The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 81, pm
Success crowned the Russian arms the
first day of the great battle of Lao
walls here that the issue of the fight
will be . complete victory for General
Kuropatkin. From dawn until dark
yesterday the battle ragged, first in the
center and left and then on the right
Of the Russian line.
The Japanese charged gallantly and
center and then in the afternoon came
movement against the opposite flank
This attack was delivered from the
west, but General Kuropatkin had evil
IDENTIFY anticipated just what hap
pened, for he not only met and re-
pulsed it, but actually was able, by
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bivouacked in their positions.
T No attempt was made by Lieutenant
General Sakharoff, in his report, to es-
innate the Japanese losses, except to
say that they were extremely heavy.
And the Russian losses were only APP
proximated at 5000. No Russian gen.
eral officers fell.
General Kuropatkin' forces occu-
pied positions forming a semlclrcie
about Liao-yang, the TANKS resting on
the Taitse river, east and west OF the
city. Z
The battle divided itself into two
periods. After a preliminary bombard-
and center, the Japanese infantry ada
vanced to the attack, charging the RUS
sian center. Altho repeatedly checked,
they came on with bulldog tenacity,
hurting themselves against the Russian
positions with the bayonet. There were
many bloody hand-to-hand encounters.
Japs in Russian Trenches.
By noon the Japanese actually suc-s
Russian trenches. Then General Kuro-as
patkin sent forward some reserves, de-
livering series OF counter attacks
recaptured the lost positions and drove.,
back the Japanese all along the line.
The attack on the center having
failed, the second half Of the fight be-
gan at clock in the afternoon, when
the Japanese tried to turn the Russian
right. Here also they failed, but only
after a desperate struggle which was
deserves dispatched in time by GEN
eral Kuropatkin at last succeeded not
only in checking the Japanese, but in
enveloping and driving them back in
confusion.
During the progress Of the battle,
on the fighting line by sending out the
news of the repulse Of the, attack on
Port Arthur Aug. 26. The flank move
ment from the west began Monday
from Granddaughter, three miles
southeast Of Sha- kow, which is eleven
miles northwest Of Liao-yang.
Russian Gunners' Work.
One Of the striking features Of the
battle was the splendid work Of the
Russian artillery, in which arm the
Japanese heretofore have excelled. In
! a dispatch filed late last night by ono
| Of the Associated Press Russian cor
respondents, he says that a report was
current at Liao-yang that forty-sixa
Japanese guns were captured during the
day 5a7az D.
tersburg over the news on the bulletin
boards. The dispatches posted there
are surrounded by eager crowds. The
officials Of the war office, altho they
have not yet received advices in res
gard to today's events, are in highs
| spirits.
tinuously advancing for a week, arc
now said to be utterly exhausted after
| Yesterdays hard and unsuccessful fight
| ing, and no doubt exists here that if
| the opportunity offers. General Kuro-