Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-02
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full and Gen. Kuroki therefore ordered a
portion of his army to ford it at SAX

full and Gen. Kuroki therefore ordered
portion of his army to ford 1t at SAX
ankankwantun.
Gen. Kuropatkin was unable to pre-
vent the passage Of the river owing to
the distance from Lao Yang, about 20
miles, but for the same reason the
Japanese were unable to bring the
forces which gained the right bank i'm
inediately into action.
Kuropatkin heard of the passage Of the
aitse at Standardization after 6
clock on the evening OF Aug. g. and
immediately gave orders for his men to
fall back on the outer positions. This
move is explained by the desire to col
Iect a strong force with which to repel
a thanking movement from the northeast.
The Japanese repeated the attempt to
throw pontoons across the Taitse near
Lao Yang during the night of Aug. 81.
again under cover of a bomb3rdment, and
this attempt is believed to have been
successful. Severe fighting may therefore
be expected Immediately northeast OF the
city The action of the japanese com
rnander in throwing a force across tH+
river in the face of a strong enemy is con-
sidered to be extremely rash and the posi-
tion of this force isolated from the MAIN
lana ese army by a deep river, may easily
become desperate.
CORRESPONDENT Of The Associated Press
at Vladiyostok tclegraphs that me jap
anese are relying on the aid OF the gun
boat fotilla for future operation against
Lao Yang and Mukden. The SunboatS'
the correspondent says, have not YET ma
terialized hut in any case th'y "o''iu
be In no position to render aid 70 force
on the right bank in time OF need, because
tb.v wouId h. unable to run the gauntlet
of the forts at Lao Yang. The strong
cot forts are situated on the right bank
where the Russian army Is now conceh-
trated. The fighting at Lao Yang mas
beaten all records for the desperate Ndlof
NJ the assa atlantis and the invincible stub
borrness of the defenders. The whole ms
tory of warfare tells of no such lombard
ments. no such carnage and no Such per
sistency Day after day the lSht hdS
be.n resumed at daybreak and kept up
with scarcely moments intefmsSloh
until after nightfaIl
Day after DAY the thousands OF dead
bestrewing the battlefield have 10 he re-
moved. The Japanese have invented new
methods to incinerate the heaps OF dtah
comrades. removing the ashes for the non
ors of burial i'll Japan. The wounded
present Il most serious problem as they
tax the transport capacity on either Size
to the utmost.
The most difficult problem, however, is
the bringing up OF supplies. OF 1ood ana
ammunition to every point Of the hSht-
ing line which extends from ~ 10 ~
miles.
Never has such bomba rdmcnt been
known. An eyewitness OF the battle OF
Vafangow told The Associated Press cor
respondent that many officers suffered
nervous prostration owing To the terrible
roar of the artillery. and one military at
tache had to be invaded home Tor the
same reason. yet the artillery ire at Va
fangow was far inferior in intensity to
that at Lao Yang.
che Foo Sept Ia =. MD.-Sir Robert
Hart chief of the Chinese maritime Gus
toms service. has decided thai thu steam
ship Independent he allowed to proceed ioi
New Chwang unhampcred H.
Residents of the Hill heard heavy fir
ton OF Port Arthur The Russian wiz
less telegraph station 10 the east OF ont
Foo has been diSmantled.
Paris. Sept. 1.-The correspondent OF
the Temps at Lao Ying. t"lreraphins
= L
Il watched the battle. Tuesday. stanc'
ing beside Gen. Stakelberg from the ton
Of a peak gv feet high, forming q mar
ycIouS observatory Of the field. All the
efforts of the japanese We're directed
against the south and southeast IhFy
advanced steadily through fields of Chi-
nese corn. The Russians fired when the
Japanese were i'n yards away.
The japanese constantly reinforced their
front lines One division turned the Rus
sian right flank. At in the afternoon
dhe Russians brought up part Of their re
serves and deafrning cinnonade fol-
lowed. The peak where stood was swept
with shrapneI. Gen. Stak'lberg bareIE
capped being killed by shell which burst
feet from us.
Cen Mi-tenchenko. with all the cavalry
nd reserves had difficulty in hoLting
..ick the ruShcs Of the japanese. Ram
softcned the ground. / left the peak at :
O'Clock in the evening. NV servant, wh"
reached the peak at about that time. said
The night was pitch dark. The JapancS"
ATTEMPTED to advance under cover of the
darkness at = O'Clock. Wednesday morn
ing hut momentary moonlight disclosed
the fact that two strong japanese col
umns were bringing mp cannon.
'rhe Russian batteries thcreupon open
ch fire and the Japanese fell back quick
W. At O'Clock there was violent can
nonadc and ut o'clock the Russian sta #
sent up balloon 10 observe the Japanese
movements. The Japanese shots failed To
roach It AZ 10 o'clock the cannonade
had almost finished at the south. where
the Japanese attack had been complete
ly checked