The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
A GREAT BATTLE
Being Fought Between the Japs and
Russians at Liao-Yang.
BOTH SIDES HAVE LARGEARMIEs

ANU inc Struggle w az oO ~
Finish and May End The
War SetWee The
Countries.
a dispatch en- Tuesday from TIE
AssC ciated Press says heaviest battle
OF the war is raging today around
Lao -Yarg. Following the rear guard
action which kuropatkin has fought
in his retirement from Anplog and
Anshanshan, be has either elected or
been forced to give battle and is meet
ing the attack of the cym 5ine armies
OF kuroki, Nodzu and Oku.
Dispatches from the battlefield show
that at dawn the japanese opened a
terrific artillery FIRE, directed manly
against the Russian center and right.
Alter four hours If CALLING shrapnel
Ere the cannonading slackened and at
9 o'clock the japanese general ad-
vance began. An Associated Press
dispatch sent from Lao Yang at $40
that evening shows that the battle
was increasing in intensity, the Japa-
nese pressing forward until at one
point their advance developed iuto
a rand fight, the Russians repelling
them with the bayoIet.
The associated Press dispatches and
the Russian official reports indicate
that the Russians occupy a semi-clr.
Gle OF about nine miles in length, pro
tecting Lao Yang, the center and
right CT this line receiving the brunt
Of the fighting up to last adVices. So
far reports do not indicate the treL q
ct the action, but reports to the Rus
sian war Office say the battle will ex-
tend over several days.
The combined forces engaged are es
timated at between 100000 and 400,-
900 OF all arms.
TERRIFIC ARTILLERY FIRE.
A dispatch from Lao Yang says
from FIVE O'Clock Tuesday morning up
to nine O'Clock there has been an
incessant shower Of Shrapnel. The
sound OF cannonading is coming from
the south, where the Japanese evi-
dently have numerous guns. Deadly
shell are burning everywhere, their
white smoak being distinctly traceaole
against the dark foliage on the noun
tain sides.
The japanese are searching the
whole country side with their fire, Sc
.ecting certain squares of territory on
which for a few moments they mass
a hail Of shot and shell from all their
guns. They then pass to another
square, thus VOL king the WI ole held,
with mathematical precision, from
right to left. In this way the enjire
Russian front has been Systematically
searched in the first four hours Of the
cannonading.
Then commenced the general Japan
ese advance along the whole line. At
this hour, ten O'Clock, the Japanes
artillery fire has somewhat slackend,
but their infantry is steadily pushing
forwad. The Russians have been
holding their ground gallantly and
their losses are small considering the
terrible nature Of the japanese tire.
GEosTLY HEAPS OF DEAD.
Tuesday night the japanese search
lights showed CHASTITY heaps OF dead,
ike magic lantern pictures. The Jap
anese soon were reinforced the attack
ed furiously, but again were repulSed.
The Now Krai soberly asserts that the
japanese troops were forced forward
by their own shrapnel fire, the guns
having been placed behind them to
prevent a retreat.
The Zarodoutni presented to the
japanese a high stone wall of Chinese
constructed and the fact that one de-
tachment succeeded in scaling it is &C
counted marvellous.
Daylight found the belligerentS in
that quarter engaged in an artillery
duel. General GcrbatowSky personally
directed the Russian fire, although he
had been six days and six nights with
out sleep. He suffered considerably
from the Japanese artillery, and Cen
eral Gorbatowsky ordered the men
into the damaged trenches. The next
glimpse the Russians had Of the Jap
anese was at 10 o'clock. August 24th,
when the battery on the mules was
seen in No Tien. The Russians opened
ire on this battery and dispersed IT..
At. noon OF the "a two japanese COL
umns were observed, one behind Su-
gar Head hill and the other near the
railroad bridge, but they retired when
the Russian artillery made an attack
or them.
TIE BATTLE GOES on.
The second days battle commenced
at dawn on Wednesday. The Rus
slams made repeated baycnet advances
on the road directly s-uth OF Lao
Yang, where the japanese approached
from Sanquaiship ct Tao. shelling the
positions in the Russian lines until /
in the afternoon, when the engage
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