Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
Fighting in a Small Way Reported in
Points
NO DECISIVE BATTLES, HOWEVER
Both Sides Seem to Be Playing For
Time In Which to Collect All Their
Forces.

- TOXIC, by CaDle.-Ine auVance
guard Of the Japanese army In North
western Korea occupied the town OF
Senge Cheng yesterday afternoon
without opposition. Senge Cheng is
on the Pekin road, Is miles west OF
Cheng-Ju and about forty miles south
of Wiju.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
SLAMS out of Cheng-Ju last Monday
the Russians withdrew in two col.
umns, one going over the Kcak San
road and the other over the Peking
road. The Japanese advance from
;Cheng-Ju was made very rapidly. 1t
was anticipated that the Russians
would resist this advance, but they
failed to do so, and 1t is not probable
there will be any. further opposition
south OF the Yaiu river.
Cheng-Ju, because Of it's superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
$place between Ping Yang and Wiju.
Besides these natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there
which, had it been defended with
spirit, would have been hard to take.
The japanese are gratitied with the
comparative ease with which they
drove the Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be
in the country east Of the Peking
road, but it is not probable that there
Is any considerable force of Russians
in that section. The patrols are
Withdrawing gradually to the north
ward toward Yalu.
It is reported that the ice on the
Yalu is well broken up, and in the flu
ture the river must be crossed either
In jInks or over pontoon bridges.
"A dispatch from Toxic to the Asso-
ciated Press, dated April 1, said r.
formation had been received from
private lodging the enemy at Cheng-
Ju had advanced to the Yong Chun
{about, As miles west Of Cheng-Ju),
from which place they drove the Rus
slams after a brief engagement. 1t
/ Is possible that. the many different
spellings given to Korean names in
Egazetears. and on maps have led to
Econfusiog and thar Seng Chens in
Ia6all ia AZ - saRRlI'
referred: TO in Sthes dfsp parcn.-of ApTil
il should be the same place. Inc
two towns, however, are quite DIS
tinct, being about 25 miles apart.
st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The Novi
sKroi, Of Port Arthur, thus describes
the scene on board the cruiser Bayan
during the recent bombardment In !
which she distinguished herself:
Bursting shells bowled over man af-
Ter man until decks were slippery
with blood. Amidst this hell the cap
tain stood unmoved in the coming
tower calmly telephoning his orders to
the gun captains. His wonderful calm
ness had a marvellous influence upon
all the officers. ~
1.-THE cockpit was soon crowded. %
men being there before the fight END
ed; but amidst the crash of the guns
the hiss of flying splinters, and the di-
rection Of the working engines. the
surgeons labored over the sick as at
the hospital operating tables. Although
some of the men suffered frishtful
aeonies there were few groans. in spite
- the fact that anaesthetics were aa-
ninistered in only one case.
"Whe,; the battle ended and the enc
my began to draw of the onlcers on
The bridge chaeTed and the cneerlns
extended down into the hold, the stoh-