Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-27
But LITTLE Is DOING
War News Scarce and Practically No
Developments
BOTH PARTIES MOVING SLOWLY
JspanesesHavei a Way Opened For the
Landing of Troops Russians Are
Massing Large Force. .7F.-.

1888 - Ssr
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-Oficial
dispatches regarding the fighting
south of the River Pomaku were re.
ported last Friday, in which Russian
detachment had three men killed and
two officers and thirteen men wound:
ed, say that Japanese tfoop:laded
barge and other boats emerged from
the mouth of the Pomaki ard attempt;
ed to cut off the Russian retreat: The
barge was sunk by the Russian guns.
Capt. Smeizin, who commanded the
detachment, has died of his wounds.
: The Kutshuin had one officer wound
ed. Further details concerning the
skirmish south of the River Pomaku
say that in following up the general
plan to harrass and.impede the Japan.
ese crossing of the Yaln, the Russian
outposts on the river sent q detacR-
ment Of volunteers in boats cn the
night of April 81 for the purpose Of
setting flre to the Japanese pontoons
and other bridge material.
The boats grounded cn sandbanS
near the Korean side and drew the
fire of the Japanese outposts. There
was a sharp fusilade at .clcse range.
The positions of the boats was
highly critical, owing to the appear
ance Of q number cf light barges filed
with japanese, coming cut from a
small tributary stream called the Po-
makua,s which is unmarked scTen On
the maps OF the Russian general staff
The intention Of the barges was to
cut off the retreat of the Russians.
This was noticed from the other bank,
two miles distant, and a couple of
field guns opened fire.. a lucky shot
sank one of the barges, and the others
withdrew. The Japanese casualties
Sre not known.
The Japanese Objective.
St, Petersburg, BY Cable.-Apparent-
" reliable information in the possess
sion sof the general staff leads TO the
belief that the objective Of the Jap-
apese campaign does not involve the
ambitious invasion of the interior OF
ManchuriS. with the purpose Of reach
ing and tTcrwhelming the main Rus
4 sian army. If the Japanese ever en-
s,tertained the hope Of accomplishing a
task similar to that which Napoleon
set Tor himself, present advices indie,5;
seate that they3h have abandoned it, and
ShaYeS adopted les much more cautious;
sMdA esaln me hfss-
ss1nfoEfnattoDsis Scorre therew Hs befno
advance uron the army con centrated
atEEiaoSS Yang and Mukden, with its. att
stendant constant leng gthening and
5weakeninggofsthes Japanese seslineeof fSeomss
munisafi ion instead there seems to-
be a determination to :stiehsass close sass
pos: ible to the sea, where lies Japan's
natural base of communi cation. sne
having established herself IN Korea.
The general staff. reports that the
japanese have three other objectives-
the occupation of line across the Liao
Tung Peninsula, for the purpose Of cut,
ting1off Port Arthur, the isolation of
Vladiyostock,,and the establishment Of
3 base The last mentioned movement
might be accomplished by landing
near1the mouth Of Tayang river, which,
by threatening the flank Of the Russian
position at Feng Huan Cheng, might
render it unterable and make the ad-
vance column from Korea compara-
lively easy.
Will Not be Hurried,
j, London, BY Cable.-The far Eastern
dispatches Monday morning are chiefly
ooncerned with tbe renorts and sDecu-=