Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-09

Berlin, Sept. IA dispatch from
Lao Yang to the Lokal AnZeiger says:
What appears to be the deciding
battle began at 4 a. m. Since then the
artillery has been laundering and the
rife fire has been rolling necessarily.
1.-THE encircling heights resemble fire.
emitting mountains. The japanese be-
gan their attack east of Lao Yang
along the Taitse river, but were re-
pulsed.
"The firing is now especially heavy
on the south and southwest of Liao
Yang. One can no longer distinguish
the individual detonations. The Rus
sian army is full of confidence, The to-
tai strength of the combatants engaged
Is estimated at over 800, 600 men. The
battle probably will continue for sew
eral days"
Lao Yang, Sept. THE battle is
growing in Intensity. The Japanese fire
is chiefly directed on the Russian
southern contingent. The Japanese adj
vance is being pressed with such vigor
that It has davalanad into hand to
hand fighting, the Twenty-third regi-
ment repelling an attack at the point
of the bayonet. One Japanese battery
was dismdntled.
Wounded men have been pouring into
Lao Yang since 8 this morning, mostly
hurt by shrapnel shells, but some by
rifle bullets. The heights OF Haetung.
near the railroad, have been showered
with projectiles.
st. Petersburg, Sept. General
Sakharoff reports that a large Japa-
nese force is advancing northward
along the Taitse river valley, west OF
the railroad.
The latest reports received by the
xx,o - ofGna 4-lioof> H. haktI~ - a
Yang will probably extend for several
days. The Japanese are directing their
energies to bombarding segments of
the circle Of defensive positions occu-
pied by the Russians. The latter al
ready nave suffered severely from the
hail OF shells.
Sakharoff reports that the Japanese
shrapnel fire inflicted considerable
losses on the Russian troops. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Pokatilofr, commanding a
battery of the Sixth east Siberian bril-
gade. vas killed.
st. Petersburg, Sept. THE long
expected battle at Lao Yang has be-
gun n the two armies are now fight
ing what probably will prove to be the
decisive battle of the campaign. The
Japanese armies are attacking Gen.
eral Kuropatkin's forces upon his
chosen grounds. and his friends and ad-
mirers here are confident hat having
accepted a general engagement, he will
defeat the Japanese.
In a brief telegram received this
morning General Kuropatkin says the
general advance OF the Japanese began
at noon yesterday, the Russian out
posts falling back upon the main lire.
The heaviest fighting was taking place
when the dispatch was sent, from a
point ten miles southwest of Lao Yang,
where the Japanese seem to be con-
centrating for their main blow. The
Russians suffered principally from the
shrapnel fire OF the Japanese artillery.
The japanese selected the mikado's
birthday for the decisive battle. and
1t will not be surprising II today is also
s~ignaltzed by a grand assault on Port
Arthur.
The Russian forces are disposed at
Lao Yang to meet the onslaught OF
three Japanese armies numbering over
200. 900 men. The telegram from Kuro-
patkin which gives this information,
together with details OF the retirement
Of the Russian troops upon Lao Yang,
has not been given out for strategic
reasons. The Japanese forces are con-