| Show s ON ONT THE T f LU Russian St l Believes I t lie hc Japa Japanese Ja nese Forces Approximate a n Hundred Thousand RESULT RESUL OF SUCCESS Will 11 lie he a on Feng l eng Dunn Inal Cluing Chun l Aie Ac maled St Ht May Ma 2 S p m The hug hu obtained from om an 11 outline of at the on 01 the tho river during lurl the thu a t week Icek Thu ht lub to IT Including tho eie composed of nt Oen 1110 Clou MUt 1 1 and u I hll gudo ulo of ot tho whole Indel Oon Oen Knowledge ot oC Is IH re Ion t 11 to u II Thu hu lines 1101 el at Ch lhing ng or 01 orTin Tin 1111 en Chung II anil both on tl tho KenK lel WilI Vung Cheng load A mile north Irth of le Kullen Cheng lies III tho village 1116 of lt near 1011 a aI I of IC the It live Ile miles up which l tl Chin low On the tho opposite I stands silo from Crom wih a 1 dominating height on thA right ot o the Yalu tail Is the IIII of ut al lt the tho of or the tho o The fie whole of lf the between and Is rd 11 by h the lacing Kullen Another Hen el bo 10 tween Thu Jhn orcel tho tit Hint IIII bo boo mer Ier of oC which four COU divisions 1 I but tailor and DO v were eie In 11 action The l for COI crossing tho by pont nil their guns of ot which the I believe tho had hll live 1 0 times more Iru t hl n they the along llon the lino UIO facing Kullen h ulel l h lIlt and Altun and ulso their IT This array Irl of nC r eventual eventually ly I lallo lulon Cheng cover CO 1 of or butteries j north of ot the thu od Id HID HOlran occupying As Al the latter position would hla on Il them to direct a I inking a ln t the Russians at a Kullen Kulen Jen en ordered It to be Friday l hl i wan done dOlI but hul on Satur Saturday SMUt I day lay tho Japanese nol under iver of oC a II bat battery hit tery tH It I tho defenders full fulling ing III bud across th and ald continuing tho tight with wih tho Japanese who to think 1111 them thol from Chin Oo Tho rhu forces tores at Antune nt un and Kullen Cheng had Ild meanwhile mel retreated to their thel second leold llie lh u II few Cel t ward w rI The Ui flan en used yesterday formed Cormel a IL thu of ot which eio being ly Iy drawn In preparatory to 10 retiring t ta a II position further lIst This Thil wo tho th situation when the last were f Mit MitA A member me I bel of ot tho staff sta Informed tho tha correspondent of the thO Associated A Iresa PreBI that the Issue IRue ultimately turned probably ably upon UIn tho order to with withdraw draw ns 11 given it nt tho time A slight delay dohl nt a I critical moment might have hu vo the vastly su superior IU perlor artillery to on un the Russian lu gun un killing and ald gm 11 nHI and Ild 1111 tho th abandonment of the th Runs Rut nut If tho Russian will not be changed by hy occidental looses Gen den would continue his hil retreat contesting stubbornly n I advance along tho Feng VIL Chens Ch ng rond roae which a I hilly country with wih tactics and exactly wilted lell the Russian RESULT OF OP SUCCESS SS London May 11 2 Haron lil tho minister hero who has hl beun hen of or the recipient of ot numerous telegrams congratulation on 01 the sue suo c es on 01 the Yalu and oil ml I Ithe the tho result of the tho lighting i isaId ha saId Id to tho Associated AI Prong Tho result ot or Gell ICuro klu success will be he a It move movement Iove ment melt on 01 Feng Huan Cheng which tho had with their usual brick structures tho commence commencement ment of or tho war the Russians doubtless have added earthworks hut but their loss of oC guns gns yesterday must seriously dimin diminish ish defensive strength I though 1 cannot vouch for to the absolute accuracy ot or tho state statement ment that Russia had only 10 guns In III Manchuria If I that U Is tho case ase ar artillery tillery strength has hal lx Ien n diminished al almost most They fight well the Russians and Fong I Huan Cheng will wi not be he taken Without nl a n struggle Oen nen Kuro Iuro again changes his plans of cam Tho ho announcement that tha Iho nH would not contest the cross crossIng cro Ing of tho Yalu has hn proved as us we thought to be misleading Thirty thou thousand sand men IH III too a n body boy for COl any general to leavo Ilae In the taco of tho enemy were well merely Intending Int to hamper his hil movement l n evidently meant to make n determined resistance but hit ho hl olther underestimated his forces In our n strength or disposed orCel tho belief that wo would not venture u II frontal n I tako It from CIOl tho dl patches re received IP r that we now practically secured control of both hoth banks of or th Yalu In consequence our base will wi probably be he moved to To o bo ho perfectly frank I must mU t nay I I 1 expected yesterdays engagement would bo ho more lore decisive r p In view of the huge number of o Russian