The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-30
japanese Armies are Within
Ten Miles of LiaO Yang.
THE RUSSIANS RETREAT.
They Retired from Anshanshan
After an All Day Fight.
JAPS CUT THE RAILROAD.
They are Reported to Have Seized the
Railroad South Of Mukden, Thus
Separating the Russian Forees-The
Siege of Port Arthur.

London, Aug. 29.-According to a
dispatch of Sundays date to the Gen.
trail News from Lao Yang, an artil-
lery battle has been in progress since
s o'clock Sunday morning near Lao
Yang. The Russian main position.
the dispatch says, is what was FORM
erly the outpost line of the Lao Yang
garrison.
The Chronicles correspondent with
Gen. Kuroki, cabling under date of
August "a, via Fusan, August 25, says:
"The fall of Port Arthur is immi-
nent. The Japanese are now within
the main defenses and their guns
command the town. Desperate fight
ing occurs night and day and the
losses on both sides are enormous.
THE Russians are making furious
counter attacks. but the Japanese are
clinging to the positions they have
won at so great a cost"
The Daily Mails Kobe correspond
ent in a dispatch dated Saturday last
says:
Following Is the position of Port
Arthur: The Japanese have captured
all the outlying Notifications. but the
Russians still hold the citadel on Ant
| seshan. Golden Hill fort and the forts
on Tigers Tail and Liaoti mountain.
The japanese are in possession Of the
parade ground and barracks under the
Antseshan fort on the outskirts. The
fall of Port Arthur Is believed to be
imminent. II is believed that the gar
rison will make desperate sortie be-
| fore the end comes"
The correspondent at Tien Tsin of
the Standard, cabling Saturday after
noon, says:
"Confirmatory details just arrived
| represent the Japanese as having
reached point within 1,200 yards
from the new town at Port Arthur on
| the west side and as being within a
mile of the east dock basin on the
east side. Strong reinforcements, il
is said, are hurrying up from Dalny
and Pitsewo, leaving reserves at both
places"
| According to dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Koupangtse dated August
| % Russian staff officers confess them
selves completely in the dark as to the
meaning of the Japanese movements
| and consequently they have no def
mite plan. Ten days ago, feeling that
Lao Yang would be surrounded, Gen
Kuropatkin began to draw his troops
northward. Then on the japanese re.
firing he brought them back again, but
continued his preparations for effect.
ing a retreat. There is no doubt, says
the correspondent, that the Russian
army is now completely at the mercy
of the japanese whenever they choose
to attack.
The Lao Yang correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph in a dispatch dated
August % says that the Japanese are
pushing on against three sides of the
city. near which there is continuous
fighting.
Lao Yang, Aug. 29.-The rapid ad
vance of the Japanese has forced theil
fighting line to within about ten miles
of Lao Yang, east and south, and
guns are now heard north and east Oh
the Taitse river.
The Russians retired from Anshan
shan on Saturday after a fight which
commenced on the morning of Angus
&c and continued in a desultory man
ner all day and night
The order was received with dis
appointment by the troops. The re
tirement was made in an orderly man
ner.
The plain between Anshanshan and
Haicheng was covered with Japanes,
troops who burned the bridge an(
shelled the railway station after the
Russian retirement.
Toxic, Aug. 29.-The general stat
maintained silence yesterday concern
ing the fighting in the vicinity of Liat
Yang. 1t is reported that Gen. Kurok
has seized and cut the railroad soutl
of Mukden, thus separating the Rus
sian forces and cutting Lao Yang of
from a direct line of retreat, but con
firmation of this report cannot be OBJ
tanned.
The fighting reported occurring cas-
and southeast of Lao Yang is re
garded here as preliminary to large
contest in the immediate vicinity o
Lao Yang. II Is expected that Gems
Kurok, Oku and Nodzu will press for
ward speedily.