THE MILITARY OPERATINS.
REPORT FROM JAPANESE GENERAL. . SUCCESSFUL SERIES OF MOVE_i- y ; MENTS. ■".. (Received .May 3,- 9.35 _i_) SYDNEY, May: 3. Tlie Consul-General of Japan' has; received the following cable from -Baron Komura, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. ' . . v , . ' .','■''. ■ - . -.■ • -_J' : :. . "The following is a report from General Kuroki : -7 ■■:'. - "In. order to prepare for laying of bridges, detachments of Imperial Guards and the Second Division, attacked the enemy" on the islands m the Yalu, and -- occupied, them on. tlie 26th. > Our casualities were nine Imperials slightly and sixteen seriously'' wounded, while there were hone m the Second Division. "The enemy retreated towards Kuilieiicheng, carrying many dead and wounded. According to a Russian who was taken prisoner, the 22nd, 23rd, and 27th Infantry regiments, together with » the Eastern Siberian Sharpshooters, formed the van, Lieutenant Sencloff commanding , the mounted scouts of the 22nd regiment. "The corpses of the enemy, which were found buried at Wiju numbered niuetyfive. . . ■ % "From noon of the 26th till next day the enemy fired intermittently upon Wiju, but were unanswered. : "On the -same day two gunboats, two torpedo; boats, aiid two steamers detach- . led. from 'the squadron, commanded by .Rear- Admiral Hostya, , proceeded up the . Yalu, exchanging shots with the enemy 011 Antsucban. The enemy were silenced,, while, the detachment suffered^, no damage. '■•.'.-.;"■ ;■ "On the 28th two infanhy companies of.lmperial Guards reconnoitred Hushan, and one section was detached as far as Litzuyuen, whence the enemy fled, leaving five dead. "The enemy fired at long range from the neighborhood of Kiuliencheitg, upon Wiju, without much effect upon our preparation works. "Oil the 29th t;he 12th Division commenced bridging at Sukuchiu; and completed the work m the early morning, and on the next- day the army crossed from 10.40 ___ till noon.
"The enemy carried on severe fighting from all sides, but they were soon silenced, our losses being five officers slightly wounded and two non-commissioned officers and men killed, and 22 wounded. "At 8 p.m. on the 30th the bridge over the main stream was completed, and the army having crossed the river advanced upon Kushan. "On the 30th a detachment from the squadron advanced below Antunsien and fought at close range with 400 infantry and cavalry, but after an hour the enemy retreated with no casualties on our side. "At daybreak on the Ist we commenced cannonading, and silenced the enemy's artillery on a hill north-west of Yashukon, aiid at 7.30 a.m., all the divisions advanced for the attack, and took possession of the heights on the Ist inst., notwithstanding a stout resistance. "The second part of the second and third divisions and the Imperial Guard advanced on three roads, driving the enemy before them. At 8 p.m.' we had captured the line from Autungsien to Liushukon. "The Imperial Guards surrounded the enemy on three sides, and after several fights captured 20 guns, with horses and carriages. Over- 20 officers and many men: were made prisoners. "The. General Reserve Corps advanced upon Liaoyang road. "The enemy were composed of the whole of the third division, the 22nd and24th Regiments, the Sixth Infantry Division of sharpshooters, and Qeneral Mischenko's cavalry brigade. They fled towards Fenghuancheng. "Our heavy field guns proved very effective. A Russian officer who was taken prisoner says that two commanders of the. Army Corps and Division were Wounded."
THE MILITARY OPERATINS.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10038, 3 May 1904, Page 2
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