Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-05-06
JAPANESE VICTORIOUS IN FIVE DAYS BATTLE
@ ten CHENG KEY OF The YALU POSITION CAPTURED BY PANEst
AFTER HARD FOUGHT BATTLE-CzARS TROOPS
RETREAT-EIGHT HUNDRED THEIR Loss
IN KILLED and WOUNDED.

cate whether the Russians letlieu
down the river or in the direction OF
Feng Haun Cheng, on the road to Ii
aoyang. -.
The Japanese captured Chiu lien
Cheng, 10 miles north of Antulg,
which is regarded as the key. to the
Russian position on the right bank OF
the Yalu River. 1t is reported that
the Russians will retreat to Feng
Huan Cheng, which is on the road to
Liaoyang, Manchuria.
Died With the Flag.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).-The
operations of the Vladivostok squad
ron have revived the spirits of the
people of St. Petersburg, who have
been downcast since the destruction
of the Petropavlovsk and the conse-
quent confinement of the remnant OF
the Port Arthur fleet to the harbor.
The fact that the navy is doing some
thing of an offensive character appeals
to the popular mind, which has been
unable to appreciate the reason tor
the inactivity of the fine ships OF the
Vladivostok squadron.
The official report of Rear Admiral
Yeszen to the Emperor is as follows:
During the night of April 10 two
Russian torpedo boats met at sea the
Japanese military transport Kinsmu-
Maru, of 1000 tons, laden with rice
and other military stores and about
1900 tons of coal. The transport was
armed with four Hotchkiss guns OF
forty-seven millimeters. The Rus
slams captured on board seventeen 9th
GERS, twenty soldiers, eighty-hve mill
tary carriers, or coolies, and slxty-fve
of the crew, who surrendered. The
remainder of the men, who were to
form a landing party, and who were
left without officers, obstinately re-
fused to surrender or go on board a
Russian cruiser. Furthermore, they
offered armed resistance to the Rus
slams. In the end they were sent to
the bottom with the transport"
He adds that there were 200 men
aboard the transport.
Admiral Yeszen also reports that
besides the sinking of the Japanese
steamer Goyo-Maru at Won-San lGen
SAM April rs the Russians sank at
sea the same evening the Japanese
steamer Nakamura- Maru, of 22o tons,
whose crew was saved.
1t is generally recognized that Rear
Admiral Yeszen cannot do more than
brighten the Japanese and compel
them to exercise greater care IN their
military movements, as the SINKING
of few transports or even cruisers
can have no permanent effect on the
result of the war Moreover, he is
bound by his instructions not to risk
his ships unduly, the intention being
to keep them safe for an attack with
the Baltic fleet when it arrives in the
Pacific.
The possibility of Japanese at
tempt to mine the entrances to Vladi-
vostok, as was done at Port Arthur,
is considered, but the conditions are
different, and besides, Rear Admiral
Ycszcn. with the lesson of the Petro-
pavlovsk disaster fresh in his mind,
will observe the utmost caution.
St. Petersburg is loaded with ru-
mors regarding the sinking of the
Japanese military transport the Kin
shiu-Maru One report has it that
5000 men were aboard the transport
when she went down. but the ad-
m:ralty insists that there were only
200.