THE WAR IN THE EAST

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 11, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 19.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

ALL reports now coming from the seat of war indicate that the forces of the opposing powers are in actual contact. The Japanese have crossed the Yalu River, and are now forcing back the advance Russian posts upon the main body of the army. The war correspondents have now been allowed to go to the front, and the military observers have also received orders to proceed to the place of expected battle. Engagements have occurred; but the main bodies of the two armies have not yet come in contact. It was the policy of the Russian commander to have small forces only at the river to oppose the crossing, his design being simply to impede the Japanese progress as much as possible and inflict upon them as much punishment as was in his power to do, without risking a general engagement. In the fighting which occurred immediately after crossing the river, the Japanese casualties amounted to 700 and the Russian to about 800. The Japanese commander reports that he captured twenty-eight quick-firing guns, many rifles, much ammunition, twenty officers, many non-commissioned officers and men. The Japanese continue operations in the vicinity of Port Arthur, but no combined attack has yet been made upon that place.