The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-11

ments carried something white with
him. This was seen and 1t caused a
shout to go up that the Russians had
surrendered. But upon reaching the
top of the first Russian trench. a hum
dred yards up the hillside. this man
shook out a Japanese flag and waved
it to and fro.
A storming party on the west side
of the advance mounted a hill COM
manding the Russian retreat. Just as
the men were punched thickly on the
crest Of this hill two Japanese shells
burst among them. They had fallen
short. When the smoke cleared away
dozen bodies could be seen lying
where the shells had exploded and the
remainder of the storming party were
clambofing down the hill to escape
this unexpected fire from their rear.
The sound Of the rife ring soon
passed on over the hills as the Jap
anese pursued the retreating enemy.
One column Of weary soldiers, who
had been almost two days without
rest. was struggling down the river to-
ward An Tung. where the Japanese
gunboats were shelling the Russian
works
At Q o'clock a solitary soldier.
climbing ahead of his comrades, un-
furied a huge Japanese flag on the
face of the topmost Russian fort. on q
ridge thousand feet above the plain.
He marched back and forth along the
parpaet waving the banner, and then
for the first time. the Japanese or
the walls of Wiju broke the impassive
silence with which they had watched
the battle and shouted "Banzai"
Already foot soldiers, batteries and
pack trains were streaming on to the
island by every road and tonight the
entire japanese army will be in Man
churia.
Official estimates of the japanese
casualties are not given out, but the
correspondent saw three hundred Jap
anese and seventy Russian wounded
III one Htlu HOSp-tdl.
st. Petersburg. May O. 334 D. m.-
The swift march of events at the
theater of war-the virtual abandon
ment by the Russians of all their adj
vanced positions along the Monchu-
rian Littoral-has created a deep inn
f1f.f GGpr Ha
ng OF apprehension which the auth
critics contend is unwarranted by
calm consideration of the situation.
While not attempting to minimize the
Importance of the advantages gained
by the enemy in the occupation of the
Liao Tung peninsula. and the advance
from the Yalu river, the general staff
nevertheless declares that II IL had
not been for General assaltch's rash
stand at the Yalu the retreat and con-
army upon 1t normal line of defense
would have been regarded as a mas
terly piece of strategy. The eauanim.
ity of the government Is shown by the
free publication of all news kilograms
from abroad, some being of a most
sensational character.
AT the gene al staff the one dominant
idea is that the developments of the
last few days make IL certain that the
war will be bitter and long. There
It sad that half a million men
would have been required to hold
Southern Manchuria. The real truth
seems to be that General Kuropatkin
has not much over 100000 men south
pursue the plan which he mapped out
at first-to allow the enemy to follow
him back into the heart of Manchuria
until strong enough to assume the Of
fensive.
The Associated Press is informed
that while the Russian garrison is
still at Newchwang the untenability
Of the position Is fully realized and
preparations for dismantling the forts
and removing the garrison have been
completed. The Russian gunboat
Sivouch here will be destroyed. The
same thing applies to Haia Cheng.
twenty-five miles southeast of New
chwang. The question OF holding the
Russian position at Lao Yang depends
upon circumstances. The Russians
hold the pass which commands the
westerly approaches. but II Is realized
that the position there also will be
rendered untenable IL the enemy sue
ceeds In bringing up a superior force
along the northern road to Mukden.
An ultimate retirement to Harbin
mighth possibly incur the danger of
Chinese uprising which increases with
the Japanese successes and must be
taken into consideration.
Should the news of the enemy's vic
tories inflame the Chinese residents In
Manchuria against the Russians the
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