Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

| japanese troops. Ii wits necessary for
| them, therefore, TO land above Kinchou
and march down over it before they
| circumscribed area maneuyering Tor
! possession of Kinchou and Nansban
| hill behind was almost impossible. The
situation resolved itself into a plain
case of fight
The battle lasted for six days, but
the severe fighting was ON Thursday,
May 26. The Russians fought like he
roes, but the japanese fought like mad
men. The Aipponese combination of
fanatical, reckless bravery with COOL
| precise calculation, as demonstrated in
the battles of the Yalu and kinchou,
has never before been seen in mill
tary history.
! 1t is hardly too much to say that
live Japanese are invincible. The only
way to stop them when they receive
definite orders TO go ahead is to kill
| them. And from present indications
the only way Russia will be able to
whip them in this war viii be to kill
them all. AS long as there is live
japanese army anywhere in Manchu-
ria it is apt to be victorious.
The world is beginning to regard
the Jap soldier with excessive and I'M
easy admiration. What sort of u sol
der is he who can in three months
upset all the carefully collected and
thoroughly accepted dicta over mill
tary art-who can d. sprove the infalli-
! bility of the lessons Of Cold Hafbor
st. Private, Pleyna, SLipka Pass. and
the Tugela-who can iD the face of
modern rifles carry a strongly fortified
and numerously occupied height by di-
| rect assault?
Later news of the nchou-Nanshan
! fight makes the Japanese victory even
more overwhelming. They captured
fifty guns from their enemy besides"
as their official report puts it, many
other things" After taking Nanshan
hill, at p. IN. on the night of May 26,
the indefatigable Japs pressed on, and
on the morning of Friday. May 81, oc-
cupied Naquanling. the second line of
the Russian defense. japanese troops
now envelop over half of Talienwan
Bay. on which Dalny is situated The
japanese acknowledge 1900 killed and
wounded and say the enemy left 400
dead ON the field.
The Russian general staff acknowl-
edges that it will be difficult if not i'm
possible for General Stoessel to make
another stand outside of Port Arthur
Probably the siege of that stronghold
will begin forthwith. The Japanese
imply they will endeavor TO storm it
within two weeks. If they succeed in
this seemingly impossible attempt
their success win mark a new epoch in
the worlds history.
So much for General Ollo's Port Ar
thur army. The movements of Ku-
roki are not SO theatrical or traceable
Kuroki's left is at Takushan on the
sea. where he has base His lines
extend northeast TO Fengwangcheng
where is his center and main concen-
tration. This place is fortified by
10000 troops Advance guards have
been thrown out from Fengwangcheng
on the two roads 10 Haicheng and
Liaoyang Between the Japanese
scouts and the Cossacks there is con-
hnual skirmishing
The strength of Kuroki's entire force
Is unknown The troops landed at Ia
kushan have been estimated by the
Russians at about 10000 kurokis
s1l,A ho my
strong it is. where it is, and what it
purposes to do are all matters of con
lecture. 1t is on the road which leads
| to Mukden. Some days ago there was
a rumor that it had appeared above
Mu',den, thereby cutting off the retreat
Of the Russian concentration at Lao
yang.
Kuroki's line is so long that it seems
as if an active enemy might attack
Its va.ious columns and beat them in
! detail, but the ground in which such
| operations would have to be carried on
is exceedingly broken. If a superior
Russian force of 10000 or $4,000
moved to crush Kuroki's right wing,
II would find itself unable to draw out
| the full effectiveness of its numbers
owing to the narrow passes and mis-
cradle roads over which it would have
! to maneuver While Kurokis line is
/ long from end to end, 1t is not equally
thin in all places, but is concentrated
In three columns at Talushan, Feng-
wangcheng, and the unknown point
north or northeast Small bodies of
Cossack cavalry have been able to in
sert themselves between the three
/ points of concen -ai'ou and get in the
/ rear OF the Japanese. The raiders
have done little material harm. Their
/ chief value has been that of scouts
and collectors of intelligence.
I Kouropatkin's army lies parallel to
/ Kurokis at a distance of 100 miles.
The scouts and advance grand of both
armies are keeping touch in the in
| terval. Kouropatkin's right rests at
Newchwang. and his forces extend
along the line OF railroad through Hal
| cheng to Liaoyang and Mukden. The
| main concentration is at Liaoyang Be
cause Of the railroad, he rsever. the
I Russian troops are excee dinghy mo-
bile. and the center Of gravity can be
rapidly shifted Liaoyang is being
well fortified