Eureka Reporter | 1904-04-29 | Page 2 | Fighting on the Yalu

FIGHTING ON THE YALU rumored that japanese column has beena completely destroyed A dispatch to the central news of london from port arthur says newe has been received there of the corn destruction of a japanese col dmn on the balu yalu river no details it Is added were obtainable rumors of fighting on the balu yalu river are repeated in various forms and from various points the shang hal correspondent of the london post bays he heard that the first japanese army had crossed the balu yalu almost without opposition and the chron ides correspondent at seoul bays that heavy fighting has occurred but that for strategic reasons it Is am possible to send particulars no au news however has reached london showing that anything has happened beyond skirmishing according to the telegraphs st petersburg correspondent the RUB elan strategists are reluctantly arria ing at the conviction that kuroki Is engaged in the adventurous plan of advancing along the middle reaches of the balu yalu river via kanige and despite enormous difficulties Is moving his army over the mountain passes his purpose being to outflank the rus elan position on the right of the balu yalu