THE WAR.

Waikato Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2628, 2 May 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

# THE FIGHTING ON THE YALU fcCCCESSFUL CROSSING BY JAPANESE FORCES THE RUSSIAN OFFICFRS PICKKD OFF BY SHARPSHOOIERS JAPANESE CAPTURE OHING-TUN-CHING REPORT FROM AMERICAN SOURCES A COMPLETE JAPANESE VICTORY (Received May 2, 12.50 a.m.) London, May 1 Reutek's despatch states on Satur« day that it was reported that 16,000 Japanese crossed the Yalu on • hursday and attacked 30,000 stionly entrenched Russians. The Japanese sharpshooters killed many Russian officers, who wore conspicuous uniforms. The Japanese having been reinforced the battle continues. Washington, May 2. The State Department has been informed of a complete Japanese victory on the 26th. The weather facilitating the movement of the artillery the Japanese crossed the Yalu, capturing ChiDg-tun-Cbing in Manchuria. THE KINSHUMARU INCIDENT DESPERATE RESISTANCE BY JAPANESE SO DIERS PREFER SUICIDE TO SURRENDER (Received May 1. 9 29 a.m). London, April 30 The Kinshumari became parted from the torpedo boats escorting her in a fog. A St. Petersburg telegram states that the crew tried to escape in the boats. Six infantry officers wtio locked themselves in thecai-in subsequently surrendered, but the soldiers concealed in another part of the Kinshumaru fought till the vessel sank. The prisoners were landed and transferred to thn Mikolsk. The Japanese reports confirm the statement that the soldiers preferred death to surrender, firing volleys upon the Russians until they were engulplied. One noncommissioned officer committed barakiri, and some soldiers at the moment of foundering committed suicide with their own rifles. Three boats freeing themselves from the wreckage saved 45 soldiers and nine of the passengers and crew. THE CHEMULPHO HEROES FETED AND DECORATED BY THE CZAR INCREASING THE RUSSIAN FLEET St. Petersburg, April 30 The heroes of the Chemulphofighfc, when the cruiser Varyag and the gunboat Coreetz were destroyed, were frantically feted at St. Petersburg. The Czar decorated them all and entertained them at luncheor at the Winter Palace. The Emir of fiokharad has given a million roubles towards increasing the Russian fleet.