Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-29 | Page 9 | [Illegible] Slain by Thousands

1 SLAIN pnBY THOUSANDS I issiill on Ian Shan 1 1 11 Terrible. Si I II i W I ll jj of the Fiercest and I Bloodiest Affairs in Rlod-Sjj' Rlod-Sjj' i ern Warfare. I $ ijarllsr Bushes Every Jap Pari j . jpjttag "Was Shot Down Before ! ) Trenches Were Beached. :!j ! : I'jfcOKlO, May 23. Japan paid heavily f for her viotory at Kin Chou, Nan (11 Shan and Tallenwan, losing three lIP thousand men in killed and vS'Wnded in the repeated assaults jjunst theEO strongholds, but she i a sweeping' and valuable victory Vtrbe Russians, capturing fifty . dearlng the way to Port Arthur jfflpV "ctinsr losses on tho Russians, 2H,Jn the end are expected to total 'J n. ' Jt: Bussians Fall Back. !vJf doubted If the Russians will A tdejaln north of Port Arthur. They If. fai from tho field beaten and they 1 W to rally at Nan Quan Ling, where m mtlclpated that a second stand ?, bM be made. i Tba desperate onslaughts of tho Japa-l Japa-l jen the heights of Nan Shan were f Hit, for tho Russians left three hun-i hun-i ti dead in the trenches there. A h eyltte search of this field Is expected ' j iiiow b. greater number of dead. 1 j Brown Hen Hapy. 'Ii jrn Quan Ling was occupied yester-1 yester-1 '. j naming by a fore of Infantry, ar-, ar-, fcy and engineers under the com- ci of Gen. Nakamura. Tho main luiess force 6pent Friday night bll- W ia the villages around Nan Shan. t w'.dlers were gTeatly fatigued as a I alt of the constant fighting, but they ' ittti vrith much spirit upon the new ntlons, I JL force of Russians hold San Chi Ll 1 ilaflon, which Is northwost of fj Iih7, but the Japanese drove them & Tho Russians abandoned and 'i tui the station and retired in the hftion of Port Arthur. Stoessel In Command. Tii utlmatcs of the Russians en-ijtd en-ijtd in the defense of Kin Chou, Nan taahjll'and the south shore of Tallcn-u Tallcn-u bay vary, but it Is evident that the titling drew for men from tho forces ! Port Arthur and offered all the re-itiace re-itiace possible. It Is understood here tt IieuL-Gen. Stoessel, commander ! the military forces at Port Arthur, u In personal command of the recent wrtllona. II toon oh the Japanese troops have Mri they will press on to the south.