Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-27
JAPSPRESSFORWARD
Attack Kuropatkin's Position
All Along the Line.
OurPOSIs DRIVEN
Kuroki Selected Tnntziaputzy IA
h Point F9r His Attack-Latest
r Reports Say He Was Rec
pulsed with Loss.

hONDONN, Aux. St.-<huflceo AFOHi
Liaoyang say that a big battle has
taken place twenty-three miles east of
that town, the Japanese having re-
sumed their advance all along the line
of their former Positions. 4St
The Russian ~intrenched position
along the Taitse river was strongly
assaulted by the Japanese under Gen
eral Kurokis immediate command.
The fighting has continued two days
between Liandiansian and the town of
LiaOyang. i4t.
Since the rains ceased a week ago
there have been continuous intimations
that General Kuropatkin was about to
assume the offensive, but instead of
that it was the Japanese who attacked
the Russian commanders eastern and
southern positions.
A Japanese column 10000 strong was
reported to be marching UP the right
bank of the Ii river, which would
seem to indicate that three Japanese
armies are cooperating in envcloping
three sides of Liaoyang.
oCDCIul IAulOhl otiCtttu ldhtAlupul
~ as the point for his attempt to drive
the wedge into Kuropatkin's outer de
lenses at Anping and Liandiansian,
which are situated respectively ten
miles northwest and southwest of Tan
tziaputzy, the latter being on the Liam
he river, eight miles from the confiu-
ence of the .Taitse river, whence u
mountain ridge runs westward.
The capture of the Taitse rive,
| bridge was the first obstacle of the
Japanese and entailed severe fighting,
in which the Japanese were greatly
assisted by the superiority of their
mountain guns. is was
The japanese drove in the Russian
outposts, and when the column reached
| q point a couple of miles west of Liam
| diansian the Japanese attempted to in
stall batteries, but they met with such
d hot fire that they only succeeded in
placing one battery, which was soon
compelled to change its position.
The Japanese pushed their attack
against the Russian right flank and
center, concentrating their fire upon
the First battery of the Third brigade.
Three officers and several men We're
wounded early in the day, but the bat
terry held its position and replied to the
| Japanese fire with such marked effect
that General Ivanoff, who commands
the late General Count Keller's corps.
sent d congratulatory message to its
| commander.
The Japanese several times attempt
ed to cross the Tankcho (Liank river,
but only a few succeeded, and these
were forced to hide in the fields of Chi
nese corn.
Later the artillery fire became as hot
as it was at yafangow, but it fuctuat-
ed considerably, and occasionally the
Russian fire almost silenced that of the
| Japanese. Rain fell in torrents, but it
did not stop the fighting, and late in
the evening several Russian companies
moved forward to the attack.
A Chefu report says that a fort near
Etseshan is believed to have been the
object Of the recent fighting at Port
Arthur, as the Japanese, being already
In possession of Etseshan, it would be
comparatively easy for them to capture
the adjoining stronghold. This move
brings the Japanese advance guard
| close to the section g Port Arthur
known as, the new European settle
ment, which was reported in flames.
| Japanese here expect that their army
may at once enter the residence and
business district of Port Arthur, but
that this would not necessarily mean
the fall of the Russian stronghold. The
Russian defenses are arranged with
the idea of resisting as long as there is
a man left, and the nature of their de-
lenses suggests that the final stand
will occur at the Tigers Tail or Liaoti
mountain fort.
A military man Of high rank, whose
reputation is world wide and whose
personal relations with the best officers
| of the armies of other nations have
given him intimate knowledge and ex
America, has given his impressions of
the actual state of the campaign and
its probable termination.
He says that the great feature of
the war is the astonishing superiority
Of the Japanese in point of organiza-
ton, equipment, instruction of the
staff, capacity of the generals, utiliza-
| ton of the ground, in artillery and the
different arms and in the knowledge of
tactics.
According to this officer the issue of
the campaign is only too certain. In
spite of the heroism of it's defenders,
the fall of Port Arthur is only a dues-
ton of days. The two countries now
have every interest in concluding an
honorable peace.
Japan should retain Port Arthur and
the protectorate of Korea. Manchuria
should be restored to China except
kwantung, and, Russia should pay the
indemnity of war. 80
N~icnraguan boundary Commission.