Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-08-04
JAPS WIN TWO
GREAT VICTORIES
Carried the Critical Points at
Which They Aimed Their
Assaults.
KuRoPATklN IN BAD FIX
Barely Reports His Two Defeats and
ST. Petersburg Feels That the
Worst is at Hand. If II Has
Not Already Happened.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 4.Allowing for
the inevitable conflict i'm Names the
Japanese and Russian reports seem to
agree ON the main points of the mill
tary Developments up TO August !, but
both stop short nj the interesting point,
namely. regarding what happened OH
August 2. when it is possible that a
decisive struggle was going on east
and south Lao Yang.
The usual crowds were assembled
around the bulletin boards outside the
office of the general staff until long af-
ter midnight. awaiting further official
details, but nothing was given out be-
You'd General Kuropatkin's two official
dispatches. 1t is evident from these
dispatches and from the Japanese re-
ports that the Russians abandoned
Yangse pass, falling back on Liandana-
san, strong defensive position i'm the
hills, twenty-fou miles southeast of
Lao Yang.
ST. Petersburg. Aug. At is officially
announced the Russians have fallen
back from Yangsee pass. but were hold
ing their positions on the Saimatsza
road and at Haicheng yesterday.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-General
Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese
have occupied IlSahavuen. east of Lao
Yang and Yans.Ze Pass
Toxic. Aug. 4.-After two days fight
ing. General kuroki has defeated the
Russian forces i'm two separate actions,
fought at Yushulikou and Yangsze
Pass.
The Yangsee Pass or Yangsze Pass
is situated 80 miles cast of Lao Yang.
The Russian army engaged there is
generally known as the eastern army,
ard was commanded by the late Lieu
tenant Count Keller, who was killed by
the explosion of shell.
Toxic. Aug. Alt is reported here
that after thee days of desperate
fighting the Japanese have captured
Shan Taikow, one of the important
defenses of Port Arthur.
Washington, Aug. 4.-The Japanese
legation received the following cable.
gram from Toxic today: !,
General Surolli reports that at day
break. July 81, our army commenced
operations for attacking the enemy oc-
cupying Yushulintzu and YangtZulng
Both places are situated about fifty
five miles from T.iao Yama. The enc
my at YushulintZu consisted of two
divisions, with corresponding artillery.
1.-THE attacking operations We're car
ried out as prearranged. and by sun
set we defeated both wings of the en-
envy, but owing to their large force and
strong positions we We're unable to dis
lodge them entirely.
AT daybreak August l we resumed
the attack and succeeded In eXpelling
the enemy at noon. We pursued them
four miles in a westward direction. The
enemy fled toward All Ping.
THE enemy at Yangtzuling consisted
of two and half divisions with four
batteries of artillery. The attacking
operations there also progressed sue
cessfully and by sunset we carried the
enemy's principal positions, but a por-
ton of them offered the stoutest resist
ance and we had to bivouac for the
night i'm battle formation
cat daybreak August ] we resumed,
and at a. m. all the heights fell into
our hands. The enemy fled toward
Tanghoyen. The casualties are under
investigation. We captured some field
guns, but the details are still UNI
known