Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-12 | Page 1 | Fighting Now in Manchuria

FIGHTING NOV IN MANCHURIA Japs Report Sanguine Engagement. Losses of the Russians Are Estimated at Three Hundred. Many Killed nnd Wounded Are Left on Field of Battle; Jap Loss Nominal. TOKlO. May 12 Tho following telegram tele-gram from army headquarters In Manchuria Man-churia was oftlclallv given out today: "On the morning of May 9 the enemy, censlstlng of two rglmenls of Infantry. fl" .-.otni is of cavalry and one battery of artillery, made an attuck In the vicinity vicin-ity of Tlngecheng, from the direction of Ni iishani hciigtzii. which Is fifteen miles east of flngecheng, Make Resolute Attack. "At 1 o'clock In the afternoon the enemy ene-my made a rc volute attack. Under tie- cover Of the artillery the Infantry advanced ad-vanced to within lou metres of our line, whereupon our garrison assumed the of-f. of-f. nslve, attacked and dispersed the cne-u-' . Left Sixty Killed. "The enemy left ty killed and 110 Wounded on the field. Resides these, soldiers sol-diers dressed In Chinese clothing carried away many killed and wounded; "The en. ni) s loss, a are estimated at 3fV "Our casualties were ono killed nnd fifty wounded."