Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-07
The ApS ,)EE'!, ENTER ENTER LAO YANG.
Russian Headquarters III Manehuria Occupied
After Desperate Fighting

the right bank involved the abandon=
! ment Of Lilac Yang, which is situated
on the left bank The Japanese took
advantage of this to occupy the city,
but the sternest part Of the fighting
lis still before them unless General Ku-
:ropatkfn decides at the last hour to
again fall back to the northward. It
! is more likely, however, that he will
decide to fight to a finish. The cards
are all In his favor, it is believed, now
that he has the Japanese divided by
the river, thus effctually turning the
tables upon his foe.
"The determined pursuit by the jap
anese of the Russian outposts when
General Kuropatkin gave the first order
to withdraw, was probably due to their
anxiety to keep the Russians south Oh
Lao Yang until General Kuropatkln
should be, able to strike from the north
east. General Kuropatkin, however,
saw the trap and cleverly avoided It,"
Up to the hour Of fling this dispatch
the War Office has not given out the
details of the fighting of September J.,
but it is believed that this fighting ex-
ceeded in fierceness that Of any pre-
yious day.
CENSORS WITHHELD NEWS.
The absence Of press kilograms from
Lao Yang on September L aroused
suspicion that changes Of Importance
were proceeding which the military
censors did not wish to be made
known.
A telegram from the Associated
Press correspondent at Mukden, filed
at 9:27 on the evening Of September
i, states that the train. service be-
tween Mukden and Liao Yang has been
interrupted, but the dispatch does not
mention whether telegraphic commu-.
nication are open.
According to a dispatch from 'Liao
Yang, General Kuroki made his first
attempt to cross the Taitse river late
in the evening under cover of heavy
bombardment of the extreme Russian
left. The Japanese artillery, which
had been firing uninterruptedly for IA
hours that day, ceased about 9 o'clock
and then suddenly re-opened about IL
o'clock to. conceal Kuroki's prepara-
tions for crossing the river. These
preparations necessitated the estab-
lishment Of a pontoon bridge, as the
river was not fordable lower down the
stream.
JAPS CROSSED 20 MILES ABOVE.
The efforts of the Japanese to cross
the river on August 80, were not sue,
cessful, and General Kuroki ordered
a portion OF the army to ford it at
Sakankankwantun. General Kuropat-
kin was unable to prevent the passage
of the river, owing to the distance from
Lao Yang, about 20 miles, but for the
same reason the !apanes were unable
to bring the forces which gained the
right bank imned ediately into action.
zssKuropatkfnG heard ofSthe4pass
SakaMkaHkwanIun aIrerE Eb UCIUcKsEo@ns on
Intervening ofsAugust5 1; and immedi-,
atelyEgaYeS orders for his men to fall
back upon the outer: positions. This
move is explained blythe desire to col
lect strong force with which TO re-
pei the fanking attack:
General Sakharoff, in a dispatch to
the general staff dated today on yes.
terdays fighting says:
"a portion Of General Kuroki's force
has crossed to the right bank of the
'Taitse river and Sakankankwantun. A
division of infantry with cavalry and
artillery crossed first and covered the
advance Of another detachment. After
fording the river the Japanese ad-
vanced towards Lao Yang in TWO
bodies, one due west and the other
by the way Of the Yontai mines.
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY.
The japanese left number of dead.
After each bayonet engagement our
troops found time to dig pits in the
fields of Chinese corn in front of some
OF our positions. These, in some cases,
were completely filled with japanese
corpses. The enemy's losses must
hEye been enormous. Ours have not
yet been even approximately comput-
ed, but they are also large. A consid-
cradle number of Japanese arms fell
into our hands.
"The night passed quietly. Up to 6
o'clock this morning there has been
no movement on either side.
General Kuroki is constructing a
puntoon biidge.'