Show JAPANESE ESE WIN VI TilE THE FIRST FIRs r I FiGHT ON o LARD LAND LA D Ilio Jho Russians To Abandon Antun 1 Which They Thoy Tho Burned o COIl Control tm 1 tho of O Urn tho tu lI lITho They Tho Had In Most and Handled I It I iio Was ls Far More MOIo Deadly Dondl Thou Than That of o FI Opponents ts T 1 I KIO do liy 11 Y 2 11 H t m mTh The Russian a c L forced to abandon Istel They Thc burned tho the town und ro 10 roti Ht r i ti 1 I to Feng Fen Huang Chong Japanese now control the estuary of ot tt t Yalu YIti A supplemental report tL don Oen t 1 covering fighting I Jr fl 3 Tie T Russians mado mUll 0 two stand strength Included nil all of o othe Tr Tt the die Third Th division two regiments of ofIe o ot Ie t division ono OIW cavalry j a at ui u 10 40 O gun gLina and nut nigh eight I M 1 Rims Wo have hao taken 28 2 n q i k II t n rifle muc moro more than 20 om ft R I tr t C r nd If I many noncommissioned CP a d 1 men UK LIH prisoners I nm 1111 In and Can Cai Cani foi tOI foito 1 I that to i were worp wounded I ou ell Our n I r and tho the Russian loss los lossU lossI losIs U Is I mor than OO men HI IAN ACCOUNT st gi H Petersburg May 1 Tho s t n Cf aI ri of ot tho operations on OR tho thoy y in III Ii today Is ns n follow M At 1 4 ocio k this morning 1 I with 47 7 Kims opened n nf 1 If t f f f rf ru on n our position po ii nt at Jh ch mil md oh oti our posted near pone PoliN Th overwhelming of nt the tho th the heavy la lalo Je J In lii on la lo their Ire Oro on our oe oc n i nig ng these th ro pol t looM made in U ii e It tt I t clear cioni 4 i t ii G Gr Jr Fa that It wai WM br t t I J hold Consequently 4 ftp t trip imps nf 11 to h retire from troll tho thol t Tr irn V ir fl 1 holding l I I n I Y tOnt hen G fl dispatched dl lilt his hist were ro reo t am un 10 tho troops troop iii ti III K g I m in goell 1001 order other from Tur nr fir 1 H h to their second pout I t I Ill il t the battle Wile was continuing nt ni litsky nir r sk sky and 1114 r aHE lnE CROSSNO May Mil Mul I 1 2 p I m Advices re ro rec roC c ul CI liete III hp that the tho Twelfth dl cit ton IOU of the th Japanese army forced n 1 s of the tho YOlU river Diver above SuIt juit b fore dawn Saturday morning Tho F Fond ond pontoon tho th ri Ill MM wars wan completed nt at 8 II 0 o loi k Saturday tho ho Imperial mi 1 1 ot f the tho Second e division crossed the tho night left Itt lank flanI jn t I II turned a it general attack I c nt rut t dawn today Sunday by b nil all th t 1 butteries on tho the south Bouth P d of the river and nd a 1 flotilla of ot gun lIun lIunI gunt I t MS su IS C with tho the army ft rp have havo the lie e of ot r ion and 1111 numbers and are conn conO conni i of o routing the enemy T Tr I Japanese c today captured Chin T l 1 pl nt ug 10 north of An Ant t p g f Is lu regarded 1 as au n tho the key ke to tot t UN HII lan lad position on 01 tho th bank I of Ct r th t It H Is lu expected t R B Hi tan lanA will retreat to Feng c K g J which Is 1 on the tho rod road to 1 if I I I H B DAYS FLOuTING ft fI t i 00 dlyn da A of laro 11 1 V artillery th the Jap under Oen Gemi Kuroki has hast t f cl I i t of ot the tho river and andt t V I S lt n a 1 gallant III lit Infantry charge i tI A I a IL of ot four miles mUoN It Itu Chi IMon ien ir u p t Ihl from froni h i g the heights on au tho the right b F if the Iho lilt or nr Alda Alula river which C the lU from tho the c i i t tf IJu The Tho turned t 1 ft C lInk ink of tho ho position sf Cr J A in i the battle of ot today they swept i v I the thu new front Interposed by h I tho the thoI thor Ji r i tu to check their onward novo i II I ITI I Ti T present position of the tho Japanese i a II one ono and they may f t o th Ih ii abandonment of ot the tho defenses dei w t I 1 I by hy tho tim nt ut and fh ith 5 r I prints lower down clown fown river ii i 1 began the tho movement on Oil onuel Tut uel 1 y j by b n a 1 detachment of ot otI nfl thi tl in lii portal guards division to 10 I tr Ii t I 1 I J nd rI 11 of