New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-02
Battle Still COntinUes-.St. Peters
burg Official 1ccOunt.

St, Petersburg, May 1.-The general stan's ac-
count of the operations on the YaIu River to-
day is as follows:
At o'clock this morning japanese field bat
teri2s and 41-inch guns opened a terrific
fire on our position at Turenchen Kulen-
ChcngD and ON our troops posted near Potie-
tinsky
The overwhelming superiority of the Japanese
IN artillery and the heavy losses their fire in
fiCted troops occupying these positions
made il clear to General Sassulitch that il was
impossible TO hold Turer chen. Consequently
the troops We're ordered to retire from TuTen
chen. while still holding the Potetnsby road
When General SassUlitch dispatched his tele-
gram the Russian troops were retiring in good
order from TurenChen and SChakhedzy 10 their
second position, and the battle was continuing
at Potietinsky and Tchin-tiu.
The operations Of April % and so which re-
suited in dislodgins the japanese from one Of
their positions. followed by a Russian retreat
before a Japanese force covered by two batteries
the shening of Kulen-Cheng and the Russian
retreat from Khussan. are told as follows n the
general staff's announcement:
From General Kuropatkfu's telegrams it ap-
pears that the japanese. having crossed 10 the
right bank Of the Yalu, near the village of Sin
diaEu. occupied the villages OF hhussan ana
IitzaVen. General SassUlitch. with view to re-
occupying Litzaven and the heights near Khus-
san. ordered on April - a thorough reconnois-
sanCe of the positions which the japanese OCCu-
pied and then sent a detachment. comma nded bv
STAR Lieutenant Colonel Lind, TO attack the
enemy.
The positions near Litzaven and Khussan were
defended by a japanese force, consisting OF two
bGttalions of the 4th Regiment Of the Guard,
with mountain guns, and q small force OF cav
airy Of the Guard.
With the assistance Of our artillery from
Potieti0sky. our troops disodged the japanese
from their position losing TWO sharPshOOters
killed and thirteen wounded. The japanese left
the position they vacated ten dead AMI twen-
N-SI
her Of their wounded. and others scrambled down
the cliffs to the Yalu- The enemy succeeded In
removing their mountain guns.
After occupying the heights near Sindiagu,
where troops came under heavy fire from
Japarese battery posted north Of Win, two OF
oUr guns shelled pOntoon bridge and compelled
the japanese TO dismante it,
The Japanese troops at Litzaven and khussan
retreated partly 10 the Yalu and partly north
ward.
Up TO the present ten carbtnes and many
cartridges and maps have been round on the
japanese positions
Conspicuous gaIlantry was displayed by the
light infantry Of the 10Th and 18th Regiments,
under Lieutenant YantChiss.
At 10 o'clock on the morning of April 90
Japanese force Of 15O0 infantry with twelve
guns began To cross the river at Ambikhe and
SchOgapoud,y- Near Ambikhe there was d
small Russian detachment under Lieutenant
Colonel Goussev, which was compelled 10 re-
tire under the sustained fire Of two Japanese
batteries of six guns each -Four men were
wounded and Lieutenant Colonel Goussev was
bruised the head and left arm our noun
fire on account OF the excessive range. and re
Inducements were sent TO the detachment with
orders 10 drive the Japanese beyond the Nalu-
General MistChenkO reports that japanese
warshipS at the mouth of the Yalu on April -
opened fire troops the cannonade lasting
for twenty minutes No damage was done
on April 80. from 10 o'clock In the morning
until ; in the afternoon. the Japanese shelled
cur position at TurenChea from their batteries
on the left bank where they had posted twenty
four field guns and twelve 12O-millimetre 4-i-
inch) siege guns which cleverly mounted
in masked earthworks They fred minimum
of two thousand projectiles. Our troops stuck
stubbornly to the pontoon at TurenChen.
ON the morning of April 80 the japanese re-
crossed the Yau at Sindiagu. attacking our I
troops posted on the heights near the village of
Khussan. and turning left flank. Owing TO
the great superiority Of the Japanese forces we
retreated TO a position near the village OF
PotietinSky.
our losses at the TurenChen pontoon We're
Lieutenant PakhalOn killed and Lieutenant
Colonel Mahler. commanding a battery OF the
Sixth Artillery Brigade. seriously wounded in
the head Colonel Mester. Captain NorObief
Captain Sapojnikofr. Lieutenant PhiladelphOff
and Captain Atroschenko wounded Lieutenant
RutropoY of the 22d Regiment. seriously
V ounded in the head on the pOntoon near khus- !
san.
our losses I'm men have not vet been definitely |
ascertained. but up to the present il is known /
that three were killed and nineteen wounded.
All is quiet at Ying- KOw