Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-23 | Page 3 | Japs Report Engagements

JAPS REPORT ENGAGEMENTS. Collisions Between Small Forces nt Various Points. TOKIO Maj 22. 1 p. m. Imperial army headeiuarlers made the following announcement an-nouncement today In the direction of Chnngtu, on May SO, o force of the enemy, conslntlng of over a battalion Of infantry a regiment of cavalry and two guns, made a detour to the eastern height at Santaekou. eight miles east of Changtu, and from the vicinity vi-cinity of a coal mine ten miles east of Chnngtu, al 11:80 o'clock n the morning, commencd a bombardment. Enemy Is Repulsed. "Subsequently another Russian force, with four guns, appeared on the northern height of Chlnyangnao, and at 4 p m. two battalions of tne enemy aelvanced from the c istern side of the village, but were repulsed, "Another force of the enemy entered Erhschihlipno. where they set fire to the village and retreated. Retreated in Disorder. "A holy of the enemy's cavalry, dismounted, dis-mounted, attacked Tangsherl "on tho right bank of the LI an river thirteen miles southwesl of ETakumen, on the morning of May 2i. After an engagement lasting two hours, the enemy retreated In disorder Inward th. southwent abandoning abandon-ing 300 men. killed and wounded "Except these c ollisions between small forces, the situation la otherwise unchanged."