Show FIGHT fl T ON OH O THE Y LU LUW W WAS S ATt Russians Arc Are Reported to Have Had Three or Four hour Thousand Soldiers Killed II II cd JAPANESE WERE LE Hade blade Cavalry Charges and noli Fought Like Very Demons They fh Were IlSO Numerous St Petersburg May 11 3 In a report received by tile the emperor from from Gen Oen I under ditto date It In III Instated stated elated that at least from three to la four Cour I thousand men man were W ro tilled killed In tho the Yalu light right I I IUT j St HI Petersburg May Iny 3 The emperor heN received d tho the following telegram un tin under tinder der date lIale from front Oon Ion Gent Gen report I port dated to today todo today day do on Oil tho the light tight of or May 1 J that the tho battle was fought under tinder thu tho follow Collow followIng tag Ing circumstances Tho Twelfth and regiment and the Second and Third Ih I 11 batteries o of oC the Sixth brigade of or arid lery were wert engaged In III the tile battle which began with heavy hY cannonading of our right Hank by ly siege guns gits u n nt t V lu 1 and field neld l batteries In lu tho rho mn I After n lull tho the lighting was WaR re ro slimed with extraordinary violence against tho the left Hank of our main poi position po l lion tion at lit and and our position at A wall also bogun bo ho bolIn hogun Japanese gun lIn by b stand parties of across cross A tho the AI At river L The position became In Inic especially at lit ic which was bombarded on the front and und on both Hanks o guns were ero pitted our battery at which after having silenced tho mountain battery Its lire on tho the Japanese o Infantry awl sus liliA sustained sustained few ew v so long as nH It II was anti WI v not obliged to take lalle up liP another position owIng otting to tha tho withdrawal of oC our OUI try from rom the th bunk bank The Japanese under our era made nl bayonet attacks on of our JArS JAPE LAY I VV IN J HEAtS Japanese c bodies lay In In heaps at tho the river fiver fords Simultaneously with the tho attack at nt an attack was tens as being made mado on our loft Hank flank at nt and Imel the trenches had to bo ho abandoned under tinder tho Japanese enfilading rn tire lre Our several times mingled with the first line thus thull enabling It for Cor a long longtime longtime longtime time to maintain Its lis position Finally all of or the supports were brought up Into the tho Urine tiring line but owing awing to the tho great gran t distance from our main male reserve It AS was as Impossible for or Ihorn to 10 reach tho the advanced all force rol O In time end our men retired from t I J a principal position to another position In III the tho rear of oC followed followell by bythe bythe bythe the concentrated lire tiro ot of tho the Japanese who Iho wild could not make up their minds to descend from the tho crest they occupied end face tho the Pro Uro of or our batteries at RUSSIAN LEFT They dug fresh trenches and anil opened a n heavy heay artillery lire tiro on nn our position and begun hogan to turn our left let Hank flank toward Chin Chili Gow Two battalions of or tho the Eleventh regiment and the lice Third battery of tho the Third brigade of oC artillery belonging to the main reserve were sere ordered to Lao Imo Fun Tun Hon They occupied position a with a 1 double tiring firing line thud thUlA permitting permit permitting permitting ting our advanced line lne Jine which had hall suffered suf suffered heavily and our wounded to re to retire retire tire A battalion of oC the Eleventh regi regiment meet ment both flunks flanks of at which were re repeatedly turned by the tho enemy ad advanced nl winced with fixed bayonets preceded by buglers to clear a n Tho The Japanese however declined a n 1 hand band conflict and recoiled CHAPLAIN WITH CROSS CROSSIn In front of oC the tho regiment a chap lain bearing a II cross wall vua by b two bullets It was only by advancing on tho rho Japanese with the tho bayonet that tho thu Seventh t regiment was wall able ble to retire On the arrival of the battalion of oC the thc Tenth regiment all nil tho the troops veto able to 10 beat bent the retreat Tho Iho of oC thu Iho Eleventh menth and Twelfth were very great but tho the are not yet ct exactly known II In At Atthe tho the Eleventh the tho lulled Included Incited Col Lamina and aUlI Gob bola and The Twelfth lost IOKI nine corn com pony any commanders killed or wounded Tho The Second nod of or orthe the Sixth brigade having lost the greater number of their men and worn wore compelled com pulled to abandon their theil gun gune fitter after thou thorn useless For Far I or the tho same name reasons six Alx guns guile of or tho the Third bat battery battery Jat tery of the Third brigade or artillery and eight which could not be bo brought away wore were also alco disabled d The rho mountainous nature of oC the tho coun country country