Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-02
Russian Artillery Attacked Tor.
pedo Boats on the Yalu But
Are Si|enced in Short >.
Engagement.
CASUALTIES ARE HEAVY.
Guns, Carriages, Horses and Ammunls
tion Taken and Many Officers and
Men...ArtI|ery Fire Worked
Destruction.

LODuOu, MAY Il ne JdpduSSe IcSd
ton gave out today an official dispatch
from the admiralty at Toxic, reporting
an engagement between Japanese war
ships on the Yalu and the Russian
shore batteries. He says: 1.-The cap
tain of the gunboat Maya reports that
a flotilla consisting of the gunboats
Maya and Uji and some torpedo boats
ascended the Yalu on May l and bonn
barded the enemy. While they were
returning, the enemy's artillery sud
denly attacked the torpedo boats, The
latter silenced the enemy after Sc
we're engagement lasting 80 minutes
and the flotilla returned to Yongampo
there were no casualties. Armed
launches reached Antung the same
morning and repulsed the enemy's in.
fantry and artillery after 80 minutes
sharp fighting. Fire was seen rising
from the town and the natives say the
enemy fed from Antung after setting
it on fire.
Russian Losses Heavy.
Toxic, May 2-After the Japanese
carried the line of hills extending from
Chin Tien Cheng to Yoshoka on the
right bank Of the Tho River yesterday
the Russians made second stand on
the hill northwest of Chin Tien Cheng
but they began retreating ten minutes
before 2 o'clock in the afternoon. At
O'Clock last evening the Japanese army
held line extending from Anthung
northwesterly to Caukuku and running
from there in northeasterly direction
to Mishukau. At Hamatah the Japan
ese succeeded in enyeloping The RIs.
slams on three sides. At this place, af.
ter fighting at close range, the Japan,
ese captured 20 Russian guns with
their horses, carriages and ammunition
and more than 20 officers and many
men. A Russian officer who was taken
prisoner says the effect of the Japanese
artillery fire on Saturday and Sunday
was enormous. Lieutenant General
Zassalitch, commanding the second ST.
berian army corps and Major General
Kasptalinsky, commanding the third
east Siberian rifle brigade, were
wounded by shells. A Russian lieuten-
ant colonel was among the captured.
It is estimated that the Russian losses
were over 800.
Casualties Heavy on Both Sides.
Shanghai, May 2-The reports here
of fighting on the Yalu River place the
Russian casualties at 800. They also
had 21 officers and 18 machine guns
captured. The Japanese had 700 cas-
ualties.
Secured a Firm Hold in Manchuria.
London May PA dispatch from
Seoul says that after the Japanese
charge which resulted in the Occupa-
ton of the Russian lines at Chu Cheng,
the Russians fell back in confusion.
The Japanese dispatch continues that
they have now secured firm hold on
the Manchurian side of the Yalu.
Russian BattIeship Aground.
st. Petersburg, May 2-The new
Russian battleship Orel to which the
finishing touches are being put, ran
aground on~a sand bank in Neva yes
terday. AS difficulty is expected in
floating her, an ice breaker has been
sent from Cronstadt to assist the tugs
in pulling her off.
Retreat Of Russians Confirmed.
st. Petersburg, May 2-At 2:9o
O'Clock this afternoon the Associated
Press was informed that beyond the
fact of the retreat of the Russians be-
fore the overwhelming superiority OF
the japanese on the Yalu, no details
have been received.
Fog Prevented Attack.
Toxic. May 2-Vice Admiral kami-
mura, who is in command of the Jap
anese squadron which has been oper-
+ating recently against Vladivostock,
has sent in report from Gensan'
Corea, dated Sunday, in which he says
an impenetrable fog has twice forced
the abandonment of an attack on Via
divostock and twice spared the Russian
squadron sea fight.
While Kamimura was. steamins
northward the first time, he passed a
Russian squadron bound south on the
road to Gensan. Again the Russians
passed the Japanese in fog on the re-
turn northward. He closes his report
with the statement that fog since
Thursday has prevented the renewal OF
the attack.
Exequateur Granted Y. s. Consul.
Shanghai, May PAS the result OF
the occupation of Antung by the Jap
anese, u s. Consul James w. David
son who has been assigned to Antung
probably will proceed to his post i'm
mediately. Davidson has been grant
ed exequateur by the Chinese govern
ment, but the Russians having occu
pied and fortified Antung, he thought
it inadvisable for him to proceed there