The San Francisco call., 1904-04-27
CONTINUOUS
FIGHTING ON
YALU RIVER
Japanese Succeed in
Entering Man
Churia.
Cross Stream in the Face
Of Heavy Firing Of Rus
sian 0utp0StS.
Advance Guard EntrcncheS Its Position
and Reinforeements Are Hur-
ried to Its Support
Special Cable to The Call and New York Her
AID Copyright. 1904, by the New York
Herald Publishing Company.

SEOUL. April 26.-- On April 22
there was a collision between scouts
on the Yalu River, both parties retir-
ing after a small brush. There were
no casualties on the Japanese side.
Russians withdrew, carrying a num-
Der of dead and wounded.
LIAOYANG, April 27.-On April 23
the Russians observed that the Japan
ese were making preparations to cross
the Yalu River. On the night of
April 25 two steamships and two tor
pedo- boats were noticed at the mouth
of the river. They approached the
shore at daylight and the Japanese
commenced to build pontoon bridge
on the left tributary. A second pom
toon was being prepared ten miles up
stream. At 3 o'clock the same after
noon the Japanese occupied the island
of Samolinde, to which they carried
pontoon boats, etc.
The night passed quietly, the tor
pedo-boats maintaining a careful
watch in case the troops ashore
should be attacked and examining the
mouth of the river by means of
searchlights.
RUSSIANS OPEN FIRE.
At $40 o'clock the next morning the
Japanese crossed the river near the vii
lage of Tehangdjou. where the Russian
outposts commenced firing upon them
The Russian advance guards had been
furnished with a small gun, and they
succeeded in destroying the pontoon
constructed near Wiju. The wrecked
pontoon was carried away by the cur
rent and further Japanese bridging
operations ceased, but the Japanese
continued to cross by another pontoon
south of Wiiu.
A Japanese column with battery of
artillery approached Turenchen at mid
day. but the Russian skirmishers met
them with sharp firing, evidently CIV
ing them trouble, as they retired with
the battery, which made no attempt to
answer the Russian fire.
DETAILS ARE WITHHELD.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 26.-The
censors' committee did not give out to-
night the dispatches received to-day re-
garding the movements of the Japanese
across the Yalu River. 1t was inti-
mated that information had been re-
ceiyed that the Japanese had crossed
the river, but they were accompanied
by a statement that the success of the
enemy should not be regarded as an
important victory, the Russians having
no intention of vigorously contesting
the passage, their plan being to annoy
the enemy as much as possible.
It is evident from the dispatches re-
ceiyed here that, in order to render
crossing feasible, the Japanese made a
feint on Tatungkau, while the troops
actually crossed some miles up the
river at Tchangdjou. Two companies
were first thrown into Manchuria and
entrenched, and imme-
diateIy under the cover of their guns
reinforcements crossed.
1t is regarded as probable that when
these troops are in sufficient numbers
they will march along the Manchuria
bank of the Yalu in the direction of
Antung, near which lies the road on
which the advance can continue to
Fengwangchang, where the first deter
mined stand of the Russians will be
made No report has reached here, Of