Show JAPANESE INVEST AND CAPTURE DALNY r y alme of jap miles long gains dramatic victory over entrenched russians slay athe morning post shanghais Shan ghais correspondent reports that dalny waa captured friday while the boklo correspondent under date ot sunday says dalny was invested yesterday the dally malls correspondent at Kew chwang in a dispatch dated may ath says yesterday most of he russian troops retired to and during the night most ot the suns were removed from the fort and sent to llao yang chwe all the rulan forces are concentrated A conference ot the alv 11 and military held una afternoon and it was decided to prepare to leave at a moments notice with ane exception of vague of faither fighting in the vicinity of feng cheng the foregoing are the only items ot actual news regarding the far east appearing in the london this morning some bow ever have accounts of the klu lieu chead encounter dally malt bayst the moonlight night broke latcha dawn and healed the japanese anay drawn up aa it on parade then after the nature ot the plein dividing the opposing armies the daily malls accounts proceeds ese Rn salans did not respond to the opening of th japanese fire ad invisible the japanese line of infantry two allo long and entirely exposed advanced from to point by budden bushes hes smartly executed in the most style firing steadily all the while we wat ached anxiously anticipating ci that each rush would enter the zone ot fire ithe japanese were working around the aidea of alu lieu cheng bay to their position when the i russian trenches suddenly poured a hurricane ot nafle alre into them with deadly effect for a moment the japanese advance weakened and recoiled then rallied and once more went forward across the stream obtaining la a dead angle under the base ot the mountain the russians pot having guns were unable to reply to the continuous are of the japanese artillery the japanese advance wa now marked by prostrate bodies in i one instance two japanese shells did terrible execution among their own t bien who were ascending the slope two hows after the advance began official suddenly appeared at the top of the slope waving a large flae sending an electric through the beholders all tar and near shouting according to abo standards corree the russians put into action only two batteries it Is reported that they bad them ISO guns including eighty field guns and twenty quick the times colclo correspondent under date of may 8 bays the celerity and organization of ta recent japanese movements is remarkable the second army began to embark a fortnight ago evidently remained at its base pending the results of the balu yalu operations it these had proved unsuccessful it would have be come an auxiliary of the first army 1 I meanwhile vice admiral togo Is wait ting kith bis blockading squadron equa dron three small russian steamers havo been captured cap on the balu yalu two ot thorn have their boilers injured and the jap lanese are utilizing the third under date of may ard 3rd the times aftung correspondent bays the russian defeat on the balu yalu was i due primarily to their perfunctory i old methods and the japa geee must be attributed to their perfect acquaintance with modem con to their skill and intelligence and to their concentration at aba 1 i psychological moment on the weak point in the russian line 1 boklo may 9 K a the popular last in honor of the victories achieved by tha japanese forces twenty one people were tilled and 10 injured the gilted kilted and inbred were boya who I 1 were caught against a awed gate at i an algte in the bid palace walla by aba throng anaf crushed or drowned in an old gaoat may 8 the spirits 0 the depressed because of aie fighting on the yala and tha of port arthur and vicinity and bwy are waiting an opportune 1 invaders the baat train from port latther before ane line waa cut arrived the woodwork of the coaches ig marked with bullets st petersburg may 9 50 a m the correspondent of the at llao yang telegraphing may 8 saya that the first army which occupied feng wang W ot which marched in two col along the al river the main road to peng waag cheng the troops de barked by the at to this correvon cor renon 1 dent to the army and Bi arched in two columns toward port I 1 r S 1 the bhole abc other t to where the railroad core wan cm off 1 fa ay 0 o 1 paris st petersburg cabled ca blea y va ninfi Sin n fi roq gheral ta orating in ly ot Genf iral Karo dunder aa viceroy Alex letts ordera it IB expected anat garal aen kampff com ot tha pac eastern cossack will loin kuropatwa Wn A balloon from port arthur baa some down near llao yang bt petersburg may 9 eso a in two official calculated to increase tha depre aeton SU drilea in rute were iv n out iffat night pro UM at f view ot the peoro pr oro 0 the ou 1 lri h bbott pa ID tt re the capture by the jarf of fang wang cheng on may 6 the second gives deballa concerning tho killed wounded and missing among the troops under the command ol 01 lieutenant general as the result of the fighting on the balu yalu the number ot which totals 2327 officers and men general kuropatkin forwarded a message from lieutenant general litch who had been left in command aft the column retiring from fene cheng which described the movements of the enemy in connection with the occupation of the town the occupation caused no surprise to the who had already been ot the fact that no attempt would be made to hold feng wang the superiority of the japanese in all fighting arms ensuring a disaster similar to that of klau tien cheng therefore general was given strict orders that there should be no fight of the rear ano russians left while general koroki was making his dispositions for a big battle the japanese approached from two along the main road and up valley placing batteries so as to command the town this procedure on the part of general kuroki shows that the entire japanese plan of operation had been thoughtfully prepared and that every division commander knew exactly what he should do now general kuroki Is lish edat fang wang cheng the rua slana are pulled as to what mova will make next the fact hat lie yat two companies to da ilan ata pu tso ten miles northeast ot feng wang cheng might indicate bis pur lose to proceed along this road to tang coan glen 00 miles north from where he would march due west to bao yang this would