Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-23
JAP STORY OF BATTLE.
II Shows That Telissu, of vafaneom
Was Very Similar to Nanshan Hill.

1t Shows That TeIissu, of vafanqow
Was Very Similar to Nanslaan Hill.
Toxic. June 22.-General Oku. the
May 26, fought and Won the battle of
Telissu. (Nafangow according to to the
Russian designation) OH June 10.
There is Il strong similarity between
the two fights. AT Telissu the Japa-
snese had to- drive the Russians from
two hills, while at Nanshan the enemy
occupied one hill The Russian position
Mt Teiissu was superior to that of the
Japanese in having Il larger force The
Russian position extended from east
TO west and crossed the narrow valley
through which run the Foo Chou river
and the railway. From their positions
on The right and left i'm the high hills
which flank this valley. General OSu
drove the Russians down into the vail
ley. The Japanese general carried first
the enemy's right and then his left.
Tho fight at the left of his line was the
most desperate of the day The Rus
slams held this position With desperate
determination and only fled when they
We're almost cnveoped The field had
oeei disputed all day. and when the
Japanese reached it GOO of the cnemy's
lead We're found there
Lined Up for the Battle.
General Oku started from liz.
marked by Pulandien and the Tass;i
siver on June 10. His right column
moved along the Tassa river, his main
column along the railroad and his left
soluInn by a road leading through WI
shiatun and Tahoai. The japanese
started from I'itsewo over q road lead
ng through Shunzo, and the small
bodies of Russians opposing this col
ANN We're brushed away. The left col
lmn reached Nachialing on June IA
IND the main or middle column and the
light column keeping in touch With
Zach other. reached Il line between CHA
shlatun and Tapnskou. seven and n
half miles south of Telissu, the same
lay.
The Russian forces then held a line be-
Ween Tafang Shcn and Lung Wang l'iao
The entire Japanese line advanced, and at
) O'Clock in the afternoon the Japanese
artillery opened fire. The Russians had
linety-cight guns and they replied with
spirit until darkness put an end to the
artillery duel.
Japs' Opening Advantage.
During the night of the 14th tho Jap
anese right column seed a hill between
rsong Chiotun and Wen Chanting and
he middle column occupied hill to the
vest of TAPPING kou When dawn of the
18th broke thu. field of battle was OBJ
scured by fog. but the artillery opened
sarly. a portion of the Japanese middle
column advanced to the north side of Il
oend in the Foo Chou river. Here these
men We're exposed to the cnemyS fire but
force of infantry and artillery was hur-
eied forward and relieved them. AT $50
his relieving force secured a point TO the
vest of Went Chan Tung and the coop
sration with the middle column drove the
Russians from T'afang sshen
The Russian batteries posted ~ Lung
Tan Shan aud Lung Wan Tao poured a
leavy fire into those forces, but in spite Of
his shc1;ing the middle column and the
men VINO were sent forward to relieve
the force nj the bend in the Foo Chou
river climbed the heights ahead al them
aud quickly mastered the situation.
In the meantime the japanese right
was suffering The Russian left had been
reinforced until their numbers were
greater than the opposing japanese.
Reserves Drawn on Twice.
General Oku was twice forced to ordei
up the infantry reserves. The Russian.
made series of desperate counter at
tacks, and when the situation was most
critical Japanese cavalry swung around
the Russian left and struck the enemy
on the tiank. At this time additional Rus
sian achievements had arrived and the
Russians held their position with logged
determination until their left and both
tanks were under fire. They then broke
and fed. The japanese cavalry pursued
the enemy for "A short time, but the rough
ness of the country made ii necessary to
abandon the pursuit. The Japanese left
succeeded in ambushing 900 Russian infan-
trymen who were discovered retiring
toward WI CHA Tun. They sent two com
panies of infantry and one battery of
tjllery TO hill east of Hong CHA Tun.
and the Russians were completely trapped.
Many oil the enemy at this point We're
killed or wounded. In his report General
Oku says the Russians began the fight
with twenty-five battalions of infantry,
seventeen squadrons of cavalry and nine
ty-eight guns They were reinforced sew
era times, hut the number of reinforce
ments is not known.
The Russian casualties are not known
with exactitude. The japanese right
found and buried part of the eneny's
dead. Seven Russian officers and 800 men
We're taken prisoners.
The japanese casualties reported up to
noon on June Is amounted to SEQ men, In
Guiding eight officers killed and five
wounded General Oku concluded his re
port with these words:
The success in carrying positions and
nee of the reigning emperor.
An Imperial Conference.
st. Petersburg. June 20.-A provincial
consultative committee has been sum
moned by the emperor to discuss re-
forms for the peasants.