| Show JAPS 8 CROSS TEE TRE YAM THIS MARKS BEGINNING OP olf BLOODY LAND engagements after five day days of fighting the first japanese army forced a Cross crossing lna of balu river and put lane to flight te advices received in tokio state that the twelfth division of the japanese 1 ormy army forced a cro crossing saing of at the yalu balu river above just before dawa saturday morning the second pon qoon toon bridge across tho the river ner eiju v wib completed couple ted at 8 saturday night and the Imp elal guards of the second division crossed during the night after five live day days of fighting largely with artillery the first japanese army under general kuroki has forced a crossing cro saing of tho the yalu balu river and with a gallant infantry charge covering a frontage tron tago of four miles it drove ane russians from chi tien cheng a and the heights on the right bank of th tho iho or alda aida river which buters the yalu balu from ta north agost opposite eiju atz tr janese turned the leit lett flank of the russian position and in the battle they swept away the new root front interposed by the russians to check their onward movement tho the present position of the japan cae ese la is a dominating one and they may force the abandonment of the defenses erected by the russians at aftung I 1 and tand other points lower down the river it la Is claimed that in the recent engagements gage ments the Ruse russians lans lost men while the japanese lost men |
