Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-05
ANXIETY IN RUSSIA
PUBLIC BELIEVES DECISIVE BAT.
TIE OF THE CAMPAIGN IS
BEING FOUGHT,

1t. Petersburg. Aug. 1.-The great
est anxiety prevails here for news Of
tie general advance against the
southern and eastern portions Of Cen
era! kurOpatkius army, The public
believes that the decisive battle of .hv
campaign is being fought, but this ha,
not been established. In tact the
military attaches in St. Petersburg
claim that for several days the main
body Of the Russian army has been
moving uolthWard toward Mukden
and thai when tbs present line to the
southa4st ls forced the Japanese Will
Aud that they have crushed only the
General kuropatkiu Will doubtless be
Obliged to destroy the immense guam
ttty Of stores now at Liaoyang
Other military authorities, however,
do not believe General Kuropatkin can
eacape general engagement. His
army forms a wedge which General
Qku Is hamnering away at the edge
And Generals No1zu and Kuroki arc
side, II one of the latter should
would be doomed.
tha immense ST. length of the co-operat-
Ing Japanese armies. The japanese
evidently have succeeded In conceal.
Ing the real number of their men and
Euns. which the general staff now be-
levee must be TN excess Of 800 ,00n
men, with between 800 and 400 guns
While General Oku is holding the
Russian army at Haicheng in check
General Nodzu is evidently trying to
work aroun@ the vital position al 81
moucheng. At the same time Gen
eral kuroki 10 irving to flank tho
First Siberia: army CORPS which vas
commanded w tn. late General C0u":.t
Keller. at Eal.za1ir. 81 The n!2::.
FengvaugrhE0o !<}a>: rN;i is az"
marching <'sc!.: >o:rnr through =
lee' ~ l.}ao< t,A. ": ne 1aj1ue;z :oa !;
Would Entrao SIBERIAN Army C,or;s.
Iilc}> :: a r":1G lea. ;i':a nu:!:. IRON:
S:n.0u"hene 'Iic:l S::'i;;,:s H., ;:.;:.::.
E"l:9NAngt hog :'on't v',@' Of N.:?;-?-
lin. |? Sln!' ;chcN4 :."D:;G, ~ 20.
& rari1 aAv::,r o..:na this 3a0 wr.::: .
pOrNr1 ne FEsi Siberian army COWS.
Tie rfro:t - '':>,'| 1rNlll Toxic lut,.
MnuduN nia,l, 1!1H' S:inou>hune hal
aC1uall, been f0r' e., il1 not become
generally known.
Lacking definite Information, al,
II the Russian formation has not
been broken by the capture of Simou-
cheng. the authorities here say that
If kuropatllin accepts 4 general ell
gagement they believe it will occur
near Anschantschan half way be-
tween Haicheng and Liaoyang. in
which case Haicheng force will fall
back thither, and the Simoucheng
force under Mistchenko on the north
ward road to Yanzalin, which is al
ready fortified with view to such a
contingency. 1t is possible that if
Simoucheng is evacuated it may be in
pursuance of the above plan, and it is
also possible in this case that General
Stakelberg may get away north, but
in any case his retreat with Oku
j hanging to his rear must he q diff
cut operation, oven with the railway
to help him.
Genera! N'1.urotkin's latest repors
only carry ~ tj2hfins NJ t., Sunday
night. Wh<i, We nus~iars had been
driven III f!U.: the left flank of the
Slnlourhcnc POSITION. The Russians
; had repealed >f''r2' attacks AMI one
haEon<1 .l::::.-: j.. viii; h there was
! do:nrrat" ''"t>.i ~ hor:l fgh,inr al
EHrgW: !, =: * :1::r hr1> Tie En=-
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