Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
OKU TAKES KAIPING
JAPS WIN STRATEGICAL PLACE
AFTER HARD FIGHT.
Japanese Continue Their Advance
Despite Rains and Bad Roads
Constant Skirmishing.

cablegram from Tokyo last night says:
After severe fighting, Gen. Oka. command
ing the southern Japanese army. occupied
Kaiping today.
ka:ping is an important strategical point
from which the japanese can march on
Niuchwapg.
A cablegram from Liao-yang says: There
have been repeat ted skirmishes during the
past few days at Dalin Pass some of them
being hand-to-hand encounters.
The japanese have a tremendous force
east of LiaO-yang and they evidently want
to force a big battle before the rains set in
The Russian soldiers anxious for
fight Whatever may be the strategical
plans of the generals. nothing. II Is evident
would please the soldiers better than to be
allowed to close with the japanese
Increasing JAP Activity.
A cablegram from ST Petersburg last
night says: Reports from the front indicate
that the continued and sing activity
of the japanese is all-important. The ad-
vance posts of Lieut.. Gen. Count Keller S
forces, holding the Fens-wanE-cheng roads
converging on Liao-yang. are faced by a
heavy Japanese force, and there Is constant
skrmish hing In the region of Dalin Pass.
At neither point has there yet been de-
veloped unmistakable forward move
NlenC, SO IfitC zen. hurDkl dow AT Inc
railway. which every one at the front is
expecting may fall anywhere between Kali
chou and Liao-yang.
1t Is believed that the japanese are plan
ming attack of some sort before the
rains begin again.
Japs Making a General Advance.
Gen. Sakharoff, commander of the eastern
army. in long dispatch to the general
staff, dated yesterday, reports outpost Skin
mishes over a wide territory throughout
July ) and July 6. which indicate a general
advance of the Japanese. who are driving
back the Russian advance posts. Sakharoff
says the Russian losses during the fighting
July have not been definitely ascertained
but it is known that two officers and fifteen
men were killed wounded He says:
I'm general we observed July that the
enemy was taking the offensive simulta-
neouSly along his whole front. extending
from the seashore far as the valley of
the Chin-chan river. On the morning of
July vast camp of the enemy was dis
covered in the neighborhood of Siao-khetzza.
At 5 a. m. July the enemy occupied the
heights near BoaStchja
NO rains have fallen recently"
Advance on Kai-Chou.
The office confirms the reports of the
japanese advance toward kai-chou. as re-
ported in these dispatches yesterday, but is
inclined to regard the movement as a
demonstration south while changing the
disposition of troops to make an attack
elsewhere. Danger is considered more likely
from the direction Of Ta-lien-wan or Fen
shut passes. although there is no sign of a
move In force thence Yet the advance upon
kai-chcu extends over a front of fifteen
miles and includes about 10000 men, The
Japanese center is at Tai-si-shan on the
Chouf river, eight miles southeast of Kali
chou.
Constant skirmishing with Gems Samson
of and ChrikoT is occurring as the Japan
ese move forward along the railroad and
from the Siu-yan mountains
The military expert Of the Russkyja Vie
domosti believes Gen. Kuropatkin has not
decided to accept a general gagement
near Liao-yang. wherefore he Is not offer
ing strong resistance to the advance of the
Japanese from Feng-wang- cheng desiring
to draw them on to his own selected ground