The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-09-22
ORDERED TO FORCE BATTLE
GEN. oYAMA RECEIVES INSTRUC-
TON FROM TOXIC.
Must Retrieve His Failure to Crush
Kuropatkin in Fighting at
Liaoyang.

London. Sept. 16.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Express says Field Mar
shall Oyama has received the most rigid
instructions to resume the offensive as
soon as his troops are recuperated, as
the roads will permit an attack upon
Gen. ,Kuropatkin before winter begins.
Should the Russians retire to Hardin to
avoid battle Field Marshal Oyama will
pursue them with his three armies. The
collapse of Oyama's scheme to surround
Gen. Kuropatkin at Liaoyang caused
this order, which, it is stated, is inspired
by the emperor.
Must Retrieve Loss.
The general staff is bitterly disap-
pointed by the escape of Gen. Kuropat-
kin, and Oyama must retrieve himself
for, according to the japanese view, his
STACEY failed. Consequently desper-
ate attack may be expected, which, if
directed against Telling instead of Muk-
den, must be accompanied by terrible
slaughter.
The entire force now is suffering from
absolute exhaustion and needs sleep
equally with food. 1t may be several
weeks before Oyama is ready to advance
1t is certain, however, that the japanese
do not intend to close the present cam
paign until they make another desperate
effort to crush the Russian army
Transports now are loading troops
and supplies at Kobe and Hiroshima.
These are to be landed at Yinkow and
sent north by railroad. 1t is understood
at least 100000 men and 100 guns will be
added to the japanese army before Oc-
tober 1. The majority of these are sea-
soned troops from northern Japan who
are able to withstand the Manchurian
winter.
Japs Move on Russians.
st. Petersburg, Sept. ia dispatch
from Mukden, announcing that accord
ing to information from Chinese
sources, the Japanese are leaving gar
rison at Liaoyang and their main forces
are moving out on the Russian TANKS,
is partially confirmed by the dispatch
from Gen. Kuropatkin reporting that
the japanese are massing on the Rus
sian TANKS, that large force is con-
] SCuCi at ~ LILIES
southeast of Mukden, and that another
force. whose strength has not been
established, is moving up the Lao val
ley. The greater part of Field Marshal
Oyama's army, however, is still near
Yentai, encamped along the heights be-
tween the mines and the railroad.
While the war Office does not expect an
immediate advance, the preliminary
dispositions of the Japanese forces are
taken to indicate that the japanese il
tend when they advance to strike from
the eastward. They seem to be avoiding
the territory west of the Lao river, pos
sibly because it is fiat and would give
the Russians the advantage of their su-
| periority in cavalry. Chinese residents
fleeing to Mukden complain that the
Japanese are pillaging Liaoyang.
japanese Attacks REFUSED.
st. Petersburg, Sept. ia dispatch
from Mukden says the Russian patrols,
up to the present time, have repulsed
all Japanese outpost attacks and that
communications with Sinmintin have
not been interrupted. Practically all
the Russian stragglers, according to
this dispatch, have arrived at Mukden.
st. Petersburg Incredulous.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-THE war