which Is IA In 1 tile the theY thoV I V Y Iu lu and a n detachment of I th Ih S Pond ond division to prize peize tho the Island 1511 ff f Ki i Ito llo which IB If I situated below I I i JAP J P OCCUPY KITO ISLAND TI 1 c li nt of o the tho Imperial t 1 ml tl tn t with some but butI butK I K t ird li 1111 in ill II clearing tho enemy out outi i 1 1 C 1111 i Kurlo lCd nt o isla mud The rue Ilus BUl s sI I t i 1 lolled tho ho Island I sin mid of ot IC by ly tho tim detachment of ot oft otI t I i ond onti division i 1 Ial loss s l by h l the ot dt hn 11 nt t of the Iho Imperial guards Is IA IAM M lP 4 it I n II ns as there Is h an nil error In that I t I r the received here horl re ro reto Ie roif f if f ri to It number killed k but nine Iline nin t I Il M Cf m I detachment Pre WC severely and amid W 1 lightly wounded The Tho ho n i ft Cr Ih division which took r l i id of ot no noI noW I 1 1 t I K g I thes on 01 the lie I I IJ i tn th Opened pent fire on un tho thor ho hoJ J r t r with Ith eight hooter ter r t LI a Ii 1 lull hill hi behind Chiu flea Tien I h s g I nd tl two Runs guns which r mounted on the tho hank of tho tim M i t Ki 1 h t 1 t where tho the Russians nU seemed IT ti ii their thol headquarters r tl i of ot Japanese artillery I h t I id uI Ir taken a i 1 position nn mi 01 a it I hill hi to 10 It it tj ti r it 11 of f tired three volleys olley at t KP he h in ill I n WIIL nt noon non of Tuesday tile the tw Rii batteries behind Chill ChIl rico Ien rs I d ci wounding Quit omi J r I With shrapnel I 1 mN D Df f r V AIu tho the Ih t I on Hiring nt at tn In tnt f t throughout the tho day 11 Tho rho ho Jap JapS S did not nol respond to this ire Ae re ret Imn nA received reports report lit litI t I 1 f r i t that time till Russians are for tor I mr r h he heights on tho thin right bank I IIII of I Ii III i These Those now defences B 8 i i d to extend from Chili Tien I t hK h through the Iho 1110 of Makao to toa toI K x 1 L a I distance of oC three and a it 1 1 q I tulles A V l I Ib t I 1 resumed their bom bomI boma I b bi a t I on 01 but It was K g r 1 mv II Ineffective h f I eu ordered I J r ot or the tho ito Imperial guards r 1 t r i 1 the 1111 make n a t re on 1 In It It c 0 along the loft luft Jut hank bank of ot tho the thor r lila tho purpose of discovering the tile thep p I r rf rt f time fortifications F I the Mio 1 on the tho th right bank of ot otI I n r The Japanese e force foice advanced I h 11 duLl then dispatched a aN 1 ai 11 N i t to t 0 tho imo 1 village vi huge where I S if it I Russians was sn encountered i 11 7 II f r which followed five fiveS fiven n S I were killed klee The Russians p I t I I h rei party from rein r I I f c flout ment ent In 11 tho the huh hills In lii the thern a ft t 5 rn ro r part of ot This I rt l without effect IW OPI FIRK Fm FIRKI Ir r I ni nn artillery on the II il he ho heu Pig ti lu u lien Tien len heng henR firing OrinI at nt n a high of ot i ln opened on Ul the tho Island VM W I nn end 1 s odo to the south of V al some Imo Japanese o batteries i Yf ta n Position This firing contin Inis In lot Thursday night und antI Ind Gen Oen I reports that while It was WIS tact Ineffective It disturbed his for forn to toan n 11 an The Tho Russians resumed resl d the tho th of cit on Friday l but ut th tho Japanese e guns did not Hot reply reil The file Twelfth division of the Ih Jit II o army mural was to 1111 Ilk the III crossing of ot the Yalu Jt It J began Its It I on nn y by thriving tho th Russians from their position on the tiu bank of the tho river Opposite which h 1 1 I Is If eight miles above aboe atu and the point selected for or the tue crossing NOH III This Thit hll constructed n a pontoon OWl over the tho river and nt III 3 fatum duty day It began b crossing The Ihl en cli entire el tire tro division passed II Over ter th tl river dur duro during durIng ing the time day cay by hy 0 G Saturday evening It In the position assigned to tl It tt for Co I the hattie battle of Sunday rile