The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
RUSSIANS May
TRY OFFENSIVE
Brigade Of Soldiers Sent in Di-
reCtiOn of Port Arthur.
DIVISION WILL SOON FOLLOW
DALNY IN POSSESSION OF THE
JAPANESE.

DALNY IN POSSESSION OF TIE
JAPANESE.
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. Tien Esiu May SLIT ts report .
. Ell here that The FIRST brigade of >
. the first Russian division. con- ?
= sisting of the First. Second, Third =
> and Fourth Siberian regiments, 2
. left Tashichao "a point on the .
= railroad about twenty miics south =
= of New Chuang) for Rim Chou ?
= yesterday The purpose OF TINS >
. movement is not known. but it is .
= believed that the troops are NOV =
. ing TO the relief Of Port Arthur. ?
. They are 10 De followed By an =
= entire division.
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NT. PETERSBURG, May 31-The
y following official dispatch has
been received by the general
stan.
From May % 20 90 an has been
quiet in the ueighborhood OF Feng
Wang CheHE.
AT 1880 p. m., May %. force of
japanese infantry fr0m KUau Dian
Sian commenced frontal tank at
tack upon the position occupied by
our Cossacks near Shaog1, fifteen
Versts northwest of Kuan Dian Sian.
Tho Japanese. under the cover of
darkness. opened q running. desultOry
fire. using field searchlights- The Cos
sacks retired ON foot 90 Chanlm pass
two versts west of Sha0ag0- ana sub
sequently on All Yang Pien Men, six
teen yersts west of ChaHlin pass. The
firing ceased at "a. M. MAY %. when
the Japanese ceased the pursuit at
the entrance of Chaulin pass.
Cossaczs Retired.
"The same day the first section Of
q Japanese detachment approached All
Naus Pieu Men. but afterwards re-
tired to the summit Of the hills west
O. the town. At l0 "a. I'm. they formed
mp I'm order of battle. the force con-
Eistiug of two battdli0ns with one
other iu reserve. At ID a. 40. a bat
terry of artillery took mp a position
and opened IRE with shrapueI While
Guessing the valley. the japanese i'm
faUtry, advancing I'm close formation,
suffered heavily. At 1920 the Cos
sacks observing that the japanese
were turning their right flank, retired
ir good order on Saimatsza- The fire
OF the rear guard ceased at %. m.
We lost TWO officers and seven Cos (
sacks
The statement emanauug from Paris I.
that General KuTOpatkiu was sending
80 600 troops To the southwark bon an .
attempt 10 save Port Arthur from the /
Japanese us declared here Go be un- /
true.
Would Not be Decisive.
The Russian press is spariug Of it's &
comment ou the Kin Chou Hffair. but
there is am evident Discrimination 90
accept The Japanese official reports I'm +.
their entirety. The general tone of
the papers indicates the belief that in F
The event of the fail of Port Arthur /.
Fl would NOT decide the war.
Much praise is given for the SPLEEN I
old defense OF Nan shan made by the .
Eussians against superior numbers.
There is considerable talk i'm unof- /
fetal circles regarding the strength .
OF The Japanese force which engaged I
The Cossacks al Al Yang Pieu Men.
j. is evident that the Japanese have +
g large body of troops northeast of .
Feng Wang Cheng. which. it is sug-
gested, VIII advance when General Hu-
Ilil deems the moment 0pportuue to /
effect q turning movement on 1Iuk-
den. Whatever Information the war
Office has on this point is naturally
Kept secret. No alarm is displayed.
the understanding being that General
has the situation well I'm
hand
Imperial Ukase.
by an imperial ukase just ISSUED the
control of the ports of Reval, Svea-
borg and Libau, and an the naval
forces of the Baltic. has been trans
feIred- 10 the c0mmandaut of the port
Of Cronstadr with the title of COM
Iuander-iH-chief OF the fleet and ports
and of the defense of the Baltic sea
The object of the consolidation Of the
Commands is % insure uniformity I'm
The measures adopted Bon the defense
of the coasts OF the Baltic during the
existing state OF war.
The renewed iuLimatOn of foreign
mediation iH the war Is considered Ben
government circles 10 be entirely 0ut
Of place and impairment iu view of
Llussias specific declaration Fun dfuIo-
matte circles that mediation was re-
aed as being beyond the range of
Z Is 5iity az the present time. Any
move iu that direction can be taken
1uly after a great change Din the mile
.ary situati0u-Wheu EUssla's military
7l estige IS restCred-both because OF
ls effect ON Europe and Ola her fu-
.Ue I'm the FAR east.
Cbefoo June 1--tI1 a m-)-Au uncon-
lTmed rumOr is current among the Chi
lese that battle occurred six miles
Prom Port Arthur yesterday Tuesday.