Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-07

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Thursdays news from the seat OF
war closed with the receipt of two dis
patches giving information OF most
significant character as bearing on the
s$ domination of Manchuria at the close
& OF the present campaign.
~ The first came from the Associated
1 Press corresponden at St. Petersburg,
filed there at 1915 p. m., and said that
8 General Kuropa had withdrawn his
whole army to the right bank Of the
4Taitse river so as to meet General
Kuroh's hanking movement. The in
ference from this dispatch was that
7. Lao Yang had been evacuated, that
city lying on the left bank of the
! river.
Nothing to confirm this was received
( until several hours later, when a dis
patch from the Associated Press cor
respondent at st. Petersburg dated Sep
tember32, and timed at 1:26 Friday
morning, said: "The news of the
i evacuation of Liao Yang and the with
2 ORA wal OF the Russian army. to the
right hank of the Taitse river" had
caused intense excitement and disap-
Spointment.
ssSs The same dispatch points out with
notable lack OF comment that the jap
iEanese took advantage of General Kuro-
patk1ns withdrawal to occupy. the city
ofFLiao Yang.
The second dispatch, which may have
! "a significant bearing on the campaign,
:sas that filed at Mukden at 9:27 p. m,
Thursday, stating that the train SER
vice between Mukden and Lao Yang
was interrupted. This may mean the
cutting of r:ilroad communication,
(which would deprive General Kuropat-
) kin of an pportunity to retreat to his
more northern base at Mukden. AS
sspointed outZin the st. Petersburg dis
patch the Mukden correspondent does
SIot tneltion whether telegraphic COM
mum cations are open *
Petersburg, BY Cable.-The news
5.pf the eyacuatio ion Of Liao Yang and the
sW1thdrawaEs Esof the Russian armyto the
right bank OF the: a;tse river, reached
sonlyssa small ction3 OF sthe people of
s ST. tPetersbnrt at; late hour and
sscansed tause excl nd
point - Fhe maj GRITTY of the in
SkabitantszTetired to rest believing that
Gfhe Russian arms had again been sue
sseessful and that the Japanese attacks
{ had been repelled Ugly suspicious,
however. had been:rife during the day,
oWlHg to the absence Of press kilograms
from Lao Yang, leading to the belief
that the communications had been cut
!: by General Kuroki.
The following statement was obtain
led By the Associated Press from the
s5SSNac Office at 10 o'clock Thursday
nigrt.
General Kuroki's army crossed in
force to the right bank Of the Taitse
river, and 1t therefore became neces-
sary for the Russians to be in posi-
tion to repel blow in this direction.
I'm view of this development In the
operations, General Kuropatkin decided
Ito abandon his positions on the left
. bank and to concentrate his whole
army on the other side OF the river.
This position is the strongest both in
character and in site. The great issue
I will be finally decided there.
MOTIVE FOR WITHDRAWAL.
.'By withdrawing to this position the
Russian army avoids the danger Of be-
: Ing, divided 0y the river, and enjoys
the advantages Of compactness.
General sKuropatkin's move, there
fore, is not to be considered as re-
& treat. but rather as the carrying out of
we'll defined idea.