Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-29
|ESUME THE ADVANCE
apanese Take the Important
Position of Anping.
fHE BATTLE AGAIN ON
RECFpED BY COMPARTMENT, IN
PANTRY DEPLoY FOR ATTACK.
russians Effect Their Retirement With
Transport and Artillery on Liao
Yang and Await the Assault.
HE BATTLE AGAIN ON

h.IAO YANG, Manchuria. August III ne
hsslan army has effected its retirement,
|ith TRANSPORT and artillery, on Lao Yang,
hid Is now In position awaiting the advanc-
Japanese. The progress of the latter
las been rapid and determined, sparinS of
} sacrifice.
IIn the attack on the Saolindzy position
he Japanese battalion lost all its officers.
|The retirement of the Russian transport
3rps yesterday evening across the plain,
bile the artillery and troops in the rear
tld off the japanese, afforded a magnificent
Sectacle All along the extended lines
ere was an incessant roar of batteries,
e Russians working their guns with great
3olness. and not retiring until the trans
brt was in safety.
Gen. Rontowsky was among the killed.
Battle Resumed This Morning.
3The japanese artillery resumed the bat
B at @ o'clock this morning, the point of
essure again being the Russian south
ont
The Japanese infantry is now advancing
attack. the regiments deployed in open
der.
IThe japanese have transferred their ac-
onts A rear guard battle Is proceeding.
he weather has improved and the roads
g drying. Events, therefore, are likely to
! precipitated.
The Retreat From Anping.
tISIAOTUN eleven miles east of Lao
fng). August G-The Russian army from
hping this afternoon debouched upon the
lao Yang plain, after fighting a rear guard
! tion for nearly two miles from Anping,
tnging it's wounded and burying it's dead
the way. Six guns are reported TO have
en- lost, but number of japanese were
ptured. showing signs of great fatigue
! d hardships.
he enormous army, the last of which
ssed out on the Ian valley at O'Clock
is afternoon, seemed to fill the entire
lin from the foothills to the ancient walls
d was disposed in an orderly manner
rough the vast fields of Chinese corn, the
oilers singing as they went into camp,
spite their unhroken series of reverses,
| ile the baggage and transport trains
fught in the muddy rivulets attracted the
|eerful assistance of everybody Moth
B apparently affects the heartiness of the
3en In the ranks. The line of wounded
en which reached the great east gate this
|ening passed silently through the streets,
deserted as the aisles OF the catacombs.
be litter bearers, with their solitary lam
5ns. presented an impressive spectacle,
fing the Chinese, who today for the first
|ne realized the imminence of a battle.
Russians Abandon Anping.
6T. PETERSBURG. August 29.-General
3uropatkin since yesterday morning has
en- drawing in all his forces from his
hng.
Anping. Tsegow, Liandianslan and An
anshan. constituting the main positions of
outer defense line of Lao Yang, have
en- abandoned. The heaviest fighting oc-
rred on the extreme left where the Jap
tese advanced to the assault again and
Jain with bayonets. The positions at Tse-
W and Anping were held by the 10th
|lropean corps The attacks were de-
cred with fanatical bravery. The Rus
ms lost a large proportion of officers, ten
ms and from 1900 to 2,0o0 men, but the
lssians had been generally successful In
|atng off the assaults all along the long
pc. and the Russians declare that the or
r to retire came as a surprise, Just when
|ey were expecting orders for a general
&vance
|rhis is considered to be proof that Cen
3iropatkin. finding his main positions men,
ed on the flank and anticipating difficult
Is IN WITHDRAWING owing TO the condition
the roads which have suddenly been
hnsformed into mud bogs by the rain
rsidered that a retreat was imperat tive
te retirement from the east front was
eatly impeded by the conversion of the
n river into a mountain torrent, and this
obably also accounts for the failure of
% japanese to follow up the retiring Rus
ms.
japanese Menace on the West.
rhe Japanese column moving up the
40 river and threatening General Kuro-
tkin on the west, was regarded as ex-
emely dangerous and General KuroiPs 8
treme right seems also to be wording
ound General Herschelmann's position at
nping and to be moving toward Mukden.
rhe strength of the enyelopng Japanese
mics may be judged from the fact that
eneral Oku alone, who is coming up from
q south, Is officially reported to have
900 men. Whether General Kuropatkin
tends to accept battle at Lao Yang may
be known positively for several days.
the belief several times indicated in
Sc dispatches prevails here that he will
thdraw northward. having found that he
not strong enough to cope with the
panese and realizing that Lao Yang is
ade no longer tenable on account of the