try mado It Impossible to save sao tho the suns guns by means or ot ding dlug ropes OF OP WOUNDED J JUp Up to the present wounded In Including In IncludinG eluding 14 have Ye been heen brought to the hospital ho at lit Fong Feng I cn Wung Clien Cheng Their eventual transportation else whore where In is assured Japanese cavalry appeared to the southeast of or Fong Feng Wang Wung Cheng ChenS but hut lIe two companies with two guns opposed to It It did not to la up ap upp p preach roach II rite Tho transportation of or tho wounded by hired Chinese bearer bearr i to Feng peng rc Wang Cheng Chong was wag very Two wheeled carts and horsed lent by tho too cavalry were also utilized for this pur purpose lur pose pOKe Most or of the wounded however I arrived on foot Coot assisted by b their com cent comrades comrades rades ratios and reached Feng Ieng Wang Sang Chong within 24 hours Gen den declares that the tho troops retained their morale notwithstanding the heavy hll losses lo es rand and are ready r for fop III fresh engagements Tho Japanese losses lossell were very In hell hea heavy vy at the tho passage of tho the At 1 river rl r nt tit their position at lit and on Oil anthe the huh hill occupied by the two lw o of oC the Eleventh regiment At cording to the tho statements of par pur participants In III the battle huttle at least 1000 or 1000 were Wele killed DETAILS OF 01 TILE THE FIGHTING FJ FIG St Petersburg Jeto BhurA May Ia 1003 a n m St Petersburg Is by tho the senas news nelll of oC lighting on en land and sect Hell then len conveying Gen Orn Zas report clinic clime graphic of or the tho brittle battle of or Turo Ilion ebon as na the tho combat on all the banks binks of ot the Yalu Yulu U la If designated tlc which show the savage effort to hold H It post than lon commanded comma by hy the th and their heir orderly retreat to Fong Feng Wang Vung Cheng Chell where heie they are ure now 1101 entrenched conducting en tn mute joute a I brilliant rear rearguard rearguard guard engagement In which they In III Inflicted heavy helvy loss on the tilt enemy A LI COM COMMAND M A ND Viceroy command of or Port Arthur has hall been signalized by the re repulse pulse ulso of or another desperate attempt 0 of oC he the Japanese to tl close dO o the Iho entrance of lIr he the harbor Adding to this quota of or orar ar Hewn llew tho the of report ut the ap up appearance of Japanese whips slips off oft curd ind 1111 on tho the west coast coust of at atthe the Ilao lino Tung peninsula Now Nov foreboding foreboding f ng the disembarkation of or Japanese troops with the tho Intention In of cutting ort oft Port Arthur this war runty nay now bo be said to have begun In deadly earnest curnest earnestA A DAY OF ANXIETY Yesterday was 1111 a day Ilay It If anxiety mad excitement among nil all classes of people rom the tho emperor In III lr n tho the palace pillar to tho the the tho gelok where e by lIy special wire his hla majesty U Is I receiving receiving advices from 1011 the tho front to the lowest lowe t standing before the bulletins eagerly to the dispatches as u they url are rend ead by hy educated persons In the tha crowd Important as 18 was seas achieve chloe achievement ment In suite of or the magnitude ot of the flue attempt i It of the tho e Japanese who 1 this time sent ent In 10 0 to block the tho Tort Port Arthur entrance It Is 18 dwarfed by the tho of or the tho fighting on the Yalu I showing hawing the tho severe losses suffered by bythe bythe bythe the Russians who have removed wounded alone Fong Feng Wang VanK Cheng heng while It Is ted leIl that the tho Japanese 10 leas K Is between and WORK If Ie this statement of or the tho Japanese loss los lossIs Is 19 s correct the Russian authorities say that Gen must t be given credit for or carrying out that part of ot his orders to make the crossing of oC the Yalu as liS costly as nil possible to the tho enemy enem report r port Indicates atell that tho the Japanese began the battle by shelling the ho the right honk flank and attracting atten attention attention attention tion to that point and unel then a flanking movement to the left Itt began lic on to force had only 10 men of oC whom two thousand were unable to participate In the tho fighting ai ns they were w ro occupying and andIon Ion Oen appreciating the tho In Inability inability ability of or his bin opponent to bring brine up lip reserves re reserves serves threw his weighty forces upon the points selected for attack RUSSIANS OUTNUMBERED m D The Japanese had from Crom I to 40 to men beside tho the greater quantity of guns many of or them then being of hea heavier healer heavier ier ler caliber call her than that those of or the Russians Thus outnumbered the lilt Russians nU ac actually actuallY lually engaging moro more than five to one the this Japanese did succeed In Hanking two Russian battalions on an both