The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-08-30
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WITH FhNATICAL BRAVERY
JAPANESE REPEATEDLY ASSAULT
RUSSIAN POSITION ON THE
EXTREME LEFT.
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St Petersburg, Ang. 30.-General
| Kuropatkin has been drawing in all
his forces from his eastern and south
ern fronts toward Liaoyang. Anping
Tsegow, Liandiansian and Anshan
shan, constituting the main positions
of the outer defense line of Liaoyang
have been abandoned. The heaviest
| fighting occurred on the extreme left
where the japanese advanced TO the
assault again and again with bayonets.
The positions at Tsegow and Anping
were held by the Tenth European
corps. The attacks were delivered
with fanatical bravery. The Russians
lost large proportion of officers, ten
guns and from / 800 to 1900 men, but
the Russians had been generally sue
cessful in beating off the assaults all
along the long line and the Russians
declare that the order to retire came
as surprise just when they We're ex-
pecting orders for gssneraI advance.
This is considered TO be proof that
General Kuropatkin, finding his main
positions menaced on the flank and
anticipating difficulties in Withdrawing
owing TO the condition of the roads,
which have suddenly been transformed
into mud bogs by the rain, considered
that a retreat was imperative. The
retirement from the east front was
greatly impeded by the conversion of
the Ian river into a raging torrent
and this probably accounts for the
failure of the Japanese to follow up
the retiring Russians
May Cut of Russian Retreat.
The japanese column moving up the
Liao river and threatening General
Kuropatkin from the west is regarded
as being extremely dangerous and Gen
eral Kuroki's extreme right seems also
to be working around General Her
schelmann's position az Anping and to
be moving toward Mukien.
The strength nf hfsl.nn.alnnino Ian
anese armies may be judged from the
fact that General Oku alone, who is
coming up from the south, is officially
reported to have $4,000 men. Whether
General Kuropatkin intends to accept
battle at Liaoyang may not be known
positively for several days, but the
belief several times indicated in these
dispatches prevails here that he will
withdraw northward, having found
lIldl lie Is not SlIOHS tHOuSu lO cope
with the japanese and realizing that
Liaoyang is made no longer tenable
on account of the Japanese threats at
his west rear His retirement un-
doubtedly will cause keen public dis
appointment, as it was generally be-
lieved that he at last had sufficient re-
Inducements TO accept decisive en-
gagement and by the military critics
his retreat is interpreted to mean
great prolongation of the war.
The Toxic report that General Ku-
roki had succeeded in cutting the rail
road south of Mullden is not confirmed
by the telegraph department, where it
is said that no reports have been re-
ceiVed of an interruption of communi-
cations. OF course it is realized here
that If the. railroad north of Liaoyang
is cut the position of the Russian army
would be rendered serioas, i! not des-
perate, as ii probably would compel
General Kuropatkin to ACCEPT an en-.
gagemont aaainst his will.