Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-01

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Weilagou and co-opeT3ted with the left
column of the first army.
The Russians on the Hal Chcng Lao
| Yang road appeared 90 be- occupying
me OF ridges extending from a point
south OF Shoushanpa0 to d point east
| of llangchHtun and running through
! lsiulntun. These emnpnces were for
| titled strongly ana occupied by nu-
| mcTous force NJ the enemy
The japanese biyouacked the night
Of Aug % In front Of these positions.
At dawn Of Aug 30 all the Japanese
armies conformity attacked all the Rus
sian positions ON the southern mont
| from point north Of Tengchatang 10
q point east Of HangChiatun, and to the
| west OF lIsnlntun and ShOushanpaO
| The Japanese center attacked with all
| it1 strength The lett column Of the
| first army continued the attack upon
Tengchiafeng and Yayual, but the Rus
| SANS there received endorsements ana
! Ii was impossible to dislodge them.
separate column WAS then dispatched
| from the right column Of the second
| army and occupied ridge to the south
| of Tsafangtuu whence II opened
| caruonade upon the enemy az o'clock
OH the morning Of the 30th, This first
| artillery attack proved successful and
| at 10 o'clock the Russians having been
reinforced from the direction Of Lao
Yang made am effort to retake the
| ground they had lost,
Throughout the afternoon Of the SOth
additional reInforcements reached the
Russians until their force was estimat-
ed at two divisions and 30 or SO guns.
RUSSIANS DIsLoDGED.
The japanese continued to attack des-
| perately and at 3 o'clock IN the after
| noon junction was effected with the
| lcft column of the first army. The
Russians were disodgcd from Tsatan'
| tun and that vicinity
The Russians fought with logged de-
termination until nightfall
The main force Of the Japanese right,
with "a portion OF the left attacked the
southern Russian line In the neighbour
hood Of Hangchiatun and Hsiniintun
and opened the attack against the
ridges west OF llsnlntuR with Wig
orous Smelling, The Russians defend
ed these positions against this prelm-
mary attack with energy and did not
allow an opportunity Tor an open as
sault The main force of the Japanese
left occupied positions extending from
Matowle to Tachaochatai and attacked
the Russians to the west Of Shoushan-
pao,
The Russians used machine guns
against the japanese with effect, and
the japanese were unable to press their
attacks home,
JAPANESE REINFORCED
Durng the day the japanese left
wing was reinforced with detach-
mvut from the reserves The Japan
ese ardH,fy which attacked the Rus,
sia1 ie'' reached W8gberhtuu vi 3
o'cIJc. o. thc afternoon and poured "a
fire into the rear Of the Russians at
Shlshnurpa
The a. Gations Of the day did not sue.
coed In de' clipping the Russian strengJi
h. AL directions BY the constant ar
rival of achievements II was seen that
the guns at Shoushanpao alone finally
Numbered 100,
The Russian positions az all points
wep st,Cpgly fortified and the auxil-
iary detenges blocked infantry attacks.
During th' night Of Aug 30 the Rus
slams at ShOushanpao attacked the
japanese left and repulsel that portion
OF the left which occupied Shaoyanzui.
They also made a night attack upon
the ridge south OF Shoushanpao.
on the morning of Aug 81 both ar
mes renewed the attack with yigor
l}y ia.c hour In the afternoon neither
contestant had gained any visible re.
sul- The japanese were holding Tens
t.hi la
hrdycly against superior forces
A PORTION OF the japanese right sue
ceeded IN capturing an cminence 70
The west cf tlsuluntw at noon II the
3lst
KUROHI CROSSES THE TAITZ,
ST. Petersburg Sept l-Geu. Kurokis
force Is crossing the Taitz river ON pom.
toons one division Is already across
and Others are following
Gen. kuropatkn's forces. q vas an
nounced from ST. Petersburg Yesterday.
occupied positions forming a semicrcle
about Liao Yang, the TANKS resting on
the Taltz river, which flows north Of
LAO Yang, the left flank being cast,
and the right flank west Of the city
II VIII therefore De seen that the dis.
patch from 81. Petersburg announcing
that Gen. Kuroki's force was crossing
the Taltz river on poutoODs, would IN
dictate that the Japanese have either
turned or are turning the Russian left
flank, as EuToki Is understood 10 have
been on the Russian left flank
\ dispatch TO the Associated Press
from Lao Yang yesterday announced
that the Japanese were getting round
the Russian left flank and that deyel-
opments 'Nere expected In the west and
northeast This statement now appears
10 be confirmed, for n Is announced
from Mukden In a delayed dispatch that
japanese force OF 10000 men Is said to
be advancing from the northeast Of
Mukden.
The western move has not yet devel-
oped, according to the adyices to hand.
but the announcement probably refers
to the japanese force which has been
reported to be moving up the Lao rly-
en-
THIRTEEN RUSSIAN DIVISIONS.
Toxic, Sept /, p. ma telegram
from the Japanese headquarters IN the
field says that the Russians az Lao
Yang number II or 10 divisions
KUROKG ADVANCES.
General Kurold's Headquarters In the
Field saturday Aug g. via Fusan, Ko-
rea, Sept. 1.-The army under Gen Ku-
rok, made d general advance yester-
day and took possession II the east
bank Of the Tan river There was hard
fighting an day long over very rough
mountains, The Japanese turned the
Russian flank The Russians beyond
Yushilng resisted strongly The srtil-
ery lighting lasted ntil dark. many
guns being engaged The enemy re-
treated during the night The bait
he was opened before dawn by the
japanese bayonet charge against the
Russian trenches, IN the evening "A
heavy rain began 10 fan.
The Olympic Games.
81. Louis. Sept with Nm, first half
Of the lm olympic games passed Into