Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-03-05
ARMIES HAVE BEGUNFIGHT|NG
BOTH JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN.
CLAIM A VICTORY.
Russian Soldiers Dispense Korean g,
diers-Heavy Land Battle Expect.,
Soon-Russians Are Concentrate,
Forces IN Northern korea-Railr.,
Over Ice Lake Is Finished.

The following Official dispatch h,,
been received at the Japanese Ieg.tio~
at London
A number of the enemy's cavalry ON
peared at a point 700 meters uorfb :,
Plngyang, Korea. Our infantry Aroa
upon them, causing them to retreat -
Russian Version.
a dispatch received at st. PeterO.
ourg from Liaoyang, says that Chinese
on the faiu river report that an ad.
vance guard OF Russian cavalry. which
has penetrated Korea for a distance ~
about ZOO versts across the river. had
an encounter with a detachment %
Japanese, and that the Japanese were
compeled to retreat and neu. LEAVING
lheir horses, which. were seized bv Coz
sacks.
General Linevitch dispatched cavalry
and a body of infantry in pursuit and
with an order to occupy northern
Korea.
Details of a skirmish at Pingyang
show that so Russian caValryluen an.
preached the north gate Of the Ian.
dAese camp and fired at 1000 meters,
A sharp fusilade took place and the
russians retired. All foreigners are
safe
The emperor has contributed 100000
zen and the crown prince So, 600 yen
% the japanese relief fund.
Korean soldiers on the Ham Gyeng
frontier have been attacked and dis.
persed by Russian troops.
The official announcement by Major
General Plug, chief of staff of Vice.
roy AleXieff that Russian cavalry had
crossed the Yalu river, is expected to
Je followed shortly by news of rather
neavy land fighting, as, according to
seemingly trustworthy reports, General
LenYitch has sent a whole army corps
81 infantry to support the Cossacks,
Who have penetrated to a point below
Anju and who are reported to have
eaten the Japanese in several Skin
nishes Nevertheless, if this move
.nent in force is progressing, it must
.-Ot be assumed that the Russians have
hey are taking up strong position in
lortheln Korea in order to check the
advance of the formidable army Of
japanese landing on both shores Of
Korea, while the concentration of Rus
sian troops behind the Yalu is being
completed. This concentration is max
ing better progress than is generally
believed abroad.
The movement of troops eastward
over the transsiberian railroad will be
greatly accelerated henceforth, as tee-
graphic reports say that the ice rail-
road over Lake Baikal is finished.
The Chinese war minister is hurry
ing large bodies of troops to the north
eastern frontier of Pechili.
The military situation will be greatly
complicated if General Ma is really
moving to the rear of the Russian po-
sition with the intention OF making
common cause with the Japanese, as
It will expose both Russian TANKS to
attack.
The hopes and l.earts of the Rus
slams are centere IL heir army.
The war excl nent here and
throughout Russia generally seems to
be dying down.
The movement of troops on the
transsiberian railroad has attained I'M
precedented proportions. Trains going
east are filed with troops. All trains
from Manchuria are crowded with wo-
men and children and the station here
is filled with refugees waiting an OPP
portunity to return to Russia, many
of them remaining two days before be-
ing able to continue their journey.
on Lake Bakal near the shore and
on Lake Baikal near the shore and
renortad