permit an effective flanking movement but it la not considered probable the likelihood being that he will move along the road by which the russians retreated toward liao yang this rofa branches ot at chats chang 20 miles westward of feng wang cheng and utmost directly west of hal cheng was captured by the japanese during the calno japanese war A march on this place would compel the evacuation ot New chwang athe a the there would be in danger ol 01 destruction or of being subjected to by the armies converging hai cheng and the southern part 0 the llao tung peninsula there la no confirmation up to tho present of the report that russians are preparing to evacuate new chwang but few would be surprised if it should burn out to be correct the effect of a march along the road lo 10 al cheng would be to place an fn the control of the jap ane manchuria between the balu yalu and the llao tung peninsula with the exception of pon arthur the rus brauit admit that at this stage of the war the japanese control the territory the invalid the army organ making his concession the remainder of the press Is silent anly one afternoon paper referred to the abandonment of feng waag chang tucked away in the corner of that lawr was a small item saying that loat and telegraph offices at that were clofed general kuropatkin s main orce Is now stationed has not been announced though general litch tales that the cavalry left for there continues to be the greatest ignorance regarding the llana of the commander ln chief who la taking every precaution to prevent information reaching tho enemy the censor at liao banff refusing to pass single press dispatch which in any way indicates the russian movements messages from other points are strictly censored st petersburg slay athe emperor haa received a dispatch from general kuropatkin giving the report of lieutenant general litch of the russian losses jn the battle of kleu lien the report states that major general was injured in the head by a stone the brunt of the fighting general says was borne by the eleventh and twelfth rifle regiments and the twenty second regiment the fighting was so desperate that the russian regiments were obliged to make several counter attacks and to cut a way for themselves with the bayonet against the enemy who was five stronger than the russians and was supported by very numerous artillery in this fight so terrible but glorious tor the eleventh and twelfth regiments the losses la killed were four officers including the commander of the eleventh and commissioned noncommissioned non officers and men the wounded were one officer and non officers and men and a chaplain while seven hundred others were left on the field general confirms the reports of the enormous mortality among the artillery horses and concludes his report as follows our losses on april 30 and may 1 altogether amounted to seventy supera lor and subaltern officers and 2324 killed wounded or taken prisoners of this total 1081 were left on the battlefield but it Is not known whether they were killed or wounded in consequence of the heavy losses in men and battery horses and the difficulties encountered in the country it was impossible to bring away the guns and machine guns the eleventh and twelfth regiments notwithstanding their losses were formed reformed re in rood order under the protection of the third rifle division which did not participate n the fight but was brought up to cover the retreat it Is believed that general kuroki instead of proceeding to nal cheng will move northwest along aio oio road to bao yang ho will ta russians entrenched at tien choral chan pasa it s pointed out that the abandonment ot southern manchuria will be beneficial to the russians as it will enable them to complete the concentration of the forces which have heretofore been scattered as a consequence of ignorance aa to what the enemy proposes to do though the people are tried by the general withdrawal it la recalled that general kuropatkin counseller counselled coun selled patience before he left st petersburg for manchuria no word of criticism of his conduct la heard every one rec that he knows all the conditions and Is better able to judge as to when ho can safely otter battle to the enemy the figures in the losses on the balu yalu are higher than had been reported by major general who appears to have been wounded by a flying stone the list enables an exact statement of the forces under general which were made P exclusively ot eastern siberians Sibe rians and included the ninth tenth eleventh twelfth and twenty second regiments a battalion of the twenty fourth regiment all the riflemen of the third battery of the third artillery brigade the second and third batteries of the sixth artillery brigade the second company of siberian sappers and a machine gun detachment tach ment of the third brigade general kuropatkin does not give the strength of the japanese only reporting that it was five times greater and far superior in artillery than the russian forces the casualties show that one flath of general command was placed out of action the eleventh and twelfth regiments lost more than halt their men in the fight and the third battery ot the third artillery brigade was almost annihilated losing eighty eight men killed or wounded and sev enty seven out of horses the second battery of alio sixth brigade lost n killed or wounded and out of horses the third battery of the sixth brigade lost twenty tour killed or wounded and for tyone ty one horses 0 the machine gun de tach ments only twenty six were not killed ar wounded I 1 tb namo of jahe prie uia eleventh regiment who led the ballant charge and who was amone the wounded la of the orthodox greek church general kuropatkin says that no prisoners were taken by the japanese but ho admits that eoven officers and men were left on the field but it Is not known whether they were wounded or dead the only gleam of brightness in the dark cloud overshadowing the east lies in official information from general that port arthur Is not yet blocked how this information was obtained the officials would not say but they insist that it la reliable progresso yucatan may ain a bouse in this city raided by the police two americans named ford and williams who were manufacturing counterfeit money were and a large quantity 0 counterfeiting material con seated |