Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-06


 River-Is Hanging on to Rear Of
 Retreating Foe-IKuroLki Attempt 1ng to surround and Cut or the
 Enemy From NTukden Base.
 LONDON, Sept 6.--Advices from St. Petersburg say that the emperor him. self will go to the front to take part in the war It is known that the i'm perial train has been fitted out for 8 long journey.
 Field Marshal Oyana's whole army Is across the Tai river in pursuit of General Kuropatkin's forces. This is taken to indicate that General Kuro- patkin, far from bsing free of the pur- suing Japanese fsrces, is again in SC rious straits and may have difficulty in safely covering his retreat. Pre- vious reports that part of Oyama's army had crossed the Taftse were not regarded in as serious a light as is the news that all of his immense force is across the stream in hot pursuit.
 It is reported at a late hour that Gen. eral Kuropatkin's rear guard has been almost annihilated and that the main Russian army Is in imminent danger of being surrounded.
 The entire effective army or at least the main portion of it is already above Yentai station and is pushing on to- ward Mukden.
 The whole of Field Marshal Oyama's army is in pursuit, and its advance corps are hanging on to Kuropatkin's flank.
 A strong f1anking column on the east is pushing rapidly north in the effort to head of the Russians.
 Against this column Kuropatkin has sent out a strong cavalry division to the northeast, which, 1t is believed, is already in position to check the Japa- nese nankers, while to the westward Kuropatkin is moving a division to- ward Sinmintin, thirty miles west of Mukden, to meet any interference that may be attempted from the direction of Yinkow or NeWchwang.
 Oyama's advance is reported to be engaging the Russian rear, but 1t is not expected to develop anything more serious than series of rear guard ac- tions tending to harass Kuropatlxin's retreat.
 A late Mukden report says that prep arations for the evacuation of that city are proceeding.
 A dispatch from sfnmintin says that General KuropatlSin's retreat has been cut off.
 The Russian troops have advanced in strong force to the southeast of Muk den as far as Neping hill to oppose any possible attack in the direction of their advance.
 A Chinese official who has arrived from Mukden says that the Russian troops are leaving for the north, that there are 1S,0O0 men ten miles to the east of the city, that the officers and men have become dispiFfted and that much sickness prevails.
 The Japanese have thrown strong hanking column across the Taitss river at Benitzu. about thirty miles north east of Liaoyang, which is hurrying to the northeast and endeavoring to get. in between the Russian army and Mukden. It is against this movement that Kuropatkin has dispatched Lieu tenant General Rennenkampf with strong Cossack division, which, it is believed, is already blocking the east ern highroad
 Kuropatkin has three roads over which he is marching toward Mukden besides the double tracked railway.
 General Kuropatkin in telegram to the general staff from north of Yentai says the Japanese on Sunday engaged his rear guard south Of Yentai, the fight continuing until Monday. Kuropatkin estimates his losses up to and including Sept. 4 at 16,ooo. This is considered to be very conservative figure. The loss to the Japanese proba- bly, will be double this number owing to their position as attackers.
 There is no truth either in the report that Kuropatkin has been wounded or that Lieutenant General Linevitch is moving to his support. General Line witch is still at Vladivostok. General Kuropatkin has telegraphed the emperor as follows: s.The retreat of our troops from Liao- l yang on the right bank of the Taitse river on the night of Sunday, Sept. 4, l was carried out in good order s'The enemy's insignificant attempts at pursuit were stopped by our rear l guard
 During Sept. 4 the Japanese strengthened their forces operating against our left flank, extending their line from the Yentai mines northward. "A large Japanese force also on Sept. 4 crossed the Taitse river from Liao- yang and it's environs." The Japanese repeatedly attacked i the Russian rear on Sunday, but in ev- cry case they were reputsed.
 The Russian losses during the fight ing at Liaoyang are estimated at 16,. GOO.
 It is reported, but not yet confirmed that General Kuropatkin was obliged
 to abandon 200 guns at Liaoyang
 Some of them, it Is added, were darn
 aged in the fighting and the rest dis
 abled by order of the Russian com
 mander in chief.
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