Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-05
KUROPATKlN AT BAY
Russian Army Surrounded BY
Masses of Victorious Japs.
IN THE LAST DITCH At PORT ARTHUR
victors Occupy Haieheng and New
chwanE, with 0yama In Supreme
COmmand-Russia Lost a Thou-
sand sTen and SIX Guns.

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Command-Russia Lost q Thou-
: sand Men and SIX Guns.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-Advices from
Newchwang say that General Kuroki
with 100000 men, is now behind the
Russian f~ofeesl General Oku, with an
arlnyeof 10000 men, is on their front,
while Hawking them on the left is Gen.
eral Nodzd, with his division of $4,000
men.
If General Kuropatkin is defeated in
this battle he must either move west
ward or surrender.
The foreign military attaches are
with the second army en- route for the
front to witness the battle.
Japanese troop ships are expected
here with re-enforcements for General
Kufoki.
The Russian troops at Port Arthur
have been driven back to the last line
OF their defenses. The Japanese attack
ing force has $50 guns in action.
General Oku has reported to Tokyo
that the enemy is retreating continu-
ally. .
The Japanese army has occupied Hal
cheng and Newchwang, situated thirty
miles northeast of the open port of the
| same name.
The capture of Haicheng by the Jap
anese has caused vivid disappointment
at st. Petersburg. People there had
been led to believe that a strong stand
would be made by General Kuropatkin,
who wa personally in command.
While few details are given concern
ing the casualties, from a reliable
source it is learned that more than Il
thousand Russian prisoners were Tux
en-. This does not ut all harmonic with
the official hackneyed phrase, Our
forces retired in perfect order"
A dispatch from ~Anshanshan, half
way between Haieheng and Liaoyang,
says that the Japanese advance is be-
ing continued with great energy against
the southern army. The Russian main
forces continue their retirement, but
the cavalry has checked the Japanese
flank movement.
General S~acharoff has reported to st.
Il CtClODul6 tnat tWtuty-nlhC Olltttc
and over a thousand men were killed
or wounded and that six guns were
captured by the Japanese in the en-.
gagements at Simoucheng and Hal
cheng.
Tokyo reports say that Field Marshal
Oyama, who has taken over command
Of the Japanese forces in Manchuria,
and General Kodama, his chief of staff,
have left Kaichow and established
headquarters in the field with the
army.
General Yuen, the Chinese command
err In Manchuria, who has his head
quarters in Mukden, has sent dis
patches to his officers in charge of the
Chinese troops west of the Lido rivel
instructing them to prevent the Rus
slams, In the least offensive manner
possible, from violating the neutrality
of Chinese territory by crossing the
river, in case they should be driven
back by the Japanese from their pres
ent positions.
General Kuroki's right is within
twenty miles of Liaoyang on the north
east. Ills guard is III actlOn
with the Russians daily.
1t is reported that 10000 Japanese
troops have landed at Yinkow, the port
of Newchwang, and are advancing rap
idly in the direction of Liaoyang.
Marching from Yinkow, they would
take the Russians on the right flank.
The suggestion that General Kuro-
patkin may relinquish the idea of Sc
riously defending even Liaoyang,
where enormous stores have accumu-
lated, receives support from the latest
reports, which say that a large mum
Der of troops have evacuated Liaoyang
and are retiring on Mukden.
A rumor is current at st. Petersburg
that a great battle is in progress north
Of Haicheng.