The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-30

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8 @qrey,fy. foitr miles southeast Of LAO Yang.
b rye R,Iss.atis, greatly impcded by their
5 Artillery and comntssariat, tonight q Sc
reg scf rear guard actions IN order 70
I eoycrI tl,n retreat OF their impeachment 10
i, Iiac Yang, in which they we're sue.
ctSsftil The frst corps. which, figured
AL tf,r battle Of the Yalu and In the
f,ghting al Poticn Pass, again sustained
the briint OF the fighting and suffered
+ 4ha mn iority of the losses. including
i General Roulkovsky and Colonel Won
{ Raaben .rhe iirst. second and fourth
r cr,.ns combined under the command OF
a General Zarpubaieff, and the tenth. ssS-
enteenth and third corps. under Genera ne q
!, rvanoff. forming the eastern contingcnt.
succeeded III effecting a concentration at
Lao Yang, without further loss.
The whole six corps of which Two are
European troops, have now formed 2
senni. circle within a radius oil SIX OF eisile
miles OF 1,iao Yang.
General Kuropatkin has not far snort
OF 10000 men.
Drawing in Forces.
a 1e.so p. M.--General 1Suropatkln since.
Yesterday morning has been drawing IA
ali Ills forces from his eastern and soul
err, fronts toward Lilac Yang. Anpihs.s
TseEow Liandiansian and Anshansihd q
constituting the main positions OF thc
outer defense line or Lilac Vans. haFs
been abandoned The heaviest liz t ~
occurred on tho extreme left where t tAe
Japanese advanced to assault again ana
again With bayonets. The positions ~
Tserow and Anping were held by the
Tenth European corps The attack were s.1
delivered with fanatical bravery. nc =,
Russians lost a large proportion o. on.
GERS ten guns ana from 800 TO 1'V ~, nleii
but he Russians had been gencraliN sue
Scessi,,I In beating off the assaults, al
along tho long line, and the Russians ue-
clare that the order TO retire came az as q 9
surprise Just when they were eX .l,e
orders for genera dvance. ms IS
Hconsidered to be proc iat General hr'' ll
snatkin finding his inaln#p positions men
= rod On the flank, and anticinating d,tll-
culties IN withdrawing, owing 10 me COR.
dition of the roads, which have su .uts!,t
been transformed into mud boys py ~
rain, considered that a retreat was ny t'ss
operative. -, !.
The retirement from the east front was
greatly impeded by the conversion OIL the
Il AN River into n mountain torrent, aiau
this probably also accounts Tor the Ian
Il ,irc Of the Japanese TO follow UP the re- cs
firing Russians
The Japanese column. moving up us
Lao Riverand threatening eienelai NJ
ptstkin on the west, was regarded eN-
4 tremclys dangerous, and General lNuroki
8 /. xtrcmc right seems also to be working
around General IIerscheimnn posltioni
Z a /. Anpng. and to be moving toWa a.
Niukden. The strength of the cnvelopin6'
n Japanese armies may be Judged from the
Sfact{that General Oku aloneS who Is cont
ssinE ID from the south. is officially report
ed To have T5, 0N men. sss IN
Report Not Confirmed.
The TOXIC report tina 6 General g 1Suro y
+ had n succeeded in cutting the railroad
4 south OF Mukdensis not confirmed BY tie
& telegraph department, where It IS y sad
that no reports. have been received OF an
s5i1lterruption 81 con,rnunlcat Ions. OF
course, lit is realized here that # The rail- !
4 road north Of Liao Yang is cut the posi-
Z ton OF the Russian army would be rem
dered serious. II not desperate, as ~ would
proba bly, compel General EUROPA TX 10
accept an engagement against his WILL
81 The rain. which has again begun lall-t
ing in! Manchuria will probably serve the
Russians more than the japanese, us thei;'
retirement as soon as they reach he IA III IL
road Will not be impeded. wherea $ II It, rs
$3lkely to almost completely stop the
Japanese forward movement. n