The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-03

| Saturday morning it began crossing
The entire division passed over the
river during the day and by 6 O'Clock
Saturday evening it was in the posi-
ton assigned to it for the battle u
Sunday.
The movement of the Twelfth Jape-
nese division was covered by tle sec
ond regiment of field artillery ala an
other artillery re-.-.e4t OF heavy
guns.
At twenty minutes to IL o'clock Sat.
| urday morning, the Russian aGt.i.e. :.
! posted to the north and TO the east o.
| Chiutiencheng began shelling the ia
trolls of Japanese infantry which h.
been dispatched from Kinteito island
to Chukodai, another island north of
| Kinteito, and under Chiutiencheng.
The Japanese batteries replied to this
shalling and silenced the Russian fire.
Later eight Russian guns posted on a
hill to the east of the village OF Makao
opened upon the imperial guards. To
this Smelling the Japanese artillery to
the east of Wiju responded and the
Russians ceased firing.
Then both the Chiutencheng and
the Makao batteries reopened and this
fire brought a vigorous response from
the chain of Japanese batteries On the
Korean side of the river. The Rus
slams guns fired for two hours before
they We're silenced. In his report Gen.
eral KuroEi expressed the belief that
his Smelling was very effective against
the Russians.
Gunboats Scattered Russians.
The Japanese losses in the lombard
ment Of Saturday we're 9 men killed
and 5 officers and % men wounded. A
notilla of gunboats from the squadron
OF Admiral Hosoya participated in the
fighting of Saturday. 1t encountered
a mixed force of Russian infantry,
cavalry and artillery on the Manchu-
rian bank of tho Talu below Antung,
and after a sharp ti.ht scattered them
to the hills.
A bridge across the main stream Of
the Yalu Just above With was COM
pleted at s o'clock Saturday night and
the Second Japanese division and the
imperial guards Immediately began
crossing. They advanced and occu
pied the hills back of Kosan, facing
the Russian position on the right bank
of the river.
All through Saturday night regiment
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
poured across the bridge, and at a late
hour Saturday night General kuroki
t~elegraphed to the general staff of the
army:
81 will attack the enemy on May I
at dawn" .
True to his promise, General Kuro-
XII at daylight Sunday conferred all his
artillery on the Russian position be-
tween C~hiutiencheng and Yoshoko.
To this fire the Russians made reply
with all their batteries.
Japs Charged Through a River.
At z o'clock in the morning the Rus
sian battery at Yoshoko was silenced
and half an hour later. General Kuro-
XII ordered his line, stretching for
four miles, to attack. The Japanese
infantry, on the word of command,
cro the Tho, wading that
breast deep, and began storm
ing the heights at fifteen minutes
past eight.
At 9 O'Clock they had swept the Rus
sian line back across the plateau.
The Russian force is estimated at
10000 men all told.
A supplemental report from General
Kuroki covering Sundays fighting
says:
"The Russians made two stands.
The enemy's strength included all Of
the Third division, two regiments CT
the Sixth division, one cavalry brigade,
about 40 quick-firing guns and s ma
chine guns. We have taken twenty
eight quick-firing guns, many rifles,
much ammunition, more than twenty
officers and many non-commissioned
officers and men as prisoners.
81 am informed that Major Kashta-
commander of the Third East
Siberian rifles brigade, and Lieutenant
General Zossalitch, commander of the
Second Siberian army corps, were
wounded.
"Our casualties numbered about 700
and the Russian loss is more than 500