The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-27
JAPS TnRnnauu MUKDRN
 AND RUSSIAN RETREAT
HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN THAT PLACE AND LAIO YANG.

General KuropatIxin Reports Attempt
 to Break Up the center of His Po-
 aition - Attacks RepeIIed = official
 Russian Details of Battle Near New
 ChMang-czar's Army Outnanked at
 Each End and Compelled to Retreat
 -AIikado's Troops occupy the Port.
 Tien Tsin, July 26.-It is reported here that heavy fighting has occurred between Liaoyang and Mukden.
 St. Petersburg, July 27.-2:05 a. m.- General Kuropatkin's telegram receiv- ed last night recording the withdrawal of the southern army from Tatchekiao to Haicheng, fails to give details of the continuous rear guard action preceding the retreat, but the war office thinks the losses were several hundred which would indicate pretty severe fighting.
 General Kuropatkin does not mention the number of troops engaged. but the presence Of Generals Zarougaieff and Stakelberg, both corps commanders, show that the total must have been large, though certainly far inferior to the combined forces of Generals Oku and Noduz.
 The preceding determined attack on Tantchi, ten miles southeast of Tatchekiao. probably rendered the evacuation of the latter place impera- tive, although the war office has pre- dicted all along that no determined re- sistance would be made at Tatchekiao. In anticipation of retirement from Tatchikiao orders were sent July 25 to Russian garrison at Yinkow to with draw.
 Although military men do not seem to be alarmed at the situation, pointing out that the withdrawal of the south ern army from Tatchekiao, tend to concentrate Kuropatkin's forces, thus giving him a smaller front to defend, considerable nervousness is manifested here by those not in the secrets of the Russian commander-in-c especial- ly as General Kuropatkin himself points out the danger threatening his line of communication to the north,
 
 anese advance from Saimatsze toward Mukden. If this column be pushed home and the Japanese cordon should at the same time be frightened from the south and east General Kuropatkin's s danger would be easily conceivable and consequently there is already talk of his preparing to meet this danger, by with drawing to Nukden and there awaiting further achievements.
 Tn this connection the report to The \ Associated Press from Vladivostok to- night that yiceroy Alexieff is going there is peculiarly interesting.
 Tn this connection the report of The Associated Press from V1adivostok to- night that Viceroy tAlexieff is going there is peculiarly interesting.
 The statement that the Vladivostok squadron is now eastward of the island of Formosa is somewhat astonishing. < This report comes from Russian cor- respondent who is peculiarly we'll sit uated to have definite information re- garding the doings of the squadron, but 1t will be remembered that just prior tp the last sortie of the Russian cruisers from Vladivostok this corre- spondent wired the statement that they would( be detained for a long time for repaiIfs which was palpably blind to coveH the real movements of the cruis- CTS. Some similar reason may be back of the present statement as to the WheF Feabouts of the squadron.