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ting of railroad 20. r.nrir. ft,- ,ybicb
would deprive Gen. Nrr,ratt,g, If an
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open.
A dispatch from 1uhio fed II re at
two p. m. Thursday. said toy,} ,5,ular
estimates of the dat, at Lh7 f.n ri Port
Arthur inclined to tt Ia5t wot.l IT, San-
TENDER. ...
Losses EroEnrus
1t is thought here that. IN VIZ F., 81, the
numbers engaged, the de.Ftr1 an - of
the assaults and the length d; INK line
about seven miles, the ,o$ses in t;,e two
days fighting cannot W i an n j. z 1000
on each side. Both s;Gi ple {; !; ring
every nerve, realizing fltfglnes
of war for a whole We ale
and neither Side Is in e. = 1...- = n. he
position to spare menl ID .tslesseEEs'it to
achieve final victory
One Of the Ores lest Bs[stts
The battle of Liaoyahg Will pfob@bly
rank as one of the most sangnb naFS Dat
ties of history. 1t is sEtirIattsa ~ the
general staff that the ]apsae Sc sTfnies
engaged number II divisions af ] = 600
men each, or, allowiI i3r iHcttcieats,
about 100000 men. Ea,h j;y.isioT has
SO guns, and there arr .4o inIerep lent
artillery brigades of Ice guns eao:s 70 ak
Ing a total of about &C. guns. fhe asti-
mates of Russian correspona lsnts "a lge
at from 600 to 1000 guns pes siae In
the preliminary fightiilg Of rigaday he
Russians captured zoe prisoners, Tho
have already arrived slETafhin ap' re-
port persists that they ;sp>ar9d oTt, 40
Japanese guns Tuesday ten. kuro-
patkin's effective fore es} ere f2riepsly
estimated at from no. o. MG4omen.
One of the surprisin, BE sit
uatlOn is the enONFds spSH
They have beer eugeged Je,,i's .... yIor
two days az sr IN aTg q less sera2a hght-
ing under ut fay ora. e conditions very
day since AQr,.st 81 /: wo.id seem
thar human sesd .apcs co1t not persist
iunei, lorgsr w'zkpUt lespite of some
sort
iiacyarr. suI. 29.-The Russians re-
red fCaul 5 .lshanshan Saturday after
1 Ssa. w4ich commenced on the morn
.iLE a august 26 and continued in a des-
,gltory manner all day and night. Ar
rangements for battle had been COM
pleted by night time, when the order to
retire was given on account of the situa-
ton to the east The order was received
with disappointment by the troops. The
retirement was made in an orderly man.
ner. The plain between Anshanshan
and Haicheng was covered with Japa-
nese troops who burned the bridge and
shelled the railway station after the
Russian retirement. The Russian losses
amount to 800.
Japs Resume Fighting.
The Japanese artillery resumed the
battle at six o'clock Monday morning,
the point of pressure again being the
Russian south front. The japanese
made forced march by night and over
took the Russians at daylight. Gen.
Routkovsky was killed by the explosion
of shell.
The Conflict Continues.
Liaoyang, Sept. 1.-The second days
battle commenced at dawn. The Rus
slams made repeated bayonet advances
on the road directly south of Liaoyang,
where the Japanese approached from
Sanquaiship and Tao, Smelling the posi-
lions in the Russian lines until four in
the afternoon, when the engagement,
which was general throughout the south
and southeast narrowed to the main
lire. The Japanese advance on the
southeast was by way Of the Fengwang-
cheng road. Immediately in front Of
Chiaofantun the Japanese stubbornly
attempted to occupy Handicapped hill,
which was literally shaved by the Rus
sian shells. making repeated attempts
the entire day where apparently it was
impossible for anything to live. The
cannonading continued from this point
to the vicinity Of Wangpaotai until
evening without apparent advantage to
either side. The Japanese dropped
shells within two or three miles of the