Captain Kisaburo Yegami, belonging to the 20th Regiment, was 12th inst. raised to the rank of a Major in accordance with Article 15 of the rules relating to the promotion of military officers, where it is provided that an officer may be specially promoted without regard to ordinary rales when gallantry before the enemy has been openly recognised by his commanding officer.
On the occasion of the heroic fighting of the 20th Regiment in the south of Liaoyang on the 3rd inst., Captain Yegami assumed the command of the Regiment, and rushed forward at the head of his company under the Regimental flag in front of the firing line of attack formation.
The entire Regiment, suddenly inspired by this sight, trampled down the many defence works penetrated into the enemy's entrenchments, raising lusty cheers for the Emperor.
General Count Nozu, in one of his reports, singles out the hardest fighting as done by the 20th (Fukuchiyama) "Regiment and praises the gallantry shown by the Captain. A Japanese correspondent with the Left Army reports that a balloon was raised by the Russians on the 30th August for reconnaissance; on being fired at by the Japanese, it was lowered slowly. Mr. Francis MacCullagh, correspondent of the "New York Herald," appears to mand of Captain Berlinsky. Her on-gines were injured and repairs, likely to take: at Jeast one month, are required. Captain Berlinsky is reported to have sighted throo men-of-war to the east of the centre of the Pacific Ocean but this is most improbable, Railway Administration in Corea, It is reported that the organisation of the Corean Railway Board will be revised ere long and special bureaux for the Seoul-Wiju, Seoul-Fusan, and Seoul-lines will be croated, by way of bringing the railway administration into harmony. The surveying of the Seoul-Gensan Military Railway has been recently finished and the construction work will commence at no distant date.
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