The Russian Position.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 103, 5 May 1904, Page 2

The Russian Position.

Superiority of Japanese Artillery.

Burning of Antung.

Received May 5, 9.2 a.m.

London, May 4. The reported capture of Niuchwang by the Japanese is unconfirmed.

Mr Maxwell, the correspondent of the Standard, describing the fight on the Yalu, says that before the battle the position exactly resembled the Tugela. The Russians had every advantage,

The Japanese claim that besides twenty-eight quickflrers they captured twenty field pieces.

The Russian prisoners testify that the new Arisaka guns decimated them.

The Russians before burning Antung expelled fifteen thousand inhabitants at the point of the bayonet.