Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-11
THEIR LINE NEARLY COMPLETE.
Across the Head Of the Lao Tung
Peninsula Passes Of Fen Shut
Range Fortified.
WITH GENERAL KUROKrS ARMY.
Correspondents and Military Attaches
For First Time Are Allowed to Ac.
company 1t on an Advance.

st. Petersburg. July If, 1925 p. M
Gen. Kuropatkin. according 10 private
advicos from the front, will not make a
serious attempt to hold Ia Tche Kiao,
above Kia Chou midway between that
place and Hal Cheng and where the
railroad connects with the branch from
Newchwang Developments Of the Jap
anese strength on the Stu Yen roads
seem TO be forcing a Russian concern
tration between Hal Cheng and Liao
Yang but preparations seem to be
making to defeat the former as long
as possible, Gen. Count Keers force,
which was little southwest Of Lao
Yang has apparently moved farther
southwark. 10 stay the advance Of the
Japanese direct from the Feng Wang
Cheng-Hai Cheng road.
The pressure on the Russian left rear
as It withdraws continues. There is now
seemingly practically nothing IN the
way Of Japanese occupation Of New
chwang and the completion Of the Jap
anese line across the head OF the Lao
Tung peninsula The fertilization Of
the passes OF Fen Shut range and semi
circle eastward Of Lao Yang is report
ed.
WITH KUROKTs ARMY
General Kurokl's Headquarters in the
| Field. Tuesday, June 2S. via Ping Yang,
July 10, via Seoul. July ll.-For the
first time during the war newspaper
correspondents and military attaches
have been permitted TO accompany the
japanese troops on an advance instead
Of remaining behind with the head
| quarters OF Gen. Kuroki Almost all
the correspondents are now attached to
! the STATS Of the division generals. and
although they are not on the fighting
they now witness the operations from
closer range than heretofore, Lieut..
| Gen. Ian Hamilton. one Of the British
! attaches, travels with Kuroh. Col.
| Hume, another British attache. and Col.
| -, ii. Crowder Of the general stan OF
| the American army, are to go with the
western column. while Capt, p. c.
March. Of the artillery corps. U. s. A..
| Is 10 travel with the eastern column
=
| Is advancing is succession OF ranges
OF closely wooded hills with narrow val
! leys between them The valleys are
sown with corn and beans and are
| traYersed by many streams. The roads
are winding and rocky. There are many
steep passes and the engineers were
required to do much road building.
The Russian force on the Pekln road
| before Mo Tien pass consisted Of two
regiments Of East Siberian infantry,
which four guns, and AN outpost Of 800
| cavalry. There was a succession Of
/ fresh graves. each surmounted by a
/ wooden cross upon which mad been
| penciled the name of the buried mark
| Ing the line OF the Russian retreat.
Sunday was oppressiyely hot and the
| army ON the Pekn road camped In
shadeless and sandy fields. The sol
| diers improyised shelters OF boughs and
| corn stalks. but still they suffered much
| from the heat Monday brought a
| heavy and chilling rain and the army
| was soaked for 20 hours. There were
| few tents, and the men huddled under
| trees, or built shelters on the banks ~
| the river, but most OF them slept IN the
| fields with little TO protect thom from
| the rain.
To-day, Tuesday, &c Is still raining but
! All' Allll 10 hktAill VI AllN AAltAl III AN
| men, dripping wet, are plodding stead
| ily on through the deep mud.
Neither sun nor rain affects the ar
| dor OF the japanese soldiers, who are IN
| fine condition, confident of victory, and
| keen to meet the enemy The men are
| wonderfully hardy aud there Is re-
markedly little struggling or dropping
! ont OF line.
The Chinese in this region complain
! that the Russians Conhscated all their
| grain and provisions, and they are now
| helping the japanese IN all possible
! ways.
! ATTACHES INFORMED.
Toxic. July II tuoon) The foreign
! attaches assigned to the Second Japa-
| nese army have been informed that
! they are 10 leave for the front on or
! about July 20. II Is believed that the
! newspaper correspondents with the Sec
ond army viii leave about July %.
AROUND PORT ARTHUR
Chefoo. July II an p. m).-The port
| Arthur Novi Krai OF July T. a copy OF
| which has just reached Chcfoo, con-
| tains ou account Of the operations
around Port Arthur from July 3 90 s.
! 1t says.
Heavy fighting has occurred between
| the hrst line Of dcfensos and the Japan
| csc. The results are not announced.
! Nevertheless. littlc at % time, the
| facts are becoming known. our side
sent scouts to ascertain the position
| and strength OF the enemy and wheth-
| or they were protected by trenches,
| II was impossible ~ ind ont the exact
strength NJ the japanese. but they do
| not number less than 10000 men, The
| Chinese credit them with $4,000, Thirty
| thousand men are not sufficient for OPP
| eratlons against a fortress like this,
| unless they expect assistance, Aftei
| three days lighting, The positions OF
! the two armies are as follows; ON the
! lcft blank we retained the position we
| originally occupied The forcing OF our
| right flank back previous 10 this was
| rectined and we have both green ana
| Semophore hills IN our hands, I'm front
| OF the hills we We're not opposed, but
we are being heavily SHIELDED from both
| sides The enemy retired considerable
distance. OF course, all this was not