The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-01
CLOSING in
ON MUKDEN
Concentrated Japanese Army
Moving Forward.
SOLDIERS IN FINE FORM
Oyama's Advance Lines Have
Reached Manchurian Railway
Near Yentai Mines

| LONDON, Oct. 1.-Field Marshal
| Oyama has begun the long expected
advance upon the Russian army at
| Mukden, and coincident movement
against Sinmintin is indicated by the
fact that the japanese have occupied
| Siaobeyho, west Of the Lao river.
| There is a concentration Of Japanese
forces in the vicinity of the Yentai
| mines. and the advance lines are being
gradually pushed eastward. General
Sach1roff in the dispatches to the war
office at St Petersburg reports sue
fesses In several engagements of u
minor character.
a Shanghai report says that the Jap
anese have been victorious in general
engagement ut Mukden
An undated dispatch from General
Kuroki's headquarters reports the pres
ent Japanese military organization 10
be rs efficient as ii has been ut any
time since tie war began. There Is 10
definite news from Port Arthur.
Changes in the Russian ministry of
marine and In naval commands are
announced on high authority. TIE new
head of the admiralty, 1t is said, will
BE- Vice Admiral Doubasoff. I'm officer
Of wide experience in war and the preS-
ent head of the technical bureau of
the ministry of marine.
Late official advices from st. Peters.
burg this morning say that the war
office has received telegram from
General Sacharoff describing a sue
cessful onslaught upon japanese ad
vance guard near Yentai The Japa-
nese began the fight by attacking
position held by the Russians at Quill
taidze, twenty miles south of the Hun
river. The Russians withdrew and
then countermarched and occupied the
enernys position at Toumytsa, north Of
Yentai, and drove the Japanese as far
as Yentai station, losing only four men
wounded, whereas the Japanese lost
twenty killed or wounded.
General Sacharoff further reports
that reconnaissance showed that the
Japanese force is concentrating in In
creasing numbers along the Yentai
branch of the railroad and that there
is also considerable concentration of
the japanese along the Taitse river
near Bensihu.
General Sacharoff's telegram as CIV
EN- to the press contains no mention of
on the eastern flank.
This silence probably is due to the fact
that details of operations telegraphed
to the emperor at Odessa had not
reached the general staff.
A Hardin report says Russian scouts
have ascertained that fresh japanese
forces are concentrating at the Yentai
mines and gradually moving eastward.
A company of Chinese bandits at
tempted to wreck the railroad near the
station of Fantziatun, $50 miles south
Of Hardin. They killed sentinel and |
caused slight damage. A detachment |
Of guards was sent in pursuit of the |
bandits. The railway track was re- |
paired by morning.
Inc report tHdt NeHliFOVlcN l)aI-
,henko. the famous Russian war cor
had been expelled from the
Russian lines liz untrue
1t is admitted that the japanese ad-
vance has already begun along the
whole line, assuming its most active
'orm IN the east. whittier Field Mar
,hal Oyama continues to draft large
orces. Operations are also progress
ng west of the railroad.
A Hardin dispatch contains the inn
,ortant announcement that the Japa-
lese have occupied Siaobeyho, west Of
he Lao river. from which point they
re evidently threatening Sinmintin.
The likelihood Of the appointment of
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch as
commander in chief Is increasing. The
rand duke has informed the officers
f the regiment of dragons of which
Ie is the honorary colonel Of the proba-
ility Of MS going to the far east. add
ng that he would take the regiment
With him as his bodyguard.,
The return of Viceroy Alexeieff is
Practically certain.
Volunteer Ships mt AIgiers.
ALGIERS. Algeria. Oct. 1.-The st