Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
IN CONFUSION.
Russians Fell Back After Battle Japs Have a
 Firm Hold.

| Central News from Seoul says that after the Japanese charge which re- l suited in the occupation of the Rus sian lines at Chiu Iien Cheng, the l Russians fell back i'll confusion. The Japanese, the dispatch continues, have now secured a firm hold on the Man churdan side of the ' alu.
 The exact extent and location of the 1 movements along the lower Yalu river are somewhat obscured by the con- fusion of geographical names. KuHen- 1 Chang which was the main objective of the Japanese attack, the spelling of which is given in the Russian dispatch eS as Turenchen and in the Tokio re ports as Chiu-Tien-C Cheng, is west of l the bank Of the Yalu a few miles north of Antung. The preliminary operations which resulted in the Japanese occupa- tion of Kosan or Khussan, also took place on the west bank of the Yalu, thus enabling this force to move down from the north in conjunction with the main Japanese attack delivered on Sunday morning against Kulien- -Oheng. The fall of this stragetically important point made the holding of Antung, nearly opposite Wiju, across the Yalu, impossible, and caused the Russians to burn and abandon the town.
 It is evident that the fighting 4-as been confined to the Yalu estuary, which is now ill the hands of the Japanese.
 Feng- -Wang-C -Cheng, to which the Rus sians have fallen back, is some thirty Or forty miles northwest of Ant1lng, inside or west of the famous willow. palisade which was once the boundary of Manchuria This point also con- trols the famous Pel1in road, the great caravan and trade route running via Liao Yang, Feng- -Cheng and An tung and connecting the Chinese capital with Korea.
 St Petersburg, May 2.-It is the sub- feet of the gerenal remark here. that the Japanese in crossing the Yalu adopted almost identicalIy the same tactics they followed during the Jap anese and Chinese war forcing the pas sage at the exact places they did in 1895.
 The emperor is receiving war news at .Psarskoey Selo, fifteen miles south of St Petersburg A special wire has J been run into the palace there.
 St Petersburg, May 2.-The official Finland Gazette reports the prevalence
  of British squadron of Helslngfors and Japanese spies at Illeborg.
 London, May 2. The Japanese lega- tioan cave out to-day an official dis patch from the admiralty at Tokio, re porting an engagement between Jap- anese warships on the Yalu and Rus sian shore batteries. It reads as fol lows:
 EThe captain of the gunboat Maya reports that a aotilla consisting of l the gunboats Maya and Uji and some torpedo boats ascended the Yalu May 1. bombarding the enemy. While they were returning the enemy's artillery suddenly attacked the torpedo boats l The latter silenced the enemy after | severe engagement lasting 30 minutes and the f1otilla all returned to Yon- gampo There were no casualties.
 .'Our armed launches reached An l tung the same morning and repulsed { the enemy's infantry and artillery af- l ter 30 minutes of sharp fighting. Fire was seen rising from the town and a native says that the enemy fled from Antung after setting fire to it.''
 Tien Tsin, May 2.-Two hundred Russians are entrenching themselves on the Liao river, three miles from Sin Min-Tung, employing Chinese la borel.s Sin-Min-Tung is two miles from Koupang-Tze, a permanent Rus sian camp. A detachment of 180 men is patrolling the railroad line. St Petersburg, May 2.-The new Russian battleship Oral, to which the finishing touches are being put, ran aground on a sandbank in the Neya yesterday. The ice breaker Ermak has been sent from Cronstadt to assist the | tugs in pulling her off.