| Show C iMI US SIL LEN C CIS E EIs IS MAINTAINED MAINT I fU Authorities at St t Petersburg Give GiveOut GiveOut Out Very Little About Aboia the Fight on the Y Yalu alu IS STILL RETIRING He is Maintaining I Good Order and nd le The Thc Japanese Arc Not Fol Vol Following lowing Him RUSSIANS FOUGHT STUBBORNLY I l Reported lUlled Killed Gen Could Sot Not Hold Position but bitt Inflict Inflicted cd ed Heavy Icay Loss on 01 the thc Enemy St SI Petersburg May 3 22 p I 4 of ot the hero regard regardIng r lence details of ot the fighting on Ing the later laler the Yalu river rl r is i Interpreted and theio Is la n a 1 prevalence of ot o all al sorts ot of Irresponsible rumors ro re 10 girding tho magnitude of ot the tho losses some Borne going as lS high 18 n manifestly are aro gross ex cx JOO These heso gros g Information Is The absence a nce ot of Th by the tho general taft Bluff by the Iho theta have succeed tact foil ta that a few Japanese cd d In getting In the roar rear of ot the tho Russian position and cutting tho the between betseen Til Il San Son ChonS fien Ind Fen Wang AVans Chen ti Heavy losses are admitted but bUl they Havy not nol believed alo to exceed a few tow hun bun hundred bundred Me ere dred drca nl ad a few fel guns Huns The Tho ho latter while Ind Selecting Iho the retreat t of ot the tho luft to 10 Cheng had groin from lulen force torce to 10 be abandoned owing to 10 the llie loss lops 10 1 of ot homes hors The however the the tho guns will bo be boot beof away a so wore carried WiY of ot no to the to the tho latest Intent Information Gen Cen Is la retiring In good order along alone the tho main road ro and nOt the tho Japanese not following him bin Details aro are ox ex are hll nl reeled as soon ns us ion Gen Is U again In communication aall There l Is no continuation of at the re reports rt retorts that thai len or Cell aen torts ports Gel Is wounded IN I U T THE TlE DAl DAlIn In the meantime the thc the public remains In lit the tho dark and Is tho the prey of or Idle 1 10 ru vu rumors rumors mors The Thi Mir tr bulletin boards boada are bare barn anti not a 1 single dispatch has come through Int from Iho the front Tho rho figures Kure of o oIne othe the Ine Russian losses given tram from Japanese ures In tile 10 dispatches from abroad ar M fully eliminated by hy the tho censors Until len den tnt arrive Iho tho general Beneral staff sial Is Inclined to that who was VaS WIS under ulder orders to withdraw after oter Impeding the of at the tho enemy as ns much as an ni ros oH 08 Ubie ible allowed the tho light to mature be ond his Intentions being compelled tr to sustain heavy losses lossel along Iho the Una na river In order to extricate the re ye retreating treating columns from awl and h Cheng The Tho fighting In Chin Chow was vas WIS ex ox exceedingly I severe severo and IUt stubborn Tile The he Japanese took Iok a n position on both after Chin Cow ow had hlll been boen shelled came to close cose quarters somo work being reported many of or the Ih Russian soldiers In 11 the Iho fever o of combat refused to retire at It the tho command of ot tor NUMBER Nl ENGAGED According to tho the general staff only ORly about aboul lu were cn on at nt ulen and along 1 Iho the two Iwo regiments of Hl iii 11 berial b of ot men inca mel each eRch Gen Oen commander of ot tho the Cossack had 1100 GOO Cos COB icks the tha light flank fank lower down tho the olo u a brigade ade of ot 1 four tour batteries hatterle of or eight Ight guns each elch Gel with wih 1500 Ito Cossacks wan Wil higher up the tho Yalu warding tho tile road nt at It which leads direct t to Mukden In II order to prevent n a column ol ot tho tIm enemy using thit thil for the Ihl th purpose of ot outflanking the tho 1 llon it Cit I Feng Wang Vung Cheng l Y Tokio May 3 36 6 p ni ntA A nl al I report wao ll a receive today toay from Tram Oel hur kl It 1 Is dated today 1111 says I Ye Iho I h nain r a I 1 lorn l lu Y against u ll t our r Pursuit Adding about M 10 to out OUI The Thet lemy nemy t I stood with resolution until urinary ot or two batteries F st Ihl th majority ot of Its ls men and horses They fhy the then lh n broke tho the and andelo closing elo apparatus of ot their guns luns and the white bIte nag flag According to 10 a n captured HUI la lea com cola cor of ot the tho Third cast Siberian al nib tho thu colonels of ot the tho and the tho mid and Twelfth rilo regiments of at tho the rifle rile artillery bat battalion lalon were killed Idled In the tho lighting at It It I seems that thai the tho enemy was WI as en cn entirely entirely Irely by our attack because since dare yesterday many havo hn vo In III 11 an and nd surrendered Our prisoners In ill Include 11 clude cudo 30 officers 20 of ot whom are wounded and Ild men of ot whom wilma ale uto Jen Bounded MUnel lIOU ad efi A report from the tho chief lurg surl on JI n of the th First l Japanese army a 11 shows MOWS that We wo had OS men killed Idler and an Bounded 1 a These earmarks ca ullI 1 ale nio divided The Th Imperial Guards l I 12 llon OJ Third division HOLD POSITION Bt t Petersburg May emperor has ha received nn an 11 official thIs patch raich from den Gea Oln forward Ing I ni a 1 dispatch from Jon Uen cc tho the forces which MO aVe b have be bc n 1 engaged with tile