The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-09-09
4RUSS|A'S GENERAL DEFEATED
LIAOYANG IN HANDS OF JAPS-
STORES WE'RE DESTROYED.
The Hopes of Russia's Victory Van
ish-Russian's Idea of Advantage
Over Japs-Russian Generals at
Loggerheads - Japanese Generals
Make Rapid Advance.

st. Petersburg, Sept All Russia
will learn tomorrow that General XII
ropatkin's army is in full retreat to
the north; that Liaoyang has been
abandoned, the Japanese occupying it.
The hopes of victory raised in Rus
sian breasts by the telegram from the
commander in chief, saying that the
Russians had advanced against Gen
eral kuroki on Friday and that an
attack on the Russian right had been
repulsed, proved short lived. General
Kuropatkin had scarcely begun the OF
fensive against General Kurokis army
when he was compelled by the over
whelming force of the Japanese flank
ing movement to give UP all idea of
continuing his advance and hurriedly
withdrew in the direction of Mukden.
The retreat is the logical conse-
quence of the Russian plan of leading
on and firing out the Japanese at the
successive stations on the road north
ward, thus placing their foe at the con-
stantly growing disadvantage of their
lengthening lines of communication.
1t is said General Stakelberg erred
in failing to cross the Taitze river
when General Kuropatkin desired that
the whole army should retreat to its
northern bank.
This blunder, it is feared, will in
volve the loss of the whole of the
First Siberian army corps, consisting
of the First, Second and Sixth rifle di-
visions, the Usuri Cossack brigade, the
First Siberian artillery brigade and a
sapper battalion.
The abandonment of the whole posi-
ton at Liaoyang involves the loss OF
a great accumulation of stores, though
it is believed that many of these al
ready had been sent north before the
commencement of fighting. 1t is more
than possible, however, that the Rus
SLAMS destroyed what they could not
remove.
All Russians now realize that there
is small hope now for the relief o.
Port Arthur, but the military officials
are unanimous in the belief that i
would only be folly for General Kuro
patkin to remain and run the risk o
being surrounded, when his withdraw
al north has actually converted wha
might have been disaster to himsel
into what is regarded as a reverse TO
the Japanese, for the failure to hol
General Kuropatkin's army and infiic
a decisive blow, it is claimed, can no
be regarded otherwise than reverse
Field Marshal Oyamas tenacious froI
tai attack and the clever flank move
ment could not have had any othe
object than to compel the Russians t
accept a decisive engagement.
Toxic, Sept. 4.-Field Marshal Oys
ma reports that the Russians burne
their store houses near Liaoyang Sa
urday. General Kuroki, leaving
force at Satzuago to protect his righ
flank, has swung sharply westward
reach the railway and envelop Lia'
yang. Oyama's left and center armie
are still attacking the Russians sout
and west of the walls of Liaoyang
An early message from Field Ma
shall Oyama says:
"The enemy in front of our left an
center armies continued to retreat
September 2 to the right bank OF u
Taitze river except the portion of h
forces occupying the defense worl
from the south to the northwest
Liaoyang. and the heights northea
of Nutchang. Our armies are CONT
uing the attack. Our right army o
cupied, on the morning of Septemb'
2, part of the heights west of He
yingtai."
1t is officially announced that the ia
anese forces occupied Liaoyang at
O'Clock Sunday morning.