The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31

t tention, The general impression was.
e,|e,s NS 'lus5Ss asaln; On March Is. how
the japanese lines. They had been an
sent slxty-three days. Marshal Ovana
report that same DAY, and a E51jo nc u.s.
immediately handed to the brilliant Off
Ger, ser ana ms brave troop. 1t is only lust
now, however. that the facts have bec0Ina
Known. In Japan, Naganurna's letter 70 1is
Iather IN Sendai, announcing the affair
lows: W N1iS ds AOi-
- had always hoped TO do something
WHICH would help the operations in the
great battle OF Mukden. Toward the close
OF OF december | received orders TO form n
lying detachment 1t consisted of
nee their lives We entered the eneuN,'s
ines, and, pushing northWard to a s-rea-
oitS;tSiice, approached the railway, his
night OF February H. our sovcreign's fete
9 qIy. we blew up the bridge over the
chung, and during the night ef the 14th
we were attacked by n force of the en-
envy twice as numeCous as our troon ana
having two guns We not only repuIsed
MIN, but also made a caunter stfaclS
w1-ch drove him back in confusion. He
re- IN our hands gun and a transport
wagon. These operations. brayeIv and
resolutely carried out by the men of the
uoop, caused an alarm in the enemy's
rear, ana the result was that he detached
a large body Of cavalry from his army
about Mukden to meet the menace to HIS
tributed materially to the success of our
enveloping movement in the big hattie
On the 18Th inst. I proceeded to head
N IA arshaI Oyama, reported the facts of our
fieI7 Gays expedition whereupon the
which ! enclose a copy. Ineed not speak
of the honor this is to rnvseif b1f +
nc o,,r II VII give you pleasure as credit
TO our Iamily, especially when j tell you
that although throughout our enterprfse
had to live on millet husk soup and TO
race a temperature sometimes 80 degrees
below freezing point, am in the best OF
health and have not received even a
scratch There is nothing to be said
In the achlsyenent of this heavy task.
..>,- "(COPY OF. THE KANJO.)
Clroopers from four regiments are des-
ignated in the original but this fnforma-
ton IS not published.@
The above, under the command of
Naganuma Hfdebumi. major OF cavalry,
penetrated deep into the enemy's lines,
and on the 18th of February wrecked the
ChangchuD. thus temporarily interruDting
the eneny's communications and divert
ing his troops to this part of the field.
| consider this distinguished achieve
msnt; and l hereby grant a kanjo."
Major Naganuma had two captains
Captain Nskaya. The former died from
a thrust of a Cossack lance. but not be-
the success achieved. As an illustration
OF the mood Of Japanese officer on tho
i ste the Rsfous ssntsrpTise trans
MS father just before setting out from
Sum29ao.
To-day, at 10 o'clock, / am 10 set out
at the head of seVenty-fiVe men specially
selected from the cavalry brigade. We
are 10 emerge Cn the enemy's rear, recon
noiter his condition. interrupt his COM
munications and disturb his general plan.
Probably you will not hear from me again
for fifty or sixty days We are deter
mined to push far into the Russian lines
and we trust the issue 10 the guidance
of Shaka believing that now indeed we
have an opportunity of repaying though
in an enthusiastically small degree. the
favors our country has received from it's
sovereigrls during thousands OF years.
That is the sole thought Of your worth
less at this moment, and re goes 20 his
duty with absorbing delight But we
have a long march before us and many
dangers TO encounter. For my own part.
though ! am myself OF little account. the
men under my command are such fine
fellows that J have hope. I beS sou not