the Japanese advance from tho tile YaW It I in Is dated nto Sunday describes 1 how h he wowed the th forces at nl lb and nil Cheng ChelK to 10 fall lack back hick Jn the main min road toward Fong This Thil movement was protected from train the w threatened flank wal lk by uy men menan and an d guns gnus stationed at ono lt bib le north of ot Cheng heng and Chin Chinau IOU ou au villager Village on tile tho river Here We the Ih lighting was wal and 1111 vere The Th lost and hor being obliged to abandon a nc ne g to 10 tin tho text a ii 1 few Cew os guns un Cpu G gns p says SI Although wo o were lo to hold 0 OUr Ur portions lons here hero wo we Inflicted hea hll on the tho enemy ON OM THE THC TALU Seoul May int 3 In tho the fighting lie be lieUie I 1 Uie J p arjil Ild td i on or 01 the YoJu Yalu all nl the guns posted to oppose the of ot the tho river were vero put out of ot action before the tho ac oc actual tUni crossing took look place For I or two hurs from froni 7 until ull 8 you con continuous fighting went weil on the tho Japanese steadily Eleu ly preying forward and ald the Hus Itus stuns falling fulling hack back before the tho te weight elf t men mel and guns opposed to 10 them The Tie Japanese Infantry with a n bril lash captured the heights northwest of or l ld the tho pressure won was wal kept up Ull until ull afternoon a of ot tho the Itu Hu elal forces farces being driven toward Them hero distance I was vaa furious lighting the entire At the found that In lii addition to the tho foce confronting them th 1 thoy threatened by strong detach detachments ments meats on either flank 1111 Their retreat then thol became so hurried that there wan no to 10 replace leplace tho the artillery horres horE shot down by tho the Japanese sharpshooters ers and Ind 20 guns JUIS together with a n i largo large quantity of ammunition mid rules hId and n number of or all men were cap Cal tuned lured The Tho Russians were able ablo to 10 curry carry calY oft off nil all al their wounded It I has been bee 1 learned hero here that after he tile fighting of Sunday on the tho Yalu tho Japanese on Monday morning started to 10 pursue tho the enemy through tile the moun mountains Tho The forces aie uIe said to number men the They heavy ho losses London May 3 4 p in The Japa Japanese nese this afternoon gave KIVo out ion den en KUll t report hAted daled the niter after afternoon noon of ot May 1 ns us follows On the tho morning of ot May 1 the tho enemy offered stubborn resistance lo to ohr pursuit adding lo to our casualties Tho The enemy fought bravely to 10 tho tue last Finally l two Iwo companies of ot artillery af nt after ter losing the Iho majority of ot their men machi audi and horses surrendered raising tho the white flag fa Tho Ilio ho officers mado 1 1 do prisoners assert that Gen Oen tho thia corn com manner of at the 1 anti Twelfth In infantry fantry regiments and tho tito commander I of ot tho tue erk Many ln oth other er cr 11 superior officers were killed hull or I wounded Tho Tile prisoners Include 30 of officers feers and officers i and audi men len I IN TOKIO TOnO Tollo May Mo 3 D 9 p m The popular demonstration since the tho beginning begin beginning ning Illg of at tho tile In 11 Tokia this hubs evening Tho The entire capital Is show showIng lug Ing 11 Us Its Is joy at lt tho the Japanese victory on the tho Yalu Yulu Thousands Thou of people halt half hul of ot whom are lre women paraded tile the streets In celebration of ot the tho triumph of ot their arms There ero dozens dozel of or parades In 11 as ns many malY quarters quarter and 1101 Ind they later lator were vero all al centralized In one great frell pageant The Tue he students corn com composed COI null all carried 11 posed ono parade they al car red rec red lanterns The Tho streets are ure still lined with of people awl and tho the en entire entire lanterns tire lire city ely Is decorated with lings flags and Ind TIm THE Fm LH BAD HAD St it Petersburg May 3 Tho emperor Is understood to lo be o greatly grieved over the losses sustained on Oil tho the Yalu Those who halo luio seen his majesty say that ho hue was taa us dumbfounded Ahen whon ho he was In Ill Informed formed of at tho tue heavy fighting which al lIt It tended tile tho passage paSMO of ot the Iho river riser As Asis la 19 lawell well wel understood tw here horo Can Oen Kuropat kinu program did not nOl contemplate such sueh resistance to tile Japanese advance Uis U UIs I Is said that thai himself was wan wal equally and Ind so chagrined over ocr tim the miscarriage II of ot his plan that hut he ho his hil first 1181 telegram to the general Staff and ilot hot direct lo to tile the tlC emperor The understanding Is 9 that aon had hud specific orders to 1011 Ik a general en engagement nt In It II Is believed vOI that the commander at nt the front probably lilly ably was deceived deceive In his hil of or the thc strength of ot den Oel artillery being In entire Ignorance that 42 12 guns had been eon posted and gone ono Into a n position tion ion from which ho ha had Imd tho tue greatest dif dit difficulty l lon In 11 extricating his men ml Tho Ilio only consolation for tor tile the loss of the guns uns Is Hint thiat being without their they lucy ore are of ot no value to tho the enel |
