THE BATTLE OF THE YALU.
It is reported that the capture of • Niuchwang by the Japanese is unconfirmed. . ■ • •Mr Maxwell, correspondent o! the Standard, in 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 quick-firer* they have captured twenty field pieces. Russian prisoners testify that the new Arisaku guns decimated them. The Russians, before burning Antung, expelled fifteen thousand inhabitants at the point of the bayonet*
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Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1904, Page 2
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85THE BATTLE OF THE YALU. Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1904, Page 2
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