Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-23
kUROKI WAS|N DANGER
ONLY MAGNIFICENT ASSAULT
SAVED DAY FOR JAPAN
DETAILS OF LiAoYANG BATTLE
SHOW kuRoPATkiN HAD THE
FIGHT WON WHEN HE
REITERATED.

Posts correspondent In the field with
General KuroN describes the opera.
tions against Liaoyang as twelve days
Of the hardest possible fighting and
marching on short ratlons, with TEN.
perature Of 10 degrees In the shade and
| frequent falls of rain. All of this. he
says, has been borne splendidly though
the men were worn out after the tense
struggle.
| Recounting the general lines Of
lighting, the correspondent says: "On
September I'd, while the other armies
were pressing Liaoyang from the south
the turning force continued desperate.
ly fighting the stubborn foe. But slow
advance was made, and step by step
was the only advantage gained.
"0n September 30 the attack Of the
japanese first army had been checked.
The enemy were much stronger than
q. we. they having five divisions holding
|, the northeastern heights. Our posi-.
ton for the time was critical. in view
of the possibility that the enemy
might have attacked us in force. but
q mixed brigade. and later the lief,
column, reinforced us. making oui
, position safer.
, "On September ith the enemy was
: IN full retreat, and the first army was
ordered to pursue. General kuropat
kin's retreat was mastery. He held
, the northeastern heights to the last
: possible moment and secured a safe
retirement for his army and his guns
Bennett Burlcigh sends to the Daily
| Telegraph from the Japanese head
quarters long description of the
fighting. He says:
General Kuroki. who was hotly at
tackled by Kuropatkin and was for q
time in jeopardy, was unable to get
, astride the railway. otherwise Liaoyang
would have been Sedan for the Rus.
slams.
What surprised me more than any
thing else was the wonderful manner
In which the japanese continued for
whole week their awful lombard.
ment OF the Russian positions. 1t was
the aercest artillery attack perhaps in
history. Tens of thousands of shells
were thrown daily. but the supplies Of
Them soamed i,eybous,ihIo Tbo D.
SLAMS only replied systematically, hui
their rife fire was ortep IN. bo.yiest
III must II. said for IN. I,n,noss
that, although they fight with the ut
most fierceness, daring and courage,
: they hath. nat ike madm.n I'm, v,;,b
their beoJs and tbov ohoy th.ir "a,
ccrs I'm a,l straits"
Rurleiph testified ,s o,h.r c,rr,a
noudeuts have don. tho ,ono,asa
are continually dras,i,o fr..