Tho ho movement of the Twelfth Ancs division was nl covered by h the tue See Her ond one of Held artillery nn nil 01 other othel regiment of ut heavy guns D U I At 20 to U hi 1 the th artillery 11 to 10 Li lila tho north and to tho thu tt of o Tien flen Cheng heng began shelling the of ot a Japanese O Infantry which had been ills dis dispatched patched from rein Inello island to lo Chuko dul Island north of ot l lt Island I 1 a Ii ii U 11 III ii lion ru Cheng g lh Ih Japanese batteries replied to 10 this hut shell shellIng shellIng Ing nail silenced the tho ito Russian tire Later 11 tel eight Russian guns panted lo on Oil a it 1 hill hiI to In the tM th east cast of o tho lie village of opened upon the Imperial guards To 10 l tills this the Japanese artillery II rt Ier to t the tho cast of ot and Ind the Russians ceased firing Then lieu both holh the hil hum Tien Cheng Chen an anthe the and Ild this lire lre brought a 1 vigorous response t from the lie chain of ot Japanese batteries on the thic th Korean side Hide of the ho river The rite Russian nUI guns gunK tIred 11 for two hOlls before they the w were re silenced In his hiM repot rol report t 0 Gsa Oen n l 1 expresses el the belief that hD hl shelling was nl very ver effective th tb LOSSES LOSER LOSSI f Tho The Japanese losses In the bombard bomhard ment of Saturday were ore two to men killed und and unc live five and 22 men wounded A flotilla of o gunboats from frol tho tIme squad squadron luul ron Ion of Admiral Hosoya participated In intile tho tile fighting of oC Saturday It I Lemed o u mixed force torce of Russian Infantry infantry try cavalry null and artillery on the he Mon bank lank of or the lie aiu below bolow An tung and amid after ufer n a sharp tight light scattered them to the hills A bridge across lerOA the th main stream of ci the hp Yam Yalu Just above iju was vati Wil com completed at lit 8 Saturday night anti and the tho Second Japanese division and unIt the tho Imperial guards Immediately began be In n crossing They Thoy advanced and unc occupied the tho hills his back of Kosan facing thc the HusMan nus position on nn the right bank of ot the river All through Saturday night regiment after regiment of Japanese and soldiers poured across tho the bridge nt at lat hour Saturday night nl ht Gen Gemi telegraphed to the general staff of ot the army arm JAPANESE JAPANESE ATTACK I will viii wi attack 1 the tho enemy enel on 01 May lay 1 nt it True to his promise len Oen Kuroki nt rt lt daylight today tOIny centered all al his lery cry on the thu Russian position between Tien Cheng and amid To this ire fire lre the tIm Russians made reply with wih alt all 11 altheir their heir I hel batteries b At 7 1 In the tho morning the Rus Russian HUI clan sian battery nt at wits was and md half hiatt an on hour Inter later Oen ordered Ills hula entire entre lute line stretching for four our miles to it attack The Japanese Infantry on 01 the tue word wor of command charged across tho the Iho tho wading that stream breast deep and began storm stormIng Ing ng tho the nt itt By D 13 9 G they the had swept the Bus Rus clan line lino back across s the plateau No Ino report lies liau been received In imi Tokio concerning the tho losses by the Japanese In to tho the of today U It UIs I Is If mc believed that hint these theRe louses losses lo ses were iere heavy hE particularly during the tho Infantry try ry charge t TIme The reports of ot this oils lighting fighting which have Th been b ln received hero here do 0 not whether the tho Russians retired down clown the tha river iver or In tho the direction of Feng Huan I Chung on 01 the hue road rOld to o 0 Llao Lino Yang CROSSED THE TIE YALU YAI St Bt Petersburg May 2 n a m The first Japanese army under Gen Oen Oel Kuroki frs consisting of tho the guards and amid the Sec Second ond amid Twelfth divisions according to too o I anti and anI private advices from the tho front remit ln crossed cro sed tho the Yam yesterday about SO 10 