bolh sides shiM gad and lint enveloping them In tho the rear roar Tho The latter alter with music playing a 11 martial air nil and with fixed bayonets a priest holding aloft alo a n cross cress charged and the Japanese opened before thorn them after atel which they succeeded In reaching thu tho supports Bup orts It was tans wn one of tho the most moat gallant ac actions antis of a 1 bloody day dayn U n In Is regretted both In military and church circles that tho the priest was wall Be se Beverely verely wounded ENFILADED BY n JAPANESE Because of the tho weakness of or tho the flue Rus Russians clans they were unable to hold their th lr by lIy tho rho lire fire and but few ell horses horsen surviving the themen themen men TIen yet unwounded sprang to the guns In an effort to remove them but hut thin mountainous nature of or the country and the thu heavy helvy rolde prevented this and the guns were abandoned their breech blocks being first removed Three batteries thus lout lost their th r guns No such determined stand as ne that rondo mado by the troops was wall Intended by hy 0 Gen n but their tenacity In holding their positions It Is III said Raid la Is worthy of ot the highest of the Russian army These Thele Th fe wore not especially crack troop l hut but t Kb who had hud been heen hurried to tho the Yalu In order to inflict Indict ns as much damage II I ilia It as us on tho the enemy The rho latter latier won Of aH nude up of or the of or the Japanese army pad mill trained with one object tho defeat of or orthe the of or European I It H I Is h n It cause of satisfaction lIa tl to the tho Authorities that In spite finite of or the severe loss lOlls Gen hud did suf strength to 10 shat ily bite the tho pursuing pur flur suing enemy who wio I 1 lost 31 In III this move movement mOVement ment meat alone DRAMATIC FIGHTING The Tho opinion here hert Is that the r rear rearguard ar guard movement was one of or the most moat mo t bits bile of o fighting during th the battle Three times tithes the tie halted mid and twice the hr cavalry were hurled harlot back only to cum conic on again A third repulse sickened the tho lighting fighting stomach of or the tho assailants who Iho abandoned the tho effort to completely crush the retreat U leg Ing In force It Ii h In stated that this fruit fruitless less lees pursuit cost the Japanese seen mono I Gen Oen retirement Is es cs noteworthy because It tt was waR en on encumbered cumbered i bv hv y such mch a largo number of oC wounded Und Had tho the Japanese t b been cn able abl to bring up tho this entire a tIre cavalry strength of or their army the tho day might have been more mare black for Gen The Tho general taft start does do not expect an Immediate forward movement of oC the tho Japanese e but hut the tho latter are preparing the way WilY for an on advance as Is he shown by the lire appearance of or a cavalry detach detachment ment to the tho southeast or of Fong Feng lon Wang Cheng The Tho retirement of o the detach detachment mont munt when sighted by a I force Indicated simply that It was scouting in order enter to locate the next point where resistance may bo he looked for fer forThe forThe The Iho Associated AB Press Is III Informed by bythe h the tine general staff tat that MaJ Gen Kash IH is alive and that Gon was not wounded but that the colonels lI mild and a 1 majority of o the tho a of ur tie tEO Eleventh Twelfth end Twenty nt net Cl and were either cither killed or o wounded PLANS It U Is evident that In hl order to weaken the tho resistance reKI which will bo lio offered ortere 1 Oin Ow the tho Japanese nrc preparing lug Ins to lurid land on on tho the west Ie t coast cout of the thep p ull of or Lino Tung So Ho as nil to pre pie prevent vent th tit ships coming out of if fort Arthur In ht an un effort to attack I tho rho transports transport tran Vice Admiral Togo ro Is III con continuing Cont on t rui ng his td to block the tho t Ie e harbor old In order I to Insure tho the success mucous ur 11 of plan the tho Japanese are tro employing n m 1 larger number of o steamers than here heretofore Tin tart tact that tho the lust last effort failed 1 Is If attributed to tn the sharp look lookout out ful ut which was vas kept IIO t arid to tn the Russian for or which Viceroy Alex leff lerr receives considerable run credit Tho Iho RUH stuff staff professes to la be he unconcerned un unconcerned concerned the th landing of u n Japanese ui army lumy on nn time the Lluu Tung peninsula hell its 1111 this hoe has been hut id paled Gen I Is he prepared for tor such Kuch nil nn eventuality but It Is ad admitted nn milled 1 that tho the longer It Is delayed the better hettel It will be lie for COI tho the Russian forces Everything J J therefore will bo be date deno to 10 compel the Japanese e lo in post past postpone lost pone pane this enterprise as long as all possible |