The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-07
- Il WAFENaKAU.
Kuropatkin's Report Gives Russians
the Best Of 1t.

AurOpatkln's Report Gives Russians
the Best Of It.
St Petersburg. June General
kur0patidn telegraphs TO the emperor
under date of June 4 as follows:
FULLER reports give particulars Of
the affair near Wafengkau station May
30 A detachment Of Russian cavalry
consisting of dragons, Cossacks and
mounted chasseurs with a battery, on
their way from Nauzalon, were in
formed that two companies Of the from
tier guard were engaged with the
enemy, occupying a position near the
village of EeudZiatuu. A portion OF
our cavalry advanced toward Wafeng-
kaui while two squaGrOns of dragons
were sent to support the frontier
guard and enc company of ChasseuTs
was sent 70 protect ana recOnnoiter on
our right flank ina the valley Of Flu
Chau. after accomplishing this mis-
sion the ChasseurE and q company Of
Cossacks formed the right flank of our
position.
Hand-to-Hand Fightg.
Toward o'clock the enemy began
10 debouch in considerable force from
Lutsiatuu with the object Of attacking
our advance line. Two companies Of
Siberian COssaCks crossed the railway
ln front Of the cavalry and attacked a
squadron Of the Japanese advance
guard almost entirely destroying 1t in
a hand-tO-hand night, They afterward
encountered the fire OF japanese in
fantry. Two squadrOns Of our cavalry
and a battery of machine guns hurried
up and then, retiring, drew after them
"a second squadron OF Japanese cav
airy. This squadron followed until it
came in contact with a detachment OF
chasseurs, who succeeded In firing
eight vOueys at a fixed range into the
squadron which then fell back, having
suffered considerable loss.
While retreating to the left the ia
pauese squadron came under the fire of
a company of the frontier guard which
had advanced and the squadron re-
tired In disorder. Our dragons came
up at this moment but owing TO the
typographical conditions they could not
participate as part of our front, but
fired on the enemy from the heights
north of Lutsiatuu.
japanese Army Came Up.
Discovering our endeavors to turn
their iefts the Japanese retired TO a
second position. Our battery got into
position and opened a successful fire
ON the Japanese Infantry and machine
guns. Meanwhile movement of the
euemy's infantry toward Lutsiatun
was observed and subsequently about
two p. IN. dense lines Of infantry We're
seen occupying the crest Of the
heights which had been previously .oc-
Cupied by dragons. Our losses were
Lieutenant Won Meyer seriously
wounded, Lieutenant Brandt. slightly
wounded; three men killed and forty
two wounded.
1t appears from a report found on
the body OF a Japanese nOn-commis-
stoned officer that the fourteenth
dragons alone lost seventy men,
"Our Cossacks were fired upon by Ja-
panese infantry occupying q. fortified
position On the heights near the vii
lage of KhotsiapUtse, eighteen miles
from Feng wang Cheng. AT the out
set the japanese attempted 20 advance
across the valley of K0auiindzypho,
but were stopped by an accurate fire
from our field guns, which the Cos
sacks hal succeeded in bringing into
position
Cossaoks Fought on Foot.
'The COssacks dismounted and with
the aid OF re- endorsements and the fire
of two guns forced the japanese to
abandon their position and retire under
cover Of their supports. The engage
ment lasted from p IN. until 6 p. m.
con the Japanese side six companies
took part. four having arrived as re-
endorsements. The entertainments fof
the enemy were wen constructed ana
perfectly masked.
"OUr cavalry worked the guns adj
mirably. Their fire contributed princi-
palIy 10 our success. Our losses were
the gallant Cossack chief. StrakOff,
killed. two officers slightly wounded
and two bruised. The japanese losses
were not ascertainedl except that they
were larner than ours"