Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-27
GREAT BATTLE NEAR At HAND
!, Officer Just from the Front Reports
o. That the laps Are Being
Driven Back.
,,rrltayaNS OF BALKANS SUNG
p,citoment at st. Petersburg -
r,t. Of Present Campaign May
Soon Be Determined

~.,,,o Klao (hetween Kia Chou anu
81, chepg Lao Tung peninsula June
!. o,n a. ma great battle seems 10
,mnepdlng. A portion OF the rus
~ has assumed the offensive
sa.,ost the japanese forces cominahp'
shy Con oku. and It is reported that
v,,.orI is moving along the Russian
m eonk against Hal cheng' Accord
go 10 a high placed parsonage GEN
yn,okps army is strong enough 10
,.E ibe offensive, and he presumably
/, anxious Tor decisive action pefore
me rains begin, an.
sharp firing was heard IN the mus
yesterday al daybreak and severe night
me Il reported to be in progress near
,ho village OF Ton chen, An officer VINO
.,uoned in Yesterday evening reported
h,, ,be Russians were gaining the up
No, hand and driving back the enemy
Tbls however, has not yet been con-
ltmod
TROOPS HURRYING SOUTH
All day yesterday Russian troops
were hurrying southwark from Tia Tche
yao. and as night fell battalons We're
continuously moving out briskly to the
commandment Of their battle songs
Clouds Of dust hung over the marching
columns. and the chorus Of the infan-
ty singers was occasionally interrupt
"a by the rattle and clang of guns
drawn al a smart trot, and followed by
sslloping squadrons OF cavalry IT was
stirring spectacle TO see the Rus
san army eagerly Fastening, singing
into battle. The old battle hymns, last
heard In the Balkans, resounded among
The hills and valleys as with bayonets
Offering in the setting sun, the regi-
mental colors were borne majestlcally
forward For hours after darkness fell
over the scene one could still hear the
rattle Of moving guns, the creaklng of
Commissarriat wagons, and the tread
Of marching men, while occasionally in
place Of the war songs Of the soldiers,
homely melodies recounting the joys of
village life, which carried the minds OF
he men back to their distant homes In
Russia, echoed through the air.
As this dispatch is filed news reach
ed here that Gen, Kuroki is marching
upon Ha Cheng.
There are very many military at
Aehes and newspaper correspondents
here
RUSSIAN SPIRITS RISING.
81 Petersburg, June 2I--uO5O p. n.y.
NOT since the war began has such
an air Of excitement prev lded the war
once and admiralty The news receiv-
en- curing the next few days Is eX-
pecIed 70 largely determine the fate of
ue present campaign on land and on
tne sea- The spirits Of the Russians
nave appreciHbly risen at the prospect
Wal AFTER alI the sorties of the sound
non OF Rear Admiral Wthoeft, in COM
mand OF the naval forces at Port Ar
MuT while II may have resulted I'm tho
Nv OF some of the Russian shlps has
S.n successful. A dispatch from Che
Y" mdAy says that a Chinese junk re-
IV'W having seen two big Japanase
SSusnlp5 and several torpedo boats
TT99' l. ON Friday near Port Arthur.
s ,uN strengthens the belief here that a
nv s'' yea night has occurred, and that
Japanes who alone arc ahle
co ,O1sn wireless telognphy to be In
hss communication with their
'' are Withholding the news. If