The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
Two Big Armies Hurrying To ~.
ward Each Other and Big
Battle Expected Soon.
BREAK UP.
THE RUSSIAN RAILWAY
Have Landed Large Force on i5
Il Kwan@T Ting Peninsula and "a
Will Effect Junctl,rc With
Other.Arrn Three More 8
Russian Cruisers Re
55 ported Torpedoed. sa8
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& Cartwright. 4 1904. N 4, Vi ss * i

(special Gable to The Times. Dis pa tct1s NJ
. Copyright 1904 4, IA ss
rs CHEFOO, Feb. 13.--outpost fighting on on
the Yalu3 has begun and the Russians
have captured eighty Japanese Of fi <: ~
ana men. This Is the first indication \ r I!s
ceived from tho north that the land and Y
forces were coming into actual 8contalc ~
1t has been known for days tina 4 tTr
great bodies were hurrying toward carll:s
other as2quckly4as they could be, moved ed
ID The Japanese army. at present altered
at sWi-Ju. or within a few miles OF tina hat. a
point, y is said ito number 80 900, 81 s36
The Russian, force. whicl, N Is n bel pc AZ
rushed across Manchuria to meet this
fierce, consists OF 10000 men of all arms
including the Third Artillery Brigade,
with .twcn.y-four guns. Twenty thou
sa nd Cossack cavalry have. been gathered
from tho small stations along the Chine sesa
railroad, which has been eft almost en-
tirely unprotected through the With
drawal OF troops to face the III pa nessse$
land troops. s3i Nj L, = ss 53s
Great Secrec sISI5
ss Groat secrecy has been maintalne as g
TO tho m oyements OF severa sof the larg-,
est transports Of che japanese army, and
there Is a belief current here that the
Japanese, under cover Of their navy
have succeeded in landing large forces u
on the Ilwan 1,ung Peninsula, between EN-
Port Arthur and Mukden, and thai this 1
section Of the Japanese army is moving
northward and eastward to complete ~
junction with the Korean forces near the
mouth Of the Yalu.
That this force Is operating on the
Kwan Tug Peninsula Is regarded by
many war experts in Chefoo to be cer-s
tain, owing to the attacks being made
on the Chinese Railroad. Bridges have
heen dynamited, one so successfully that
1t cannot be repaired for months, and the
cheap little rails of the road have been
out Of shapo. 4.
Line Unprotected.
That this could be done is due to The
fact that 1t has been necessary 70 leave
tie railroad with but little protection
while the entire Russian forces were
being gathered together to proceed ca st.
ward to tho Yalu. 1t Is now believed
however that Japanese forces have been
landed in sufficient numbers to enable
item to make a series ofsincursions from
4 the points where they have gone ashore
across the peninsula to tho limo Of the
railroad. which they have been attack t'l i
ing wherever opportunity offered. IS,
This force, after practically shutting 4
Fort Arthur off from Mukden byfccut,
ting the railroad has gone northward =
and eastward, ut Is believed, and y now
In tho nelghborhood of the mouth OF sYalu
on the west bank. while the main part
Of the Japanese army is cnmped mt Win
on the east bank. . s55 8s
From a 4town near Port Arthur has !
come the stors of heavy firing heard8
to the north and 1t is believed that q
section OF the Japanese army disembark-4.
cd on tho Kwan Tung Peninsula has Pc
Gun m operation or diversion or that
the Japanese fleet Is covering further
Harding operations with heavy guns,
Toxic dispatches report the torpedolngt
of three Of the Vladivostocls flset nsaS
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