troops opposed to tn us I Its Il must largely lonel 1 on our ability to pursue the thc enemy Reviewing tho whole of ot 11 that has hl Just commenced In such deadly I earnest ORrest on land Huron nl The fhe of ot tho war must Ho 10 lather with wih Russia than thal with wih Japan For the moment th military advantage tage Is with us UP for to I extended his hili front we cnn can where when wo will wil Our aggressive sive movement may mi be he curried on Oi to Mukden perhaps to and 11 per perhaps haps even een further t before long thero must I I come a 1 stage of o tho c where Russia will 11 ns the role ot or tho Invading power and where we must act oli Iy nn on the d fen e Prom From the beginning It I has ln 10 a and our 0 ng n IH Iw and hiI been but Iut a 1 INnS the eventual repulsion of ot an In 11 I army I Omi Onn himself Rn not ray fay at this moment Ht It exactly what point our aggression will wil b h Into the th so 0 I says lie h will wi not t to us IR back until h ban hal mi ii ready tn to take the field I think what that menus meR I that nt 5 1 per pH rent rent rentI r I f that will wi die le from sickness nn 10 that to k lap p his hll force torr nt lt the th mum r will wi always hyl have to be men In frum Bt at n small mal Illk ThU years 1 harvest In II 1 learn to 1 II bad A million n thel In addition RIllon to the Im mutt mUt he h ht fed t We WI have or have flow 1101 nf or food tod supply by hy byth hyth th Hlf railroad Hven with wih and Rie no n mon men or munitions of tn t transport the problem of n the and army amy In Man Manchuria churia would In Itself Intensely gerl I oils but with wih a I single k road rond which Is II Russia only vital sinew It I Is al almost I most Impossible and Camillo appears Inevitable With Wih thin dreadful nl of war there thero IH only too to bo ho 11 I rising among tho They may attack tho lio Russians or thoy tho may attack us Either case Is bad hll enough to To 10 help us sit down nil i th we arc working day dH dHam and am night on 01 tho Korean ulI by hy October tho Iha unfinished of the tha rOld between bot wee Ilisan I Seoul will wil line from Seoul ln hI completed and a II nev le lne to will also hi hi ready read Locomotives tives los are ure from the Unit Ind us IS as IU those thap Vi v will wil have hae a n strong rapid line liH nf ot communication through alt al Koroa Korel which will almost touch our 0 main and we will wil not be likely II el to suffer om want of ot supplies or reinforcements As Al Port Arthur Arthul Rn Vladivostok tho situation Is dif different dl ferent I cannot nay flY anything about tho tha movements of o our other that boon hlIn mobilized hut but there thero IH IHno II no doubt douht hut but that the DRO LIlo Tung HUla pull Mill wIl bo rut cut off or front Crom supplies tf I lelH attends our land forces Neither Port Arthur nor Vladivostok can rn bo be taken from Crol the pea front hut but I think you OU wl Port Arthur Arhur either taken by ly our land or 01 starved out nut by hy September Tha hl Chinos aro ae Into Port Arthur now from hut but only olly to In nil nu Im Immaterial material and that will wil soon ROOI cense cene Vie Admiral I Togo ToRo doubtless R will wi remain on Oi watch outside Port ort Arthur Arlhur Ry y September when tho hurricane nea nealon pon lon comes lie 10 should bo he tIbia able to safely his Sleet In port N house hOllO hil a Japanese lort Ni could be or 01 Japanese leet particularly effective thon I scarcely think will wi send Benl 1 t tto to CilO our autumn if I the tie before then they will en encounter ships go wi rl which counter the monsoon oon period lasts from May to August antI In 1 coaling at lt sea sel en ell route to Japan would be h exceptionally dangerous If I not Im Impossible In possible pO at n sen Ren U la the only way Wl the tho Rattle Balic leet can elUI a t hand handIn In the war 11 Referring to the tha long period which elapsed between the declaration of war Wil and 1111 the land Haya mid Ie That Thi waiting which taxed tho pa patience tience of oC the world has been u I busy alli exciting time for tor u UI Our hlo been continually working In anticipation of o blow which would Initiate tho cam Cl In Manchuria I do not think our lins 11 bivIn h 11 In way 1 affected by who what t Is III HO 10 er erroneously 11 described dO nn Oi a n period ot or In Inaction action flen Oel may oven by his hl own be lIt to bo borther rather low clow hut but It I 1 better h ter to be ho suio The most mORt nt Incident of oC the campaign up UI to date IB IR Vice Ad Admiral miral misfortune In miss mIM missIng Ing the Vladivostok It I Bosnia 11 from hero that It I was WI a pity the tho vico vleo did not stay ItlY that Ihl voi t Instead In of o trying to the Russians In open olon nea B |
