Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-30
RUSSIANS EXPECTING VICTORY.
u,vc Smaller Number Of Men, but
They Rely on Strength Of
Their Position.
.scrssAN1 SHOWER OF sHRApHEL
r.u FIR Four Hours Japanese Have
rhos.r Mikado's Birthday In Which
To Make a Grand Effort

60 Petersburg, Aug. 80 (@;32 p ND
rhe long expected battle at Lao i"'s
,as beaun and the two armies are no"
o.btlne what probably viii prove 70 Dc
IN, decisive battle Of the campaign ! H'
,,norcse armies are attackins zen
Yn,onatkin's forces upon MS ohos'h
a,na ana his friends and admirers
hcro are confident that, having acoepeu
a general engagement he WIN oeIe"'
Che Japanese. At.
I, brief telegram received tnis
morning Kuropatkin says the genera
advance OF the Japanese began yesle.
dsy at noon. the Russian outpoS's la'-
,ng hack upon the mainland. Ihe
,.ayicst lighting was taking pace
,bon his dispatch was sent from
mint 10 miles southeast OF Lao ia's'
,,bore the Japanese seemed to be con-
centratng for theft main battle inc
pussans suffered principally from the
,hrapnel fire of the japanese arhHery
rhe Iapanese selected the mikados
h,,thdav for the decisive battle and u
will not be surprising II today is also
eignalized by grand assault on Port
Arthur.
The Russian forces are disposed AZ
1.ao Yang to meet the onslaught OF
,ho three Japanese armies described IN
these dispatches yesterday, \ telegram
from KuropatlSin which gives this IN
formation together with the details OF
,he retirement Of the Russian troops
mon Lao Yang has not been given
ont Tor strategic reasons the COM
bined armies of Gems. Kuroki, Oku and
Nodzu probably exceed 100000 men,
Thcir forces are considerably superior
IN numbers to Cen Kuropatkin's but
the Russian -chiet PROB
ably relies upon the strength and char
actor Of his position to overcome the
disparity in numbers.
The war Office is waiting with breath
less anxiety for news Of the progress
md issue OF the battle on which so
much depends.
1NCEssANT SHOWER OF SHRAP-
MEL,
Lao yang. Aug 30, 90 a. m,)-From
o'clock this morning up to o'clock
there has been an incessant shower OF
shrapnel. The heaviest cannonading Is
coming from the southeast, where the
japanese evidently have numerous
guns. Deadly shells are bursting every
where. their white smoke being dis
tluctly traceable against the dark toll
age Of the mountain sides, The Japan
csc are searching the whole country
SIDE with their fire, selecting certain
squares Of territory on which Tor Il
few moments they mass a hail OF shot
and shell from all their guns, They
then pass to another square, thus work.
iug the whole field, with mathematical
precision, from right TO eft IN TINS
way the entire Russian front has been
Systematically searched in the first
four hours Of the cannonadng Then
commenced the general japanese adj
vance along the whole line.
st this hour, 10 a. M, the japanese
artillery fire has somewhat slackened
nut their infantry is steadily pushing
forward.
The Russians have been holding their
ground calamity and their losses are
small considering the terrible nature
Of the Japanese fire,
HALE A MILLION MEN ENGAGED,
Berlin, Aug. 80, "A dispatch from Llao
Yang to the Lokal Anzeiger, timed 9:25
a M. today. says
What appears to bo the deciding
battle began at a. m. Since then the
artillery has been laundering and rifle
fire has been rolling incessantly. The
encircling heights resemble fire emit
ting mountains, The japanese began
the attack east OF Lao Yang along the
Ialteo river but were repulsed,
The firing is now specially heavy
south and southwest Of Liao Yang. one
can no longer distinguish Individual
dotonations, The Wyberg regiment, OF
which Emperor William II is honorary
chief, is deploylng upon the battlefield,
The Russian army Is full of confidence.
The total strength OF the combatants
engaged rs estimated at over half a
million men. The battle probably viii
continue for several days"
MAIN JAPANESE ATTACK.
ST, Petersburg. Aug SO.--A dispatch
from Gen Sakarhoff dated from Lao
Yang at 10 a. m, today, says!
The main Japanese attack is helng
directed against the Russian center ana
right where the Russian losses have
been the heaviest
The Japanese posted artillery. with
IN range OF all the Russian positions
during the night A hot fire was OBJ.
oned at 8 a. m, and by . o'clock the
Japanese were close to The Russian po-
stlonsn
SMELLING THE JAPANESE.
Berlin, Aug, 3o,-Col. Gacdke, CORE.