miles above the tue mouth of tf the tho lie river the tho river bends neat ell where abruptly I I to tho the eastward For FOI three less than HU 1118 under days Gen Oen Kosh nR h have ho been strung lt rung along the tho Ian side of the tha river mind have been and Impeding the he crossing of tho the Japanese very ery success successfully fully de JIt their hopeless Inferiority In Ti men and 1111 guns gunsOn On Friday I the hue Japanese ll who ivio lied had oc no occupied the lie heights near and timid above II bo were vere dislodged inch and back tu to tho the river with con In loss losi They file were wre compelled to dismantle their pontoon bridge In iii order to 0 save Havu It I from rein destruction d FLOTILLA OF GUNBOATS Saturday a gunboat flotilla at nt tho the mouth of ot the lie 1 rIver lull all ni tho tile Mold field guns poste tle 1 I on oil tho lie Koroll bank op scattered the tho and ned a it bombardment Dil timid 1 position on oil thin Ide The rue bombardment was 1 main maintained Intermittently for son soen Rovel hours 24 2 4 ibId Held lehl guns cud 1 12 47 4 7 1 guns gulls participating ing ng and 11 over 2000 shells being flied fired 11 The 1 11 Russian reports report pay I tribute to tot tolie the t lie hn tine lino lne masked positions of these thao guns In Iii two days clays InI fighting the thc lie amid lo five men killed and nicci lost ost two to 1 1 six lx and 35 3 men RUSSIANS LOSI IY On the of 01 May Iny 1 It apparent that the 10 m of tho was n a preliminary to 10 crossing on when the lie orol opened with their batteries 18 pouring nePt nn tin fire lre Into the tho huts Rus Russian sinn sian Inn lines nI which caused great lows losses Russians had no mm intention of The nUI lnlA 10 trying to 10 prevent the Iho lie cross Ing In ng their sole ol object being liciag heln to retard nd us ns much as l the lie nl ly With a n fos leant 1 t force Wih tilts tills having been accomplished el 1 Gei menaced 1 cell by bytho bytho tho hue helming force to roe of ot the tho lie Japa Japanese nese cue retired In perfect order to t his second position n a short distance away wn which the Japanese Immediately at attacked tacked mind and where fighting Is II now nw In process pro rag rss The report from ollo stating slating that the tho lie Th Russians Wee contending tho lie go of rt the river with n 1 c force forc of or strong lend the he authorities hero hem to be b beeve out for the pur purpose puro eve that H It was put pu leo pose o e of acclaiming 1 the lie crossing a n great Japanese victory where shier It cannot pos possibly sibly warrant such Rueh n a claim The Russians belIeve beleVe that hat It will wi re require require rehire quire hire another week to get tt Don Oon Ku lu okis army completely across amid 1111 ready rendy to o advance on the tho road rond RUSSIA Nfl N JID LD 1 MENTS The Tho fact tlC that t the tha Russians have luwe re ro roo treated to positions brick of when there thele is more inure oro lighting shows that they hey have huite built bui which thur Japanese o arcs ara under thus the no uio 10 of taking before they can eAI push hush ush on Oil I on I y continuous Out I ml lIght I nit 01 and will wt cents the tho of the Russians being to 10 Ing on thu Ihl tui flanks of oC the enemy amud annoy amid worry wor orr them tu to the Nothing really renly decisive however Is II expected until thu tho Ill advance shall shRI en encounter eu n counter the tho HU 11 position In ii 1 tho lie mountain passes sll U it 1 Is II oven considered COl HI that lint the Japanese may In be bp able ble to turn tur the Russian position there thero htmL but nil all oi this Is IR provided for In Gen Con plans PIU flu ACCOUNT St Petersburg May 1 1 The general staff has Issued the following account of the tho affair on tho the Yalu liver Iver April Api 29 23 and 30 From l rom Gen Gln l telegrams It appears that hint tho the Japanese having consisted I of two battalions of ot tho the thoI Fourth I regiment of ot tho Iho lie |