The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-13
WINNING n GREAT VICTORY.
How Liao Yang Was Taken by the
Japanese After Five Days of Clio
rious Fighting.
(By the Associated Press


Lao Yang, Sept. 4.-Via Tien Tsin,
Sept. 10.-The Japanese at 8 O'Clock
yesterday evening discovered that the
Russians had evacuated Lao Yang
and at II O'Clock they sent scouting
parties to the southern and western
walls of the city. AT o'clock this
morning troops of the victorious army
quietly entered and Occupied Lao Yang,
General Kuropatkin's former base and
stronghold. This success was achieved
after five days Of glorious fighting.
The character of the Japanese adj
vance apparently had served as a
warning to Kuropatkin to make sure
of his retreat and his transport was
on August 20 seen moving rapidly out
of Lao Yang over the railroad bridge,
At 10 o'clock on the morning of ths,
20th, General Kuropatkin's staff
moved out of Lao Yang. At the same
time rifle fire was heard drawing
nearer to the railroad station and this
was an indication of the sure advance
of the Japanese left army.
The fences around all the houses at
Lao Yang had been removed in or
der to facilitate the movement of wagy
ons and troops. Wounded men, of
whom none were seen on the 10th.
were trailing along the roads from
the south and southwest into Lilac
Yang on the 30th. The Russians made
use of a field balloon all day long on
the goth and by means of it they got
the range of one Japanese battery
which they succeeded in putting OUT
of action.
AS general thing. however, they
failed to find the enen1y's batteries or
his troops, while the Japanese CONF
tinued to silence Russian battery af-
ter Russian battery.
Three Days of Hot Work.
At o'clock in the afternoon of
the Goth the Japanese shellei Rus
sian battery post stationed on a hill
within three miles of Lao Yang but
shortly after this hour it became APP
parent that the Russians had begun
to hold their own. BY A o'clock in the
afternoon the Japanese shrapnel fire
was confined to the position at Chiao-
fantun where the Russians were dis
putting every hillock with the enemy.
The Japanese made repeated but un-
successful assaults upon this position.
The Russian casualties for the goth
and Goth totalled more than 5000
men.
The Japanese, from a low range of
hills to the southeast and south of
Shushan began Smelling the northern
end of the Russian line at Substance
at a quarter before ten on the morn
ing of the 31st. This artillery fir :
was preceded and accompanied by in
fantry rushes over the valley ahl the
lower hills south of the road. They
began before dawn ana were con-
tinued until evening, the Japanese Off
GERS urging their wornout and faint
ing men with the points of their
swords. There was very hard fight
ing at round topped hill in the Rus
sian line opposite the point where the
two Japanese armies under Generals
Nodzu and Oku came together. The
Russian position here was protected
with wire entanglements and a small
body of Russian troops absolutely re-
fused to retire. In one trench seven
men fought CALAMITY until they were
surrounded by the Japanese. At the
end of this sharp fighting the Rus
SLAMS were hurting down sandbags
upon the enemy. They succeeded in
killing one Japanese officer and injur-
ing another after which they surren-
dered and the hill was occupied by the
enemy.
An Inferno of Battle.
AT o'clock in the evening the fight
ing, which had ragged all day long