Connecticut western news., 1904-09-08

SCENE OF OPERATIONS. afternoon the news came that Kuroki was threatening the railroad at Yentai, and the Russians began to retire, en- abling the Japanese to bring up two batteries and enfilade the Russian force along the railroad. During the night the transport moved into Liao- yang.
 On Sept. 1 the Russians retreated from their main positions, which form ed circle around the city, while the transport crossed the river. At 2 o'clock the Japanese succeeded in plac- ing two guns in position and shelled the railroad station, resulting in many casualties. At the same time the Jap anese infantry attacked the inner Rus sian position, but were repulsed. In the evening the Japanese brought up heavy guns and used shimose powder to shell the Russian town. The Rus sians held the position till the night of Sept. 8, when they retired across the river
 On Sept. 2 a strong Russian force was moved east from Yentai to hold
 
 was repulsed, being driven from his positions on the left The Japanese poured in terrific shrapnel fire, one shell annihilating two Russian com panies. In the evening the Russian ar tillery, which had been re-enforced, shelled the Japanese position, and Ku- roki pushed his right forward and got within twelve miles Of the railroad at Yentai ten miles northeast of Lao yang. Later he was driven back to his original position.
 The Russians evacuated their posi-. tions around Liaoyang during the night of Sept. 3, crossing the Tai river and burning bridges behind them. In the meantime a strong force was hold ing General Kuroki back from Yentai.
 On Sunday and Monday continu- ous and sharp action was kept up on the road to Mukden. General Kuro- patkin's rear guard was nearly ami Inflated by the forces of Generals Nod gu and Oku. General Kuroki held the Russians long enough to permit the Japanese army as a whole to cross the Tai, and at noon on Monday Baron Oyama's chief of stan reported Ku- roki's extreme right on the north bank of the Ina river, only ten miles from Mukden.
 The Russian forces are pushing on to Mukden, greatly impeded by heavy roads and floods, conducting an orderly retreat and followed step by step by the Japanese. Details of the fighting and of the exact position of the eppos- ing armies are lacking.
 The Russian generals object, cense- quently, Is to reach Mukden with as little fighting as possible. He Is push ing his supply trains and guns ahead of the army as rapidly as those slow divisions of his forces can move. The infantry Is employed in movements evidently intended to postpone attack by Oyama's troops to the last moment.
 The report that Kuropatkin's rear guard has been annihilated and that the Russian forces are in danger of being surrounded is denied by the Russian general staff. The Russian war office is entirely confident thstothe retreat is slowly but surely being ef- fected.
 The Japanese field marshal, in an ex- tended report of the fighting up to Sept. 4, says that the Russians burned all the railroad bridges over the Taitse river and predicts that, while the Jap anese list of casualties is not yet com pleted. the losses will prove heavy.
 The heads of Kuropatkin's long com missary trains have passed through Mukden and are continuing northward.
 The attack on Port Arthur continues, and Chinese arriving at Chefu say the Russian garrison expects general land and sea attack today.