The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
JAPANESE ADVANCE RESUMED.
The Opposing Armies in Contact
East and South of Lao Yang.

ST. Petersburg. Aug. 27.-After Icur
weeks interval the Japanese nave re-
sumed their advance against Gen. K1
ropatkin's positions. The opposing
armies are in contact east and south
of Lao Yang and fighting has been III
progress since Wednesday. The adj
vices at hand are too meagre 20 enable
the offid ais 10 form a correct opinion
as to whether II will result n a ger
eral engagement, but the extent and
character OF the Japanese M ement
leads t. that conclusion. !il g the
rains ceased. a week ago, thesA have
been Continued limitations that Gen.
Kurcpatkin was about to assume the
offensive. but instead of that it was
the japanese who attacked the Rus
sian commanders eastern and south
ern position.
A japanese &C lumn 10000 strong was
reported on Tuesday, to be marching
up the right bank of the Lianhe river,
which would seem to indicate that
three japanese armies are co-Operat-
ing il onveloping three sides OF Lao
Yang. From the meagre ac1 'unts re-
ceived, ii appears that Gen. Kuroki Sc
lected T~antziapudzy as the point for
his attempt to drive the wedge into
Kuropatkin's outer detenses at An
ping and Liandiansian which are stu
ated respectively ten miles northwest
- r. n 4, tho
latter being on the Lianhe river, eight
miles above the confluence OF the
Taitse river, when Il mountain ridge
runs westward. The fact that the Jap
anese are preparing pontoons at the
Taitse river was noted i'll these dis
patches several days ago. The capture
of this ridge will be the first objective
of the Japanese, and doubtless will en-
tail severe fighting, in which the jap
anese are probably counting on the
superiority of their mountain guns. Ii
they are successful. the Russian posi-
lions at Anping and Liandiansian will
become p~recarious. Their operations
on Anping are supported from Gutziat-
zy. three miles higher up the Lianhe
river and along the Taitse river, as
shown in the dispatch as the Russian
front south of Tiatse river was en-
gagged and that Gen. Kuroki vas SIM
ultaneOusiy moTing on Liandiansian.
along the high road. as reported from
Lao Yang Thursday night. and by the
fact that another Japanese column is
moving on Liandiansian along the
south road from ~Siaolindzy, ten miles
northeast of Haicheng. That Gen. Ku-
ropatkin had foreseep these various
moves is shown by the name in
which the attack on Tan2apu was met
and by the repulse of the japanese at
SiaolindZy.
The war office has no news of the
reported attack on Anshanshan. and
the general staff is by no lei salts
fed. that the eastern movement of the
Japanese is more than a feint.
Gen. Ivanoff is in command of the
late Gen. Count Keller's command at
LiandianSian.
The war office was much elated at
the receipt of a dispatch from Lieut.
Gen. Stoessel, dated from Port Arthur.
August %, reporting that the Japanese
had at last been exhausted by their
attacks and that the bombardment had
been suspended. Full details regarding
the dispatch are not available, but 1T
probably refers to the Che Foo dis
patch of Thursday. announcing the re-,
pulse of the Japanese with heavy losses
in thier attack on Fort No. | and Fort
EtSeShan.