The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-09-07
RUSSIANS STAND PAT.
Second Round in Conflict at Liao-Yang
Under Way-First Assault In
Favor of Cars Troops.

The news silence regarding the bat
tie of Liao-Yang-perhaps regarded as
the most sanguinary in the history OK
warfare-which began with dispatches
to the Associated Press direct from
the battlefield late on Tuesday night
was broken by Associated Press dis
patches received Wednesday saying
that fighting had been resumed at
dawn that morning and that the firing
extended along the entire line some
seven miles in extent.
A dispatch from Lao Yang received
Late in the afternoon told of repeated
bayonet advances On the road dlrecr"
ly south of Liae-Yang where the Rus
slams sheiled the Japanese POSITIONS
until 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, when
the engagement, which was general
throughout the south and southeast;
narrowed to the main line. The can
nonading continued until evening with
out advantage on either side.
The sudden termination of direct dts
patches gave rise to the belief that
communication had been cut north OF
Liao-Yang was incorrect.
7 A Mao-Yang dispatch fled at 5:21
D. m. Wednesday said that the Japan
ese were getting around the Russian
left flank, while later dispatch st tteJ
that the Russians had effected en- adj
vance along the railroad to the south
ward from which direction the Rus
sions retreated before the battle OF
Liao-Yang was begun.
Reports reaching st. Petersburg are
to the effect that after fighting twelve
hours, Tuesday, the Japanese were
driven back by the Russians, the tide
of battle turning in favor of the Rus
slams at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Russians claim to have retaken
several forts in the afternoon which
had been occupied earlier in the day
by the Japanese.
The dispatches estimated the Jap
anese force at about 5000 men and
the Russians at from 10000 to 200,-
600 men with from six hundred to
one thousand guns engaged on each
side.
The highest military authorities in
St. Petersburg consider that the most
critical stage of the battle has not
yet been reached, and they believe
that the fight may continue for some
time before either side acknowledges
defeat. This is an important consid-
Grafton by the light of which to in
terpret any immediate news.
I 1t is thought that, in view of the
numbers engaged, the desperateness of
the assaults and the length OF the
lines, about seven miles, the losses
in the two days fighting can not fall
short of 10000 on each side. Both
sides are straining every nerve, real
izing that the fortunes Of war for a
whole year are in the scale and nei-
Their side is in the mood nor the posi-
ton to spare men in the effort to
achieve a final victory.
The battle of Liao-Yang will proba'
bly, rank as one of the great sanguin'
airy battles of history. 1t is estimated
by the general staff that the japanese
armies engaged number seventeen di'
visions of $1,000 men each, or, allow
ing for inefncients, about 100000 men
Each division has thirty-six guns, and
there are two independent artillery
brigades of one hundred guns each,
making a total of about 800 guns.
In the preliminary fighting of Mon
day the Russians captured 200 prison
ers. who have already arrived at
Hardin, and report persists that they
captured over forty Japanese guns on
Tuesday.