The Bowbells tribune., 1905-01-13
HEAVY FIGHTING
ON YALU RIVER
cENSORS PREVENT SENDING ANY
PARTICULARS OF THE
BATTLE.
JAP ARMY CROSSES THE RIVER
ALExiEFF REPORTS A SERIES OF
REcONNAlSANcES ALONG
THE YALU.
RUSSIANS BOTTLE THEMSELVES
WILL BE NO FURTHER NAVAL
ENGAGEMENTS AT PORT
ARTHUR.

London. April -. - The Chronicle
correspondent at Seoul sends the fol
lowing under yesterdays date:
Heavy fighting has taken place on
the Yalu For strategic reason sit is
impossible for me to send particulars
at present. II is thought that all i'm
pOrtant Russian movement has been
made over the Tumen river. 1t is
now known that thirty Cossacks came
down and pillaged Songchin. After
burning the Japanese houses they re-
turned to Tumen. The retreat of the
Russian raiding party to Tumen is
confirmed by several correspondents" "
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post sends the following:
Severe fighting is III progress on
the Yalu. 1t is reported that the first
Japanese army has crossed the river.
Heavy fighting has occurred. but the
censors make it impossible 10 send
particulars"
Bottle Themselves.
Chefu, April Z4.-The Russian fleet
is bottled up in Port Arthur.
The work has been done. not by the
Japanese. but by the Russians.
The entrance to the inner harbor
has been completely mined for the
purpose of keeping the japanese out
but it also prevents the cgrcss of the
Russian fleet.
Therefore there will be no further
naval engagements at Port Arthur.
and the city if taken, must be by as
sault from land
In the work of mining the Russians
suffered another loss. A mine pre-
maturely exploded under q launch
and killed an officer and twenty men.
Causes More Gloom.
ST. Petersburg. April 24.-The en-
peror has received the following telc-
gram from Vicc:oy A!eNietf:
II respectfully report to your majes-
ty that during the placing of mines by
some steam launches. Lieut. Pell and
mine explosion prematurely under the
stern OF one Of the launches
The announcement has added to
the gloom which has prevailed since
the disaster to the Petropav!ovsk.
The war commission suppressed
part OF the yiceroy's dispatch which
showed where the mines were being
laid. 1t is believed that the launches
were employed in mining the entrance
to the harbor in order to prevent the
Japanese from forcing an entrance
and attempting to destroy the remain.
ing ships.
1t is evident from the closing OF the
entrance that Viceroy A!exics his no
intention Of letting his ships go to
sea again, even against all inferior
force ...t;
Koreans RebclIious.
Shanghai. April 2A.--The desertion
of five companies of picked Korean
soldiers completely armed which was
recently sent to the northeast prov.
inces has seriously affected the peas
antry, already restless owing to ex.
cessive taxation and the presence OF
the Japanese. 1t is generally believed
that the deserters have joined the
Tonghall revolutionary party. which
has been creating disturbances on the
northeastern coast. Agents of the
Tonghak party are melting the people
OF Seoul and the central districts. as.
serting that the Japanese purposely
burned the imperial palace at Seoul.
1t is expected that within three
months Japan will take control of the
real administration Of Korea through
powerful Japanese advisers, leaving
the Koreans only outward forms of
government in order to placate the
people.
Skirmishine Along the YaIu.
st. Petersburg, April 24.-Thc fol.
lowing telegram from Viceroy Alex.
Jeff has been received By the emperor:
"Quite series Of reconnaisances
carried out on the Yalu have shown
that the Japanese are concentrating
in considerable force. It is believed
that they have about one division to
the north Of VIII. They are also be-
ginning to concentrate troops in WIFI,
from which place they have moved
the Korean population.
"InfOrmation has reached me that
quantities of material. apparently
parts Of pontoon bridges. are being
collected opposite the Island Of Ma
bikhe. Our scouts have
Killed Two Japanese Scouts.
one of whom appeared to be an Of
ficer.
ION our right flank our scouts exc.
cuted daring reconnaisances, extend.
ing over several days, on the left bank
of the Yalu, as the result of which it
has been ascertained that there are
only few troops south of the River
Pomakua, but that the Japanese there
are occupied in preparing boats. A
Russian fanhment Of fu,o ofioorc