Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-23
Of the Japanese on the
Mukden Defences
Is Going on With No Fighting
To Speak Of.
General News from the Front in Far
East Is Mea9re.

The latter according to the military
critics at st. Petersburg, is likely to
pursue tactics quite different from
those essayed by the Japanese ut Lao
Yang, and it is expected that the at
tack will come upon the Russian front
and TANKS rather than in the form OF
an enveloping movement.
Definite Information from Port Ar
thur is very meagre. Russian spies al
| lCge that II considerable force has been
detached from the Japanese army
which captured Lao Yang, and sent
back to aid in the operations against
Port Arthur. The formation of seven
RUSSIAN rifle brigades for service i'll
The Far Fast has been ordered.
| st. Petersburg, Sept. 22.-6 p. NJ
| The Japanese operations against Muk-
| den are rapidly developing. General
! Kuropatkin announces that the Japan
! csc army AT B@ntSitputZe is beginning
| to advance northWard. The Outposts.
yesterday, tried to capture kuotou
pass. commanding the road to Funsun.
i The Russians are offering Il stubborn
| resistance. which is likely to rvtard
decisive operations. Nuropatkin has
| placed strong forces astride the Muk-
den and Fushun roads to Bentsiaputze.
The Russians are also holding all the
| PASSES of the Da range, eastward of
| ECntsiIputze.
| \ IiSpltch from Hardin announces
that another Japanese regiment is
| moving further eastward but it is re-
garded as improbable that the Japanese
| will move in considerable force from
DZianchan along the roads leading to
Mukden. Fushu and Sintsintn. Sc
we're fighting is probable before the
Japanese succeed in reaching the Hun
river.
There is no further news from Port
Arthur but the anxiety as to the fate
,of it's gallant defenders has been re-
lieved by foreign kilograms received
here announcing that the japanese
have not captured any important posi-
lions.
Field Marshal Oyama's lengthy re-
port Of the repulse of what he calls
the Russian cOunter-attack on Pintai-
tzu is claSsnd here as being nothing
more 1r less than the japanese version
of the reconnaissance of Generals
SamsouOff's and RenEenkampffs force
north Of Bcntsiaputzc. Oyamas re-
port attributes undue Importance to
this operation. Kuropatllin obviously
did not contemplate pressing home his
attack. since he sent Il comparatively
small force against the Japanese main
army.
Toxic Sept 22-3 p M-General
Oku has written an extended report
of the operations preceding the cap
ture of Lao Yang and in conclusion he
expressed the opinion that General Ku-
roptkin had determined to hold Lao
Yang. his plan being first to attack and
defeat General Kuroki and then to as
sail the Japanese center and left
armies Oku declares that the stubborn
resistance of the Russians at Lao
Yang proves that their retreat was not
pre-drranged
| st. Petersburg. Sept 22-The general
e staff has issued a revised list of the
Russian casualties at Lao Yang. show
ing that 1910 men We're killed. that TO-
S11 were wounded and that 1912 were
left on the field. Fifty four regimental
Q officers We're killed and 252 We're
wounded: two generals We're killed.
:. Five officers We're left on the field.
OF those wounded at Lao Yang 1884
men and &c officers have already re-
r turned to duty. Those reported to be
T missing are probably dead.
1 Mukden. Sept. 21.-Oelayed In
f trHnsmission).-A battle is hourly ex-
pected to occur in the vicinity Of Flu
shun, 80 miles east Of here.
At present all is quiet. The weather
is turning cold.
st. Petersburg. Sept. 22.-1.3O p. M
Cen kuropatkin telegraphs under yes
t"rday's date that tue Japanese con-
t:nuc their attempts to turn the Rus
sian left. but without success.
According to the latest information
. received by the war Office. Field Mar
, shall oyama's advance forces are still
I 30 miles south and southeast of Flu
shun. The war office does not expect
battle at Fushun until after a series
of rear guard enga gements
Las Paimas Canary Islands, Sept %
, The Russian cruiser Terek. which has
been stopping British vessels in the Vi
cinitv of Gibraltar, commenced CoaIing
here. yesterday. but, on orders re-
ccived, today. from Madrid. she was
stopped from coaling and was ordered
to leave at once. Her commander re-
Piled that he was unable to put to Sea
owing to the Terreks engines needing
repairs. She was. however. forbidden
OF take on board any more coal, or any
water or stores.
Mukden. Wednesday. Sept. o1-Oe-
layed).-With the exception of a slight
4 sklrnish at Da pass, there We're no de-
, velopments. today.
st. Petersburg, Sept. "a detach-
q ment under Gen. Rennenkampff. while
, accommodating. yesterday. lost two Of
. fcers and nine men killed and had
e three officers and % men wounded.
5 Manila. Sept. 22.-Capt r. Colledani.
of the Austrian steamer Austria which
arrived here from Shanghai, says he
r was offered $4,000 to Transporting crew
l and 26 officers of the Russian cruiser
r Ask"ld from Shanghai to Russia.
e CThe Askold escaped from Port Ar