The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-05
WIN A Big BATTLE
Glorious Victory Crowns Prewess CT
japanese Arms
HEAVY LOSSES TO RUSSIANS ARMY
The First Army, under General kuro.
~. Forces a Passage Of the Yalu
5nd Drives the Russians from Chen
Yen Chcng.

Toxic BY Cable.-After Ave days of
sghHns, largely with artillery, the
,irst Japanese army, under General
KurOki. has forced crossing OF the
Ialu river and Sunday with a gallant
barge covering a frontage of four
'rlle>. IL drove the Russians from Chiu
Tjcn Chcng and the heights on the
tgb' bank Of the Tho or Aida river,
hich enters tho Yalu from the
North almost opposite Wiju. The Jap
sncs" turned the left flank Of the Rus
ian position and in the battle of Sun
cay they swept the new front inter
'pscd hy the Russians TO check their
onward movement The present posi-
ION of the Japanese is a dominating
ne and they may force the abandon
'Drnt of the dcfenseS erected by the
HnSSians at Antung and OCner points
lower down the river.
General kurOki began the movement
ON Tuesday by ordering a detachment
e the Imperial Guards division to
-ei2" The island OF Kurito. which is in
hc Yalu above Win, and a detachment
uf tho second division to seize the ISL
ana of KintietO. which is situated be-
low Win. The dctarhment of the I'M
VoElal Guards met some resistance. but
e succeeded in clearing the enemy out
7rl occupied kurito Island. The
Russians abandoned the island of Kin
i"itO when attacked by the detach
'pcnt Ci the second divisions.
Tie action losses sustained by the
'j"i2"hment Of the Imperial Guards is
net known, as there Is an error in that
y,F he
'"r:'ing ~ the number killed, but 9
NJ tne detachment were severely and
. elightlv wounded. The detachmcn
1f tn" second division which took tho
iianl OF i[initO sustained no losses.
During these movements on the ISL
and the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight guns from hill
behind Chu-Tien-Chein and two Hotch-
Kiss guns which were mounted on the
bank OF the river at Kosan, where the
Russians seemed to have established
their headquarters. One battery Of Jap
aneSS artillery which had taken posi-
tiCn on z hill to the east Of Win fired
three yOileyS at kOsan and at | o'clock
Tuesday the Russian batteries behind
t'3a Cheng opened fire, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shrapnel. On
Wednesday the bonn bardment OF Wiju
WAS continued. the firing being at in
tf"yals. The Japanese artillery did not
respond to this fact. Genera! Kuroki
has received reports to the effect that
The Japanese loss was small.
The Russians shelled the reconnoit-
oring party from an emplacement in
TIC hills in the southeast part OF Yo-
shoko. This fire was without effect The
Russian artillery on the hill behind
artr OF hi oil
OYcned on Wiju. where some Japan
csc batteries had taken position. This
firing continued until Thursday night
anI General KurCki reports that while
il was ineffective. it disturbed his prep
arations for an attack The Russians
resumed the shelling Of Win on Fri
day. bnt the Japanese guns did not re-
p.y.
'rhe twelfth division of the Japanese
;my was chosen to make the first
C.ossing of the Yalu. 1t began its pre-
i'aratious on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
lruk of the river. Opposite Suikochin
which is eight miles above Win, and
TIC DOint selected for the crossing. This
division constructed pontoon bridge
over the river and at 3 o'clock Saturday
Irorning it began crossing. The entire
division crossed over the river and by
1 o'clock D. M. 1t was in the position
assigned to it for the battle Sunday.
The movement Of the twelfth Jap
arese division was covered by the sec
cnd Regiment OF field artillery ant
another artillery regiment Of heavy
guns.
The Japanese losses in the lombard
ments of Saturday were two men Kill
ei and five officers and % mel
wounded. 4 flotilla of gun-boats from
the squadron OF Admiral Hosoya par
ticipated in the fighting of Saturday
It encountered mixed force of Rus
sans infantry. cavalry and artillery OF
the Manchurian bank of the Ialu be
low Antung and after sharp hgh
scattered them to the hills.
\ bridge across the main stream
the Yalu. just below Wiju, was com
rieted at s O'Clock Saturday nigh
and thu second Japanese division an
the Imperial Guards Immediately be
gan crossing.
They advanced and occupied the hill
hack of Kosan. facing the Russian pc
sition on the right bank of the river
All through Saturday night regimen
after regiment of Japanese soldier
poured across the bridge and at lat
I.aur Saturday night General kuroi
teIegraphed to the general staff of tn
army:
I will attack the enemy on May /,
dawn"
True to his promise General kurol
at daylight today centered all his al
t.llery on the Russian position betwee
Chiu-Tien-Cheng and Yoshoko. To tn
FIRE the Russians made reply with a
their batteries At Z o'clock in tn
morning the Russian battery at foshs
ko was siIenced ard half an hour late
General Kuroki ordered his lin
stretching for four miles. to attacl
The Japanese infantry on the word
command. charged. across the IN
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