The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-05-05
five DAYS BATTLE
Gen. Kuroki's Army Forced a
Crossing of the Yalu Riv-
er Sunday Morning.
THE RUSSIANS WERE DRIVEN BACK
Japanese Losses Were About 700
Killed and Wounded and the
Russians Lost Over8OO Men.
The Japs May Force tho Abandonment
Of the Defenses Erected BY the
Russians at Antuns and
Other Points.

Russians at Antung and
Other Points.
Toxic, May 2.-After FIVE days OF
fighting. largely with artillery, the
first Japanese army under Gen. Kuroki
has forced q crossing of the Yalu riv.
er and Sunday with gallant infantry
charge covering a frontage of four
miles it drove the Russians from Chui
Tien Cheng and the heights on the
right bank of the Tho or Aida river
which enters the Yalu from the north
almost opposite Win. The Japanese
turned the left flank of the Russian
position and in the battle of Sunday
they swept away the new front inter
posed by the Russians to check their
onward movement.
The present position of the Japanese
is dominating one, and they may
force the abandonment of the defenses
erected by the Russians at Antung and
other points lower down the river
Gen. Kuroki began the movement on
Tuesday by ordering detachment Of
the imperial guards division to seize
the island of Kurito, which is in the
Yalu above Wiju and a detachment of
the second division to seize the island
of Kinteito, which is situated below
Win.
The Russians seemed to have estab-
lished their headquarters. One bat
terry of Japanese artillery which had
taken a position on hill to the east
Of Wiju fired three volleys at Kosan
and at noon Of Tuesday the Russian
batteries behind Chiu Tien ChenG
shelled Win. wounding one Japanese
soldier with shrapne. On Wednesday
the Russians resumed the lombard.
ment Of Wiju. firing at intervals
throughout the day. The Japanese ar.
tillery did not respond to this fire.
The Russians resumed their bonn.
bardment on Thursday, but 1t was gen.
orally ineffective Subsequently Gen.
Kuroki ordered two companies OF
the imperial guards to cross the Yalu
and make a reconnaissance along the
left bank Of the Tho for the purpose Of
discovering the view of the Russian
Notifications along the right bank of
the river The Japanese force advanc-
ed toward Kosan. and then dispatched
small detachment to the village
where a party of Russians was encoun.
tered. In the engagement which fol.
lowed five Russians were killed.
The twelfth division of the Japanese
army was chosen to make the first
crossing of the Yalu. II began its
preparations on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
bank of the river opposite Sui Kochin.
This division constructed a pontoon
bridge over the river and at 3 o'clock
Saturday morning It began crossing.
The entire division passed over the
river during the day and by 6 o'clock
Saturday evening 1t was In the position
assigned to 1t for the battle of Sun
day.
A bridge across the main stream Of
the Yalu just above Wiju was com.
pleted at 8 o'clock Saturday night and
the second Japanese division and the
imperial guards Immediately began
crossing. They advanced and occupied
the hills back of Kosan, facing the
Russian position on the right bank of
the river. All Saturday night regiment
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
poured across the bridge. Gen. Kuroki
at daylight Sunday centered all his ar.
tllery on the Russian position be.
tween Chiu Tien Cheng and Yoshoko
To this fire the Russians made reply
with all their batteries At o'clock
in the morning the Russian battery al
Yoshoko was silenced and half an hout
later Gen. Kuroki ordered his line
stretching for four miles. to attack
The Japanese infantry on the word oi
command charged across the Tho. wad
ing that stream breast deep and be
gan storming the heights at 8:l5. Al
9 o'clock they had swept the Russian
line back across the plateau.
The Japanese losses on the Yalu
Sunday were about 700 killed and
wounded. The Russians lost over SOC
men. The Japanese captured 28 quick
firing guns, 20 officers and many men
The Russians made two stands.
The Japanese Sunday captured Chir
Tien Cheng, ten miles north OF An
tung. which Is regarded as the key to
Russian position on the right bank ol
the Yalu river It is understood thai
the Russians will retreat to Feng Hu
an Cheng, which is on the road to Lilac
Yang
Russia Issues a Circular.
st. Petersburg, April 29.-The ofiicia
Messenger publishes circular, ISSUED
by the foreign office to Russian repre-
sentatives abroad. declaring categor
ically that Russia will not accept me
diation to terminate the war, which
the circular declares. was forced OF
her.
Neither will Russia. 1t is declared
allow Intervention of any power, what
sOever In the Rnsso-Japanese negotia
tipns after the war,
Failures During the Week.
New York, April 3O.--Business fail