The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-05
FIGHT AT LIMOUCHENG.
Russians Lost More Than n Thousand
I'm Killed and Wounded.

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-The Emper-
or has received the following dispatch
from Lieutenant General Sakharor,
dated August 8:
Lieutenant General Zassalitch re-
ports the following details:
In the fighting of July 81, the oper-
atoms were not decisive. The action
of the Japanese on our east front July
30 convinced me that they were max
ing an attack with their main forces
on our south front near Outuschoutouh.
(Limoucheng), towards Dapoutzza and
Pkhialaantoun.
From dawn of July 81 we heard can
nonading on our right flank which
Obliged me .tos hurry down to the south.
I directed the course of the fight. The
. battle began under the most favorable
auspices for us. The first report re-
ceived was from Lieutenant Colonel
SoImonky WHO informed me tnas he
was tenaciously holding his. position,
although he had many wo IL Ia. l
ordered at first two companies and ther
a battalion to reinforce him. although
he did not ask for support.
@stmn.san soussfy with the attack On
the heights, the centre of ouf position,
the Japanese directed an alta tx against
Major General Miscellaneous detach-
ment and against our right flanh.
The beginning of the fighting showed
the superiority of our artillery ever
that of the Japanese. Not only did
our batteries silence the Japanese guns
previously in position and prevent them
leaving their positions, but the bat
teries sustained no loss and were able
to develope their fire at their leisure.
At 10 o'clock / received the following
note from Lieutenant Colonel Solmon-
ky,
The Japanese turning movement has
a N In Cr
enormous losses. We have many
wounded. Captain Golinsky was kill
ed The wounded include two officers
and a surgeon I am making firm
stand"
simultaneously with the receipt of
this report it was seen that our 1e-
tachment had evacuated three cresta
of the mountain range 1t was evid mt
that Solmonky had too strong a force
to cope with and had been obliged to
give ground somewhat. He continued,
however, to hold his position.
After reinforcing Solmonky with two
batallions and afterwards with two
and three quarters batallions and de-
string to centralize the command of
these troops, l despatched Colonel Pol
ovitch Lepovatz with orders to take
command of all troops engaged in that
position.
The fusilade continued on our right
flank without becoming threatening.
Our artillery continued to crush the
enemy's artillery with its fire, although
the Japanese had brought mountain
and field guns into action.
At $40 D. m. received report that
a regiment posted at the extreme right
flank had retired from its position in
the mountains. having had its flank
turned. Six disabled guns were abau-
doned Two officers were killed and
two wounded and the commander of a
battery injured.
Before this had happened the Japa-
nse had placed two more batteries on
the left of those which had previously
taken up this position there and with
their batteries on the extreme left they
began to lombard our battery as well
as to enfilade the right flank of our
formation. This was the cause of the
destruction of our battery and the SER
tous loss of troops on our right flank.
The battery was completely shattered
but at the beginning of the action we
succeeded in saving four guns, while
four others were left on the field com
pletely disabled. OF these four two had
to be spiked and abandoned owing to
the lack of horses.
with the view of distracting the at
tention of the Japanese from our right
flank, / directed Colonel LepovatZ at 8
O'Clock, when the heat had diminished,
to order the soldiers to take off their
equipment and assume the offensive.
To support this offensive movement
/ ordered our batteries to open hot
fire on the ridges held by the Japa-
nese The fire of our guns which had
previously bombarded these points was
murderOus and the Japanese again sus-
tanned many killed or wounded.
Our attack in open order astonished
all beholders. Our men in this forma-
ton advanced swiftly across the prin-
cipal mountain range, pushing on both
sides with fixed bayonets on the Japa-
nese, who were unable to sustain the
shock and quickly evacuated the three
crests they had occupied l am inform
ed by Major Lord Kipanitze that those
who remained were bayoneted.
After this brilliant affair. / ordered
Colonel Lepovatz to stop and push no
further.
At o'clock I received an order TO
retire in the direction of Haicheng.
According to the report of the com
mander of a Cossack regiment which
reconnoitered the valley of Dapouizza
during the battle, as well as organized
the delivery OF ammunition and the re-
moval of the wounded. three divisions
of japanese were observed moving
through the town of Haputzza.
Our losses on July 80 and July 81