The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-04
FW.CHVANG is REPORTED TAKEN
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Ing to our heavy losses in men and
horses we could not succeed. in carry
ing off our guns, but their breech locks
were removed. Our force fell back
on Feng Chang Heng. Gen. Zassa-
htch's forces consisted Of five regiments
and five batteries, but one regiment
and two batteries stationed at Shak-
hevze were not engaged, the Japanese
not attacking that point. Our losses
are not yet known, but in view of the
stubbornness of the conflict, they must
have been very considerable"
GEN. ZASSALITCH's REPORT.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.-The
emperor has received the following tel
egram under today's date from Gen,
Kuropatkin:
Gen. zassalitch's report, dated to-
day, on the fight Of May 1, says that
the battle was fought under the follow
ing circumstances: The Twelfth and
Twenty second regiments and the Sec
ond and Third batteries Of the Sixth
brigade of artillery were engaged in the
battle which began with heavy can
nonading Of our right flank by siege
guns at Wt-ju and field batteries in
the distance. After lull the fighting
was resumed with extraordinary vio-
lence against the left flank of our
main position at Turenchen and our
position at Potietinsky. A fusillade
was also begun by small parties of
japanese across the All river.
'The situation Of the defenders po~
sftion became Increasingly difficult, es-
pecially at Potietinsky, which was
bombarded on the front and on both
tanks. Thirty Japanese guns were
pitted against our battery at Potietins-
ky, which after having silenced the
enemy's mountain battery, directed fts
fire on the Japanese infantry and sus-
nW
obliged to take up another position,
owing to the withdrawal Of our infan-
try from the bank.
- 5ayonet Charges.
The Japanese under our fire made
continual bayonet attacks on our
troops Japanese bodies lay in heaps
at the river fords.
simultaneously with the attack at
Potietinsky an attack was being made
on our left flank at Turenchen and the
Russian trenches had to be abandoned
under the Japanese enfIading fire. Our
reserves several times mingled with the
first line, thus enabling it for long
time to maintain it's position. Finally
all Of the supports were brought up
into the firing line but owing to the
great distance from our main reserves
1t was impossible for them to reach the
advanced force in time and our men
retired from the principal position to
another position in the rear Of Turen-
chen followed by the concentrated fire
of the japanese, who could not make
up their minds to descend from the
crest they occupied and face the fire OF
our batteries at Poulemetts. They dug
fresh trenches and opened heavy ar
tillery fire on our new position and be-
gan to turn our left flank toward Chin
Cow.
1.-TWO battalions Of the Eleventh reg
iment and the Third battery of the
Third brigade of artillery belonging to
the main reserve were ordered to Lao
Fun Hou They occupied position
with a double firing line, thus permit
ting our advanced line, which had suf-
fered heavily and our wounded to re-
tire A battalion Of the Eleventh reg1-
ment, both TANKS of which were re-
peatedly turned by the enemy, advance
ed with fixed bayonets, preceded by
buglers to clear passage The Japa-
nese. however, declined a hand to-hand
conflict and recoiIed. In front Of the
regiment a chaplain bearing a cross
was struck by two bullets"