Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-06-01
Russians Reported as Being on the
Run

Tokio, &Cable.-The JaJpanese
army swept, the Russians from Kin
Chow sFridays morning. adm a des..
perate attack stormed the almost
impregnable position Of the Russians
on Nanshan Hill. west Of .Talien Wan.
The battle ragged in the hills all
through the night, and fragmentsry
kilograms from the japanese head
quarters report that the engagement
rs still in progress, and that the jap
anese are still pursuing the Russians
south from Nanshan and the head OF
Talienwan bay. The Russians had
made elaborate preparations to check
the japanese movement south on the
Lao Tung peninsula, toward Port Ar .
thur.
They had fortified the high ground
ON the shore Of .Talienwan bay, their
works extending to the east and the
west. The extreme Russian. .right>wa
at Hushangtao, and the extreme l'ass:L left left
at Nanshan Hill. The Mill was the
strongest part of the line; series OF
batteries, strongly emplaced, crowded
Its crest, while rifle pits extended
around its sides. Mines had been
placed lower down on this hill, and
around the base on the northern and
eastern sides we're stretched we'll
made wire entanglements. Another
line of defenses, also protector
with wire entanglements, extended
from Yen CHA Tung, near the head OF
Talienwan bay, due north Of Liuchia
Tien, which lies south of Kin Chou.
a strong Russian force was posted at
Kin Chou. 1t consisted Of infantry
and artillery.
The Japanese first occupied the line
of hills to the east Of Kin Chou. Their
position formed an almost perfect
right angle, showing its southern front
to Talien Wan, and its western front
10 Kin Chou. Chiu Ii Chan village
was the apex of this angle; the ex-
IRENE right of the japanese line rest
ed atsChen Cha Tien, which is almost
due north Of Chiu Ii Chan, while the
extreme left~was at Chaitsuho, vii
slage due east of Chiu Ii Chan. Back
OF this angle the. attacking force as
sambied in complete security.
The Russians apparently attempted
1 TO draw Japanese attack last Saturday
for their batteries opened fire slowly
ssnSthege aas;f II fsats + 'aes LAP;
however, refnsed to be drawn
Into an attack until the, positions of;
the Russisns, their guns and their
strength had been fully developed.
!. To- this end the Japanese began Sc
ries of careful manoeuvres, their Off
Gers working their way close enough
to the Russian position to draw the
enemy's fire. They thus secured frag-
ments of shells for the purpose OF
ascertaining the calibre of the Russian
guns. They discovered that the bat
teries on Nanshan hill included four
howitzers Of about fifteen centimes
calibre, ten old-style cannon of be.
tween nine and fifteen: centimes cal
sfbre, and two quick-fring guns of
twelve centimes caibre. The Japan
ese also discovered number of large
emplacements, but they did not learn
the number Of guns contained therein.
These emplacements faced to- the
north and east. 2 {. !, so
Cost Many Lives.
Toxic, Special-Revised figures show
that61 non-commissioned officers and
37S blue. jackets; were killed and drown.
ed; seven officers, 13 non-commissioned
officers and SC blue Jackets slightly
wounded, and IL blue jackets seriously
wounded, in-the sinking Of the Japan
ese battleship Hatsuese by the rhine at
Port Arthur on May Is. Two hundred
Rvssian Cavalry Routed 3