The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-03

Rtsnd northSnf the Tat Use Rlter.
There seems TO he an air OF cons idera PIC
ssnnfiionce al Pcterhoff Friday night.
All oiIlciai who saw he ~ roT5 ~ !
s.,ts ftetnoon, said that no W va eAsle'''e-
! ~ con tIdcrt and IN good spirits:
Face Impossible Task.
EXPERTS who are familiar with the !,
nature Of the Intricate and powerful =.
5 ,,efenses constructed north OF Iai-i Sc
bs General Vclsehko. one OF Russ NJ 7
DE- foremost army engineers, believe t nat
s. ira Ja,,anese arc facing an almost I'M
II ,,rssible task ia attacking them esPe--
Is sfajly with divided forces, 3,
EtS n sis t,olnted out that General knroRl
3 yil, have to make a considerable detour-
& 10 reu,,te his forces. The bridge. he y,
4 ,,I,,,t,ihrs Of, the north bank of the Tai-Ise
i river .,rs strongly defended by entire ~
s ed artillery, while 1t ts understood l'n .;at
II there is n strong rear guard sun on lio
..o,ith bank to contest the Japanese az
vance thus making the bridges u' yer
d ,n,nracticabie for Japanese CROSSING.
,,.pn f,iver. itself. therefore, becomes an
I ,,,nortnnt factor IN the general scheme or
defense. 4. u,
Ncn,irov,tch Da1,che&o, the we'll known
r,ussia,, correspondent in the service OF
fla Associated Press, in a dispatch from To- N
3 Lao Yang dated August 31st, says:
,,Tbe Russian balloon corps has been
az The greatest service throughout tho
several days fighting in locating the
Japanese advance through the thick lt
cover Of the Chinese cornfields, wh hesl
Japanese columns frequently tried 70
creep and surprise the Russian posl,iio ms;
.rrhe Japanese are using lyddte and
shir,nse powder. The latter is terrific III
Its effects, and its brown haze Is easily
distingnishablc on the curtalned slopes OF
the hills. whore hundreds OF Japanese
guns all day long, poured in a deadly
II rain of fire.
,a1,he soldiers are in excellent spirits
81 General Stakelberg is personally visit
s. ing and inspecting tho various positiohs'i
IN Como Of the batteries, 1t has been I'M
azs poss,ble to remove tho killed or wound
81 ed for three days"
Kuropatkin's Dispatch.
September 2-4.5o r. M.--At q o clock
4 thts 4 afternoon, the war office received
~. q 1 dispatch from Peterhoff, sent TO the
Emperor last night by General lSu'ropa !
III kin. dated s p. NJ. yesterday. AS tr !,
rnitted to the war Office for publication,
the informat ton is extremely meagre, and and
only reveals the truth In the light OF the
INTERPRETATION OF those who are CONVEX
53s sam with tho situation Mt Lao \ anE.
1t is possible that this is 3ustiiiap I ~ -
" stratcgic grounds. As cor, municate ~
the press, the dispatch STAYS y, tnas a..
artillery battle proceeded till the hour
Of sending it, and that the Russians were
retiring upon their main positions :, J
js 4hat General IluolS was attacking Athc
Russian left, north of the Taitseg RlVer,
that the railroad stat ioh which is situated
q mile northwest of Lilac ang had 4. pe e,
set on fire by japanese sneiis. .e,.s tha
III station had been transferre cross a. 5tle =
,5 river to "a point on the north bank; tnal
Kt,ropa tkint had passed 4, In reYie w the
Third Siberian Corps nnd erE General wan y,
Off. which suffered greatly IN the ca rler
&z stages of the battle on Il g east Iro On :,
and the RUSSIAN losses
No absolute Information has reached
4 the war office confirming the reports ina
~ iao Yang has been occupied y by the
SIS .Tanancss. hit It. is postttvc " KIN own that
II General Kuropatlitni decided to 81 VI ~ ORA"
from his positions south OF l,ia ~ an
& To- he north or right bank Of the ~ itse
III I,;,yerF truesaay hight. and the orders
we're az tually given. MS tated IN THESE
s IA trt,e yes terday. The war Office pre-
Isl sst11nes that the movement wa carried GU :,
g since tie latest adHices yesterday 0Wer 2
& hat the crossing of eac5 riTer was was nor
being opposed. ~. y,
5 thase dispatches last rs Sht, that g
strongest Russian position pre- nars.f' / fess
35s4 {; encral ISuropatkin was M round me
4 town Of LAO Yang, az pll BIC NJ, nag
u been led to believe, but on ne rlghl ~
IL north bank of q he Taitse River, was vas s 2
\ secret SO II successfully guarded That no
sscye, an intimation Of | I had leaked out i
st y Is 3 now explained that the RUSSIAN
comma ndcr-in- chief had ali along artl-
88cipated that the Japanese. when they
made their advance on 1iao Yang, Would Z
pursue the Identical tactics which y had
been SO successful in eve a & previous STA &c
M of thel campaign, II and while attacking IN
~ front. would attenlp. by a wide dctour, to
3E35 thank the Russian position. This ,ime
III Camera Il X uropatkin WAS not caught nap
4 ping. He was prepared for Just Wh;.l
q happened, and as soon as ne received
word that General Kuroli had crossec
$s the Taitse twenty miles above Lao Yang
NJ q nd was moving westward, gKuropatkil
met the move by throwing his @hole
.sss army over at night. BY this piece 81
& strategy kuropaIkin, in the opinion o.
the general staff. gained an imlnenss
IL advantage. His army is oncentrated# Q,
one side of the river, and the@road Is SUI
i9l;5 omen for his retirement northward, Will
the japanese armies, which must act II
unison. are separated blythe river, whici
nlaces KuropatKin in q, position to oppos
S5 Kuroh with his whole army. while Gen
vi erals cku and Nodgu are stranded q
the other side. which gives lsuopatki
ram q }DOSSlbles OPPORTUNITY " ~ ~
Icons tactics and defeat the opposin
l2 force In detail. 4,
1t Is understood that throughout tn
lighting OF the last few days, Kuropat
kin,s main reserves did not leave thei
position on the right bank Of the river.
Report Not Admitted.
The report that telegraphic communi
8lS cation between Lao Yang and Mukde
has been severed is not admitted at tn
War Office. which points out that 1t ha
only been receiving two kilograms dali
from General lSuroratkin and Sakharof
Two were received yesterday. The alb
sence OF press kilograms Is explained, n
announced in these dispatches yesterday
but the transfer of the head telegraph OF
III fee at Lao Yang to Shakhe, fifteen mile
north, which was necessltated by&he fac
that the Japanese shells We're drcppin
3 into the office. although tho office va
situated on the north bank Of The Taits
River. A shell killed Two operators Nor
day. The field telegraph which is worl
ft,,xv a,etxy n M % j,ea