The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-04
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the right flank and attracting atten-
tion 20 that point and then a thanking
movement 10 the left began iH force
Unfortunately Zassalitch had only TO-
coo men of whom two thousand were
unable to participate i'm the fighting
as they were occupying Antung and
General Kur0ki, appreciating the IN
ability of his opponent to bring mp re-
serves threw his weighty forces upon
the points selected for attack
Five to One.
The japanese had from $4,000 TO 4o.-
COO men beside the greater quantity
or guns. many of them being of heaV-
Ter caIibre than those of the Russians
Thus outnumbered, the Russians ac-
tuauy engaging more than five TO one,
the Japanese did succeed i'm ranking
two Russian batJaliOns on both sides
and enveloDing them I'm the rear The
latter. with music playing martial
q In and with fixed bayOnets, a priest
holding aiOft q cross, charged ana the
Japanese opened before them, after
which they succeeded in reaching the
supports.
il was one of the most gallant ac-
tiuns of a bloody day.
lit is regretted both In military and
church circles that the priest was Sc
yerely wounded.
Gould Not Save Guns.
Because of the weakness OF the Rus
slams tEey were unable 20 hold their
positions Enriladed by the enemy S
fire and but few horses surVlVlnSi the
men yet unwounded sprans 60 the guns
J in AN effort to remove them out lhe
mountainous nature of the country
/ and the heavy roads prevented this
and the guns were abandoned thelf
breech locks being first removed. Three
! batteries thus lost their guns.
No such determined stand as that
made by the troops was intended by
/ General KuTOpatkin, but their Jenaclly
/ i'm holding their positions, 1t IS sald, IS
/ worthy Of the highest traditions Of the
/ Russian army.
/ These were not especially crack
/ troops, but Siberians who had been
hurried to the Yalu in order 10 infllcJ
/ as much damage as possible ON the
! enemy. The latter was made up OF the
/ flower of the japanese army and
1 trained with one object-the defeat of
/ the soldiers Of European Russia.
Rear Guard Battle.
] Tt is a cause of satisfaction TO the
/ authorities that in spite of the severe
/ Russian loss General ZassalitCh had
! sufficient strength to sharply bite the
/ pursuing enemy, who lost 300 in this
/ movement alone.
The opinion here is that the rear
/ guard movement was one of the most
/ dramatic bits of fighting during the
/ battle
! Three times the Russians halted, and
[ twice the mikadO's cavalry were hurled
/ back, only to come on again. A third
/ repulse sickeued the fighting stomach
/ Of the assailants, who abandoned the
| effort to completely crush the retreat
| ing force.
It is officially stated that this fruit
/ less pursuit cost the japanese 300 men.
Might Have Been Worse.
General Zassalitch's retirement is
especially noteworthy because it was
| encountered by such a large number of
/ wounded Had the japanese been able
TO bring up the entire cavalry strength
/ OF their army the day might have been
! more black for General ZassaIitch.
The general star does not expect an
! immediate forward movement of the
/ japanese, but the latter are preparing
the way for an advance as rs shown
/ by the appearance of 4 cavalry detach-
ment to the southeast of Feng Waue
Cheng. The retirement of the detach-
ment when sighted by a Russian force
} indicated simply that. was scoutins
in order to locate the next p0iu where
resistance may be looked for
The Associated Press is informed by
the general staff that Major Genera
Kashtilinsky is alive and that Lieuten-
ant General Zassalitch was not wound
ed; but that the colonies, Lieutenant
colonies and a majority of the company
commanders Of the Eleventh. Twelfth
and Twenty second regiments wee
Ieither killed or wounded.