working engines. the
surgeons labored over the sick as al
the hospital operating tables. Although
some OF the men suffered friSn .fu
agonies there were few groans. in spite
Ct the fact that anaesthetics were aa'
ninistered in only one case.
when the battle ended and the ene-
my began to draw off the officers on
the bridge cheered and the cheering
extended down into the hold, the stok-