The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-02
FIVE DAYS OF CARNAGE.
Russian Army Hurled Back by On.
 slaught of the Japs.


 .a Tokio. May 1.-After five days fight ing, largely with artillery. the First Japanese army under General Kuroki has forced crossing of the Yalu river and te-day,. with a gallant infantry charge covering frontage of four miles, it drove the Russians from Chiu Tien Cheng and the heights on the right bank of the Tho or Aida river, which enters the Yalu from the north almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese turned the left flank of the Russian position, and in the battle of to-day they swept away the new front inter- posed by the Russians to check their onward movement.
 The present position of the Japanese
 a dominating one. and they may force the abandonment of the defences erected by the Russians at Antung and other points lower down the river
 General Kuroki began the movement Tuesday by ordering a detachment of the Imperial Guards division to seize the island of Kuri Toj Kurito, which is in the Yalu above Wiju, and a de- tachment of the second division to seize the island of Kinteito. which is situat- ed below WiJu. The detachment of Imperial Guards met with some resist ance, but it succeeded in clearing the enemy out and occupied Kuri To Isl- and The Russians abandoned the isl- and of Kintefto when attacked by the detachment of the second division.
 The actual losses sustained by the detachment of the Imperial Guards Is not known, as there is an error in that part of the message referring to the number killed, but nine of the detach- ment and sixteen severely wounded. The detachment of the second division which took the island of Kinteito sus- tained no losses.
 During these movements, the Rus sians opened fire on the Japanese with eight 9h -centimeter guns from a hill beyond Chiu Tien Chang, and two Hotchkiss guns. which were mounted on the bank of the river at Kosan, where the Russians seemed to have es- tablished headquarters. One battery of artillery which had taken a position on the hill east of Wiju fired three vol leys, and at noon the Russian batteries behind Chieu Tien Cheng shelled wiJu, wounding one Japanese soldier with shrapnel
 Wednesday the Russians resumed the bombardment of Wiju, firing at inter- vals throughout the day The Japan ese artillery did not respond to this fire, General Kuroki has received re- ports that the Russians are fortifying the heights on the right bank of the Tho River. These new defenses are de- clared to extend from Chiu Tien Cheng through the village of Makao to Kosh- oki, a distance of three and a quarter miles The Russians resumed their bombardment Thursday, but it was generally ineffective.
 Subsequently, General Kuroki order ed two companies of the Imperial Guards to cross the Yalu and make a reconnaissance along the bank of the Tho, for the purpose of determining the character of the Russian forces on the right bank of the river. The Ja- panese force advanced toward Koran and then despatched a small detach- ment to the village, where force Of Russians were encountered. In the en- Ragement, five Russians were killed. The Russians shelled the reconnoitering iarty from an emplacement.-
 The Russian artillery on the hill be- hind Chiu Tien Chang, firing at a high angle, opened on wiju. the island of Kurito. and Seikodo to the south of Wiju, where some Japanese batteries had taken position. This firing contin- ued into Thursday night, and General Kuroki reports that while it was inef- Iective, 1t disturbed his preparations for an attack. The Russians resumed the shelling of WiJu Friday, but the Japanese guns did not reply.
 The twelfth division of the Japanese army was chosen to make the first crossing of the Yalu. It began Friday by driving the Russians from their po- sition opposite Suikokin, which Is eight miles above WiJu, and the point select