Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-06-30
MASSED HORDES
AWAIT CONFLICT
Russian and Japanese Armies
Stand Face to
Face.
SHOCK OF BATTLE IMMINENT
General kuropatkin at Head of Huge
Force Of Russians-Japanese Army
Includes at Least Six Divisions -
Desultcry Fighting is Reported.

Lao Yang, June 26.-The armies
of General Oku and General Kuroki.
aggregating at least six divisions, are
confronted by the huge force under
General Kuropatkin. The tension
here Is most acute at the approach Of
the important battle of the war, in
which three times the number of
troops at Kin Lien Cheng, Kin Chau
and Vafangow will take part. The
proximity, of the rainy season makes
the battle unavoidable.
ST. Petersburg, June 26.-The gen.
eral staff has received the following
dispatch from Lieutenant General
Sakharoff under date of June %:
Since the morning OF June % the
enemy has continued to advance to-
ward Kai Gnu. Three detachments
of cavalry, each consisting of four or
five squadrons, led and were followed
by dense lines of infantry, behind
which are marching columns of the
line. The Japanese outposts towards
evening extended along the Kho val
ley, about nine miles south of Senu
Chen, with the cavalry posted in the
rear. The infantry, with machine
guns, held the village of Motsiatung
on the right flank. There was firing
all day long. We had one man
wounded.
THE frontier guards under Sub
Lieutenant Demeyer ambuscaded and
fired on a squadron of Japanese cav
airy which lost considerably, ten Of
their horses being killed.
ssrThnrn hnnn f,,rf oI-
vance of the enemy toward Kai Chau
up to one o'clock yesterday afternoon
since June 81, when a movement of
the Japanese was observed from
KhanZa.
THE Japanese on June % occupied
the village of Sian Diao, but toward
evening evacuated the place under
pressure by a detachment of our van
guard.
THE enemy concentrated three bat
talions with six guns and four squad
rons of cavalry at Matsiavaitse and at
dawn of June % detachment con-
sisting of battalion of infantry, two
guns and two squadrons of cavalry
suddenly attacked body of our van
guard bivouacking forced the COM
pany to retire The Japanese occu-
pied BLACK Mountain, north of Sian
Diao, and also the pass east of Sian
Diao on the Siakhotung roau.
"The Russians concentrated on the
heights near Siakhotung. Four com
panies, with three mountain guns.
were ordered to move from Siakho-
tung over the pass to Sian Diao. The
Japanese were dislodged from their
position by our artillery, and our de-
tachment. reinforced, proceeded at IL
o'clock in the morning to attack the
whole of the enemy's front The enc
my fell back in utter disorder and
Sian Diao was reoccupied at l o'clock
forced back the Japanese, who retir-
ed precipitately beyond Eritakau
Our losses were seven soldiers
killed, three officers and fourteen sol
diers wounded and one man missing.
The officer commanding the detach-
ment speaks highly of the behavior
of our artillery.
Some Cossacks on June 90 pre-.
pared an ambuscade at Lintsiakhe,
about four miles from Selyuchang. A
Japanese detachment fell into the am
buscade and lost fifteen killed and
wounded.
"Sub-Lieutenant Polohoff of the
Russian force was wounded.
"At IL o'clock in the morning. of
June % Russian detachment recon
noitering three miles to the eastward
of Aiyangmen exchanged shots with
the enemy's vanguard. At about noon
the Russians advanced and attac' ed
the Japanese on the right flank, dis
iodging them from several advanced
! fortified positions.
"A Russian detachment at ) o'clock
| in the afternoon approached the enc
my's main position and found it occu.
! pied by three regiments of infantry,
/ with eighteen guns. The Russians
held their position until 8 O'clock, not
attacking the Japanese because Of the
latter's superior force and not being
| attacked. Our detachment then re
| tired in perfect order to Saimatsze
| Our losses are not yet known.
"The town of Kwayensian has been
| evacuated by the enemy
Solid business men aren't necessa.
| rily hard characters.