Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22
FALL BACK
Outposts Abandoned Anju on
 Approach of Japanese.
LAPS ADVANCING TO YlLu IN FORCE
At Pingyang Bragadier General Al- Ian, United States Military ObseRv. CT, Was Ordered Not to Proceed
 to Outposts of the Troops.


 Ian, United States Military obsenv-
 CT, Was Ordered Not to Procssd
 to Outposts of the Troops.
 LONDON. March 22.--Advices say General Zhilinski's official confirmation of the reports that the Russian out posts abandoned Anju upon the ap- proach of the Japanese in force causes no surprise here, as such action is in perfect accord with the Russian plan of campaign. The Russian skirmish- ing and advanced posts were thrown forward solely for the purpose of har- asging and worrying the Japanese outposts, falling back as the main body of the enemy moves forward until the strong positions at the Yalu river are reacAed. The fifty miles of country between Antu and tho Yalu are very difficult for the movef1.nt of large force. There may be some lively progresses, but the Russians are re- solved to avoid decisive engagement until certain of victory.
 A Tokyo report says a Japanese di- vision was landed on the Liaotung pen insuia Saturday last and engaged the Russian troops in the rear of Port Ar thug.
 Simultaneously the fleet bombarded the town and harbor.
 The action began at o'clock in the evening and continued until 10 o'clock on Sunday morning.
 Sixteen ships were engaged in the nmfr <hn sc %nA $~ have been the occupation of Port Ar thur by the Japanese.
 4 sharp encounter at Chyongsyong, on the Yalu river, about thirty miles noskheast of Win, in which the Rus sians lost 600 in killed and wounded, xs also reported.
 The Japanese have crossed Tatung pass, forty miles from Haicheng, and have come into collision with the Rus sians.
 It is reported from Chefu that the Russians have withdrawn practically aA their forces from tine south side of the Yalu Yiver before the Japanese ad- vance, which is making rapid headway under command of Lieutenant General Kodama, vice chief of the general staff.
 Sixteen thousand Japanese troops are now on the north side of the Ohong- chang river, within three days march of the mouth of the Yalu.
 The Japanese army has made sur prisingly adroit moves along the Chongchang river, moving north from Pingyang.
 The road has been made clear to the Anju by the Japanese cavalry, which has been working along the north side of tho river for week. At given moment the Japanese army moved for ward. So splendid was tho move that the correspondents who have arrived here are lost in admiration.
 A Russian officer commanding a bat tery on Electric hill during the last bombardment of Port Arthur has sent the following viV3d account:
 ''It was clear sunlit day, and there was a gentle swell on the water. A Mttie spot appeared through the haze and another until these spots were in- creased to fifteen. Nearer and nearer they came, and larger and larger they appeared until, when six miles off, there was tiny puff of smoke and all in the battery wondered where the proteetile was going to fall.
 "Eorty fathoms below the cliff where we were stood the battleship Peres- v1eA Bang! A shot burst under her bows, splashing the decks with spray. There was another puff, and a projec- tile whistled overhead, crashing on the rock behind us. Then came third. 1t was a moment of terrible suspense. There was a terrific explosion o&er- head. They had got our range exactly.
 'Tt was the signal fog us to open fire, and ten shore batteries and twelve warships joined in the reply.
 "What followed is indescribable. The sea underneath where we stood fairly boiled with the swish and plunge of projectiles, and words of command were inaudible to the gunners. tried vainly to shout my orders while 15O guns were belching in a prolonged roar and shells were bursting overhead with a hellish crash. The smoke and dust blinded us.
 'I did not experience excitement, and only that my teeth began to ache there was strange sensation of content ment amid the scenes of death which had no terrors after the first shell had exploded. Suddenly a white faced gunner pointed to battery of quick firing guns halfway down the hill which had been placed there to prevent the Japanese from landing. I ran down and found the scene one of the widest. There was a battle orgy of bursting shells and whistling frag- ments, the smoke stench reeking the earth.
 "One shell had burst among the gun ners. Al soldier was lying disemboweled. and another had his skull crushed. A third soldier was delirdous, and there were splinters in his head. One gun had been broken like a reed.
 Ut was dreadful sight, with blood everywhere. .,- ~ "After the battle was over Lieuten- ant General Stoessel, commander at Port Arthur, pinned the Cross of St. George on my breast. But what does 1t matter-I am in the hospital"
 At Pingyang the Japanese stopped