The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-10
RUSSIAN cAVALRY's WORK
Us Effective Fighting is Hish,y Praises
by French Exocrt.

by French Export.
Paris. June 6.-1he Herald's Euro
rean edition publishes the following
from It's military expert:
"Ihe Russian cavalry continues to
fulfill it's mission in a mastery Way. 1t
loses no opportunity of harassing the
enemy. Always wide awake, it pre-
vents the japanese patrols from moving
far away from their main body and
does not hesitate to offer more serious
opposition to every outpost, eve when
Very superior in force, which seeks TO
advance in spite of it.
1T is thus that at the railway sta
lion of We Fang Flu on May 80 the
soSSackS engaged in n lively fusillade
With a strong Japanese detachment of
several companies, a squadron of caval-
~ and four quicl-iring guns With
three battalions in reserve. Profiting
by an opportune chance n portion Of
the cavalry flung itself in a charge on
the left flank of the Japanese squadron
and almost completely destroyed it.
While another squadron of the enemy
SalloDing up vas overwhelmed by the
fire of those who had remained dis
mounted. Seeing this the Japanese in
fantry advanced upon the right flank
of the Russians to turf them, but was
checked by a battery. which inflicted
OH them considerable loss. These
amounted to 200 dead alone left on the
field.
AT another point in the region which
has Sal Matse for its center there took
place at the am time an engagement
quite as serious. Attacked in front
N on both TANKS in the middle of
the night by an infantry force of SUI
perior numbers, the Cossacks re-
treated in file. fighting their way to a
position in the rear where they We're
again attacked the next morning by
three battalious of the enemy, of which
one was in reserve.
advancing in compact masses this
Infantry suffered considerably from the
fire OF the Cossacks and from that of
their own battery, which covered them
with shrapnel, but, fearing to see them
selves surrounded, the Russians with
drew in good order on Tai Ma Use. 1t
is possible that this was the fight of adj
vance guards, in which the CossackS
were compelled after many attempts to
yield to numbers, and in which the Jap
anese had finally the marked dvan-
tage, giving rise TO the sensational re-
port. otherwise hardly probable, ac-
cording to which General Kuroki had
completely defeated General Kuropat-
kin near Sow Ment Sc. If his last
named place is the same as Sal Matse,
each of the two generals must neces-
sarily have been able at a drum tap to
dispatch to that distant point in some
hours the greater part of their forces
for justifyins the possibility of a de-
cisive battle in this mountainous and
troubled region.
1t seems confirmed that the japanese
arrny uses exclusively The explosive
known as shimoso. which bears the
name of the doctor who was it's inven-
toT m who was II of the cleverest
professional man of the university OF
Toxic.
This explosive, with which all the
Japanese shells and torpedoes are
charged, does not make its explosion
either by shock or ignition. 1t has also
the advantage of not freezing, like gun
cotton. We DO not know its exact ma
ture, but it is believed that it belongs
to a series of derivatives of picric acid"