Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-02
FIGHTING IS RESUMED
Continued from First Page.)
reserves did not leave their position on the
right bank Of the river.
Absence of Press Dispatches.

reserves did not leave their position on the
right bank of the river.
Absence of Press Dispatches.
The report that Geographic communica-
lions between Liaoyang and Mukden has
been severed is not admitted at the war
Office, which points out that it has only been
receiving two kilograms daily from Cen
erals Kuropatkin and Sakharoff. Two were
received yesterday, and two are expected
today. although none had been delivered up
to noon
The absence of press kilograms is ex-
planned. as announced In these dispatches
yesterday. by the transfer of the head tele-
graph office at Liaoyang to Shakhe, fifteen
miles north. which was necesstated by the
fact that the Japanese shells were dropping
into the Office, although the office was
situated on the north bank of the Taitse
river. 4 shell killed two operators Monday.
The field telegraph, which Is working be-
tween Shakhe to Kuropatkins headquarters,
Is not available to correspondents, who
would have to send their messages by ex-
press riders to Shakhe, a difficult task
owing to the heavy roads. ..s
The public is still in complete ignorance
of the new phase which the battle entered
upon yesterday, but interest Is at white
heat. Every foreign telegram Is eagerly
bounced upon and the newspapers are print
ing extra editions four or five times a day.
thing heretofore unprecedented in the his
tory of the Russian capital
Details Of Recent Fighting.
delayed dispatch to the Official Messen-
ger from Liaoyang, under date of August 81.
gives some details of the three days fight
ing from August %. The dispatch fails,
however to throw additional light on the
state of telegraph communication because
1t arrived yesterday morning, too late for
publication. Nevertheless. it is among the
last communications before the suspension
of press messages The dispatch indicates
hold out
and probably could not be dislodged without
Gen. kuroki's flank movement. p;
The correspondent states that he was
with battery on koulack hill, to the left
OF the railway line, at down Monday when
the Japanese guns opened. 1T was" he
continues "a simultaneous salute by hum
dreds of cannon, and during the first hour
the firing was simply terrific. We were
under a perfect rain of shrapnel, bullets
and splinters of shells. The Japanese did
not know the country or the location of our
defences, so they constantly shifted their
batteries, trying to search out our positions.
Beautiful, but Terrifying. =
1T was in the course of these maneuvers
that Koulack hill became an object of in
terest to the japanese artillerymen. The
sight was beautiful, but terrifying. one.
Although We were we'll masked and toler-
ably protected, the sides of our hill were
rent and torn by bursting shells. Dirt, dust
and rocks filled the air; sand and smoke
hung like a golden halo overhead We
watched the shells fall upon the ruins of
the thousand-year-Old watchtower where
they completed the ravages of the centuries.
The Japanese got their range and tried
to enflade US from village on the right.
Here we had the advantage in knowing the
ranges, and simply Smothered them with
shells. Consequently the japanese with
drew hurriedly. A second attempt to en-
MADE us was made at 10 o'clock in the
morning. but again it failed. We swept the
Chinese cornfeldS whence the fire came
and turned out the Japanese gunners like
nest of angry wasps. Our rifle brigade
held the village of Maietung against the
rolling waves Of Japanese infantry thrown
out against that position time. and again,
until our reserves swept down and cleared
the front at the point of the bayonet.
Fighting at Night.
''The roar of the fight was not stopped
by darkness. The scene became infinitely
more beautiful as the hills were lighted
by the glare from flame-spitting batteries
which had been scarcely visible in the day
light Each of the thousands of Shells be-
came pyrotechnic spectacle, while lines
of fire racked and quivered back and forth
where the infantry was holding our
trenches against the creeping japanese
columns. The latter had almost reached
the trenches Of the oath Regiment aided
by the darkness. The men, who were at
supper, dropped their soup and black bread,
turned quickly and drove off the Japanese
with their bayonets. Then they returned
to their sorely needed meat.
THE fighting on Tuesday was heavy on
the right flank. A spy, captured while at
tempting to pass the lines, said the JAP
anese guard division suffered terribly
Disappointment in St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG. September 1.-The
news of the evacuation of Liaoyang and
fho Of ,f ha DUO So
right bank of the Taitse river reached only
small section Of the people of st. Peters,
burg at late hour and caused intense ex-
element and disappointment. The major
ity of the Inhabitants retired to rest be-
lieying that Russian arms had again been
successful and that the Japanese attacks.
had been repelled. Ugly suspicion, how
ever. had been rife during the day. owing
to the absence of press kilograms from
Liaoyang. leading to the belief that the
communications had been cut by General
Kuroki. -l'
War Office Statement.
The following statement was obtained by
the Associated Press from the war office at
10 o'clock last night:
General Kurokis army crossed in force
to the right bank Of the Taitse river and it
therefore became necessary for the Rus
slams to be in a position to repel blow in
I'm view of this development in the OPP
erations General Kuropatkin decided to
abandon his positions on the left bank and
to concentrate his whole army on the other
side of the river. This position Is the
strongest both in character and in Site
The great Issue will be finally decided
there.
by withdrawing to this position the Rus
sian army avoids the danger of being d.
vided by the river and enjoys the advan-
tage OF compactness.
General kuropatkin's move, therefore is
not to be considered as a retreat, but rather
as the carrying out of a well defined idea"
Liaoyang Given Up.
The withdrawal of the Russians to the
right bank involved the abandonment OF
Liaoyang. which is situated on the lett
bank. The Japanese took advantage Of this
to occupy the city. but the sternest part of
the fighting Is still before them, unless
General Kuropatkin decides at the last
hour to again fall back to the northward
1t is more than likely. however, that he
will decide to fight to finish. The cards
are all in his favor, 1T is believed now that
he has the Japanese divided by the river,
thus effectually turning the tables upon his
foe. -t
THE determined pursuit by the Japanese
OF the Russian OutpoStS when General