Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-03
ATTACK HmEIYINGTAl|
Kuropatkin's Great Struggle
to Hold Russian Positions.
GREAT BATTLE ALONG TAITSE RIVER
Linoyang Reported In FIames-Ku-
rOki Pressing Fierce Charges to
surround and Cut on Cars
Troops From Mukden.

6uEFDunu anu Cut OH NAANb
Troops From Mukden.
LONDON, Sept. 3.-From the lates
dispatches 1t would seem that Genera
Kuropatkin, the Russian commander
has effected O partial retirement, plac
ing the river between himself and thu
main body of the Japanese and at thu
same time establishing a position tina
will enable him to oppose the force
under General Kuroki, which has sue
ceeded in crossing the river and il
now attacking the Russian left.
The fate of the great bulk of the re
treating Russian army hinges, there
fore, upon the bravery and fortitudt
Of its left flank.
1t is reported here that General XII
roki has succeeded in piercing the left
flank of the Russian forces on the
right bank of the Taitse river, giving
him an opportunity to cut off tele-
graph communication with st. Peters
burg.
From now on the RussianSforces will
fight desperately to cover the twenty
five miles to Mukden before the Japa-
nese armies can again turn their flank
and get between them and supplies.
1t is the hope of the Russians to
check General Kuroki's advance so
as to protect their line of retreat, de-
spite the fierce assaults of the Japa-
nese. If the latter should succeed in
striking q hard blew at the flank of
the retreating Russian army it may
place the forces Of the z in a pre-
dicament from which it will be diff
cult for them to escape.
The greater portion of Kuropatkin's
protecting force seems to have been
massed in the neighborhood of Hell
yingtai, twelve miles northeast of
Liaoyang, where it is being iercely
assaulted by General Kuroki.
Advices from Tokyo say that Gener-
al Kuroki's right is continuing to press
the attack ut Heiyingtai, seeking
ground whence their guns will domi-
nate the railroad. The troops under
General Kuroki are jaded and weary.
They have been marching and fighting
since Aug. %, but in spite of this they
attacked with spirit. The japanese
are confident that they have already
back the strong Russian force
with which they have been engaged,
and 1t is probable that when the details
are known it will be found that a great
tragedy has been enacted along the
river.
The river is flooded and cannot be
General Oku. in command of
the Japanese left army, has directed
energies to forcing the Russians to
the Taitse, and it is probable that
many We're drowned there.
Dispatches lately received report
that great fires are raging at Liaoyang.
The fires are believed to result from
Japanese shells or from the Russians
attempts to destroy their stores with
the hope of injuring the city as a fu-
ture Japanese base.
Unofficial estimates place the Rus
sian forces in the vicinity of Liaoyang
at fifteen divisions of $4,000 men each.
These are probably excessive, but it is
evident. that numerically the Russians
the Japanese.
The opinion that the Russian casual
ties in the recent fighting will reach
10000 is confidently expected in high
quarters here. Neither Field Marshal
nor the Japanese army COM
manders have yet estimated the Rus
sian losses.
1t seems that the japanese avoided a
direct assault upon Liaoyang itself,
but devoted their energies to the troops
the city and an effort to cut off
the Russian retreat. Liaoyang is
strongly fortified, and the japanese did
not attack the city directly until they
had succeeded in isolating 1t.
Nemirovitch Danchenko, the well
Russian correspondent, In q dis
patch from Liaoyang says:
'The Russian balloon corps has been
Of the greatest service throughout the
days fighting in locating the
Japanese advance.
''The Japanese are using lyddite and
Chinese powder. The latter is ter
rife In its effects, and It's brown haze
easily distinguishable on the cur
tain slopes of the hills, where hundreds
Of japanese guns all day long pour in
A deadly rain of fire. In some of the
batteries it was impossible to remove
the killed or wounded for three days.
There seems to be IN air of consid-
confidence at the Peterhof pal
ice. An official who saw the emperor
said that his majesty is extremely con-
ident and in good spirits.
The report that Rear Admiral Prince
0uktomsky, now in command of the
naval forces at Port Arthur. is to be
court martialed utterly lacks confirma-
ion.
Trying to Reach Mukden