The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-05-02
Big JAP
VICTORY
Russians Swept from Their
Position on the YaIu.
FIVE DAYS OF FIGHTING
Japanese Captured 28 Guns,
Large Amount of Ammunition
and Many Men.
FIVE DAYS OF FIGHTING

ANDsNA'OANs lluN sANlN ltAN lIOill W 4
ju state that the Twelfth division of
the Japanese army forced a crossing Of
the Halu river above Win just before
dawn. The second pontoon bridge
across the river near With was com
pleted at = O'Clock Saturday night, and
the Imperial guards of the Second di-
vision Immediately crossed.
The Russian left flank has been
turned by a general attack begun at
dawn, nearly all the japanese batter
les on the south bank of the river and
ftotilla of gunboats cooperating with
the army. Previously detuchments of
the Imperial guard and of the Second
division attacked and dispersed the en-
emy on islands in the river and occu-
pied the islands. In these engage
ments sixteen of the Imperial guard
were seriously and nine slightly
wounded, while there We're no casual
ties in the Second division.
The enemy reueated, carrying many
dead and wounded toward Chiutien-
chang. 4 Russian cavalryman taken
prisoner said that the Twenty second.
Twenty-third and Twenty in
fantry regiments Of the eastern Sibe-
rian sharpshooters formed the van of
the Russian force. Lieutenant Senyo-
loft, commanding the mountain scouts
OF the Twenty regiment, was
found dead and was buried at Win.
A Hardin dispatch says:
From General Kuropatlin's tele-
grams it appears that the Japanese.
having crossed TO the right bank Of the
1alu near the village of Sindiagu, oc-
cupied the villages of Khussan and
Litzaven. General Sassulitch, with
view Of reoccupying Litzaven and the
heights near Khussan ordered thor
ough reconnaissance Of the positions
which the Japanese occupied and then
sent detachment commanded by STAFF
Lieutenant Colonel Lind to attack the
enemy.
The positions near Lltzaven and
Khussan were defended by a Japanese
force consisting of two battalions of
the Fourth regiment Of the guard,
with mountain guns, and a small force
OF cavalry of the guard. With the as
sistance Of our artillery from Potietin-
sky our troops dislOdged the Japanese
from their position. losing two sharp
shooters killed and thirteen wounded.
The Japanese left on the position they
vacated ten dead and twenty-slx
wouned. They also carried away a
number of their wounded, and others
scrambled down the cliffs to the Yalu.
Ihe enemy succeeded in removing
their mountain guns.
After occupying the heights near
Sindiagn, where our troops came under
heavy fire from n Japanese battery
posted north of Wiju, two Of our guns
sheiled pontoOn bridge and compell
ed the Japanese to dismantle 1t.
"The Japanese troops at Litzaven
and KhussaR Tetreated partly to the
Yalu and parity northward.
up to the pneseut ten carbines and
many cartridges and maps have been
found on the japanese positions.
AT 10 O'clock In the morning a jap
anese force of $500 infantry with
twelve guns began to cross the river
at Ambikhe and Schogapoudzy. Near
Ambikhe there was a small Russian
detachment under Lieutenant Colonel
Goussev, which was compelled to re-
tire under the sustained fire of two
Japanese batteries of six guns each.
-Four men were wounded, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Goussev wAS bruised
on the head and left arm. Our noun |
tain guns were unable to return the |
enemy's fire on account of the exces- |
sive range, and re-enforCements were |
sent to the detachment with orders TO |
drive the japanese beyond the Yalu.
General MistchenkO reports that |
japanese warships at the mouth Of |
the Yalu opened fire on the Russian |
troops on the right bank, the cannon
ade lasting for twenty minutes. No
was done"
A report from Mukden SAYS:
"On April 80 from 10 o'clock in the
morning until in the afternoon the
japanese shelled our position at Tu- |
renchen from their batteries on the left
bank, where they had posted twenty
four field guns and twelve 100 milli-
meter siege guns, which were cleverly |