Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-05
KUROPATKIN AT BAY.
Russian Army Surrounded by nass-
 es of Victorious .Japs.


 Newchwang say that General kuroki, with 100000 men, is now behind the Russian forces: General Oku, with an army of 50,OOO men, is on their front, while hanking them on the left is Gen. eral Nodzu, with his division of 5O,00O men.
 If General KuropatTsin is defeated in this battle he must either move west ward or surrender.
 The foreign military attaches are with the second army en route for the front to witness the battle
 Japanese troop ships are expected here with re-enforcements for General Kurok
 The Russian troops at Port Arthur have been driven back to the last line of their defenses. The Japanese attack ing force has $50 guns in action.
 General Oku has reported to Tokyo that the enemy is retreating continu- ally.
 The Japanese army has occupied Hail cheng and NeWchwang, situated thirty miles northeast of the open port of the same name.
 The capture of Haicheng by the Jap anese has caused vivid disappointment at St. Petersburg. People there had been led to believe that a strong stand would be made by General Kuropatkin, who was personally in command.
 While few details are given concern Ing the casualties, from a reliable source 1t is learned that more than thousand Russian prisoners were talk en. This does not at all harmonize with the official hackneyed phrase, Our forces retired in perfect order.''
 A dispatch from gAnshanshan, half way between Haicheng and Liaoyang. says that the Japanese advance is be- ing continued with great energy against the southern army. The Russian main forces continue their retirement, but flank movement.
 General Sacharoff has reported to St. Petersburg that twenty nine officers and over a thousand men were killed or wounded and that six guns were captured by the Japanese in the en- agreements at Simoucheng and Hai- cheng.
 Tokyo reports say that Field Marshal Oyama, who has taken over command of the Japanese forces in Manchuria, and General Kodama, his chief of staff, have left Kaichow and established headquarters in the field with the army.
 General Yuen, the Chinese command CT in Manchuria, who has his head quarters in Mukden. has sent dis patches to his officers in charge of the Chinese troops west of the Liao river instructing them to prevent the Rus sians, in the least offensive manner possible, from violating the neutrality of Chinese territory by crossing the river, in case they should be driven back by the Japanese from their pres ent positions.
 General Kurolzi's right is within twenty miles of Liaoyang on the north east. His advance guard is in action with the Russians daily
 1t is reported that 10000 Japanese troops have landed at Yinkow, the port of Newchwang, and are advancing rap idly in the direction of Liaoyang. Marching from Yinkow. they would take the Russians on the right flank.
 The suggestion that General Kuro- patkin may relinquish the idea of se- riously defending even Liaoyang, where enormous stores have accumu- lated, receives support from the latest reports, which say that large num- Der of troops have evacuated Liaoyang and are retiring on Mukden.
 A rumor is current at St. Petersburg that a great battle is in progress north of Haicheng.