Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-05
JAPs DRIVE THE
RUSSIANS BACK.
Gallant Charge Closes Five
Days Fierce
Battle.
FRONTAGE OF FOUR MILES.
The Russians Made Two Brave Blu
Intellectual Stands-Lose 800 Mer
and Twenty. Eight Quick Firinf
Guns.

Guns.
Toxic, May Il a. m.)-The Rus
slams were forced to abandon AntunS
yesterday. They burned the towr
and retreated to Feng Huan Cheng.
The Japanese now control the estu
airy of the Yalu.
| Toxic, May 2.-(7 p. m.)-The Jap
ense losses on the Yalu Sunday wert
| about 700 killed and wounded The
Russians lost over 500 men. The Jap
anese captured twenty-eight quick
| firing guns. The report from General
| Kuroki, covering Sundays fighting
says:
The Russians made two stands
The enemy's strength included all o,
the Third division, two regiments o;
| the Sixth division, one cavalry brig
| ade, about forty quick-hring guns and
eight other guns. We have taken
| twenty-eight quick-fring guns, many
rifles, much ammunition, more tnan
| stoned officers and men as prisoners.
l am informed that Major Keshtalin,
| sky, commander of the Third East
Siberian rifles brigade, and Lieuten'
| ant General Zassalitch, commander of
| the Second Siberian army corps, were
wounded. Our casualties number
| about 700 and the Russian loss is
more than 500 men" if
Toxic, May AFTER five days of
| fighting, largely artillery, the first
! Japanese army under General Kuroki,
has forced a crossing of the Yalu
| river, and yesterday, with gallant
| infantry charge covering frontage of
| four miles, it drove the Russians
from Chiu Tien Cheng and the heights
| on the river bank of the Tho or Aida
| river, which enters the Yalu from the
| north almost opposite Wiju. The Jap
| anese turned the left flank of the
Russian position, and in the battle OF
yesterday they swept away the new
front interposed by the Russians to-
! check their onward movement
The present position of the Japan-
csc is a denominating one and they
may force the abandonment of the
at Antung and other points lower
down the river.
The Twelfth division of the Japan
csc army was chosen to make the first
crossing of the Yalu. 1t began it's
preparation on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
bank of the river opposite Suikochin,
which is eight miles above Wiju and
the point selected for the crossing.
This division constructed a pontoon
bridge over the river, and at o'clock
Saturday morning it began crossing.
The entire division passed over the
river during the day, and by o'clock
Saturday evening it was in the posi-
ton assigned to it for the battle OF
Sunday.
The movement of the Twelfth Jap.
anese division was covered by the
Second regiment of field artillery and
another artillery regiment Of heavy
guns.
At 10:40 o'clock Saturday morning
the Russian artillery posted to the
north and to the east of Chiu- Tien
,, Cheng began Smelling the patrols OF
Japanese infantry which mad been dis.
koda, another island north of Kintei.
to and under Chiu Tien Cheng. The
Japanese batteries replied to this
Smelling and silenced the Russian fire.
Later eight Russian guns posted on
a hill to the east of the village of Ma.
Fao opened upon the imperial guards.
To this Smelling the Japanese artil.
lery to the east of Wiju responded
and the Russians ceased firing.
Then both the Chiu Tien Cheng and
the Makao batteries reopened, and
this fire brought vigorous response
from the chain Of Japanese batteries
on the Korean side of the river. The
Russian guns fired for two hours be.
fore they were silenced. In his report
General Kuroki expresses the belief
that his Smelling was very effective
against the Russians.
The Japanese losses i'm the bonn.
bardments Of Saturday we're two men
killed and FIVE officers and twenty-five
men wounded. A fiotilla Of gunboats
from the squadron Of Admiral Kosoya
participated in the fighting of Satur-
day. II encountered a mixed force OF
Russian infantry, cavalry and artil-
lery on the Manchurian bank OF the
Yalu below Antung, and after a sharp
fight scattered them to the hills.
A bridge across the main stream Of
the Yalu just above Wiju was COM
pleted at o'clock Saturday night and
the Second Japanese division and the
Imperial guards Immediately began
crossing. They advanced and occu-
pied the hills back of Kosan, facing
the Russian nositiOn on the right
bank of the river All through Satur-
day night regiment after regiment of
Japanese soldiers poured across the
bridge, and at late hour Saturday
night General Kuroki telegraphed to
the general staff of the army: Il will
attack the enemy ON May l at dawn"
True to his promise, General Kuroki
at daylight yesterday centered all his
artillery on the Russian position be-
tween Chiu Tien Cheng and Yoshoko.
To this fire the Russians made reply
with all their batteries.
At 7 o'clock in the morning the Rus
sian battery at Yoshoko was silenced,
and half an hour later General Kuroki
ordered his line, stretching for four
miles. to attack. The Japanese in
fantry. on the word Of command,
charged across the Tho, wading that
stream breast deep, and began storm
ing the heights at fifteen minutes
past 8.
At 9 o'clock they had swept the
Russian line back across the plateau.
No report mas been received in
Toxic concerning the losses sustained
by the Japanese in the fighting. ~
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