Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-22
NET SUPERIOR FORGE
REPORT ON PRELIMINARY
FIGHT AT MOLTEN PAS
KELLER MADE RECONNAISSANCE
ON LARGE SCALE = kuRO.
PATkiN's OFFICIAL
REPORT.


ST. Petersburg, July .29.-The Hus-
sian and japanese forces which are
I;ned nm oxnectinq n clash pranpled I'm
A.. .,a at. s., u.,. no
'"e 'e'''"' "e"' 'u'iu'' ilio' "'"e' ~
cordlng 10 a report from deherai hu'
ropatkln' received mere la'e last niRht'
Inc report Indicated that the japan.
csc misinterpreted the movement ana
mat instead OF IL oeing an attempt 10
take MO lien pass II was recohnais'
sance on large scale.
Generai Count heliers account OF
the hgntlhg does not especiaiiy spate
tne NUMBER OF men engaged though
IL SHOWS that the RUSSIAN man al
vance consisted OF eighteen pattaiiona
WIN consiueraple reserve, three oat-
talions Oh the latter peihg caiied up
curing the course OF tne oa'tie WINE
SUN others were not uuhzeu'
An important iaet ueVeiopeu oy inc
reconnaissance was the exact ioea,ion
OF powerful japanese force secreteu
IN the region between fehshui ana
MO lien passes i's strehg'h was IN
created by tne iaot tnat tWehty-one
pattahons were ihsuhcient 10 perma'
nehtiy force the japanese posi'iohs,
though some Oh tnem were occupied
temporarily on the other manu. IL
would appear that the Japanese were
eitner uisinchned OF unaDIe 10 ioiio"
up Lieutenant ueherai Meier "nen he
retired 10 MS FORMER posi'ioh al iKha'
'uan'
Inc seriousness OF the days nghtlhs
is SHOWN IN ueheral heiler estimat'
'hat the Russian casualties were over
a thousand.
Inc Dattie leaves the general sitna'
tioh unchanged' Dut SHOWS 'hat pow
eriui japanese army Is massed ana Is
constantly threatening Lao yang, ap-
paren'iy only awaiting 1eheral huro-
kis signal 10 advance
Inc following uispatch from uenerai
huropa'hih 10 the Emperor ua'eu jury
i'tn' on our eastern 'front.' was CIV
en- OUT tonight:
AFTER the Occupation py aenerai Nu'
rokl army Oh the passes IN the rem
shui mountain ehain our Information
concerning MS uisposi'iohs was III gen
/ eral inadequate
on 'uiy i'n' III oruer 10 ue'erin'he
! tne s'rensth Oh the enemy, II was ue'
c'ded 10 advance against MS position
IN 'he uirec''oh vi Laiishanh"an'
lieutenant "enerai heiier nau peeh
instructed not 10 START Win Tue opJee'
oi capturing the pass out 10 ac' ac'
eording 10 tne strehgth OF the ioree
'hat ne wouid hnu opposed 10 MN.
,he coiuihh advanced from iNna'"ai.
Al IL CLOCK pat'aiion ol 'he oecohu
regiment disiodged a japanese outpost
at 'he point OF 'he payohet at tne
CROSSING oi inc Lahho ana 'ne s'hN'a
'oaus'
me netaiis vi inns ehsasenheh.
nave not oeeh Verined, Du' It's gehera'
eouise' "eco'uihs W 'eiesiaph'c fe'
por'S seh' III ny "eherai hei'er' was
Us Ioiio"s'
eN"cua'eu e'aoNao pass anu 'he
he'sh's surhouh'eu ny tue ienhp'e'
lea'ihs oniy outposts lhere. Al ua"h
uenerai hash'a''hshS column oceu'
p'eu 'hese passes' ori'ihs pach INC
Japanese advance posls'
AT apo"' o'oo on 'he hiorhins Vi
'u,y i'h .he 'apanese III cohsiuer'
ao'e s''ensth anu WIN numerous guns
oeeupieu "aiahkwah pass anu the
MOUNTAINOUS piuhs 10 .ne south Oh 'no
hanh Oh "eherai hasntaiihshys COL
uhhh' FROM TINS positioh ana from
'ne eies' u 'he iho 'Ni' " .he east
Vi 'he heish's surhiouh'eu ny the ieni'
pie 'he enemy uirec'eu u very hea'y
'ine anu artihery nre'
uenerai Nasn'ai'hsky advanced 10
o'eup' 'he o,uns' sehuins iorwaiu ~
ohce one anu ,heh three pattaiiohs'
ou' .he attempt laiieu' NOTWITHSTANDING
ing 'he support given D! tne morse
nhoun'a'h pat'ery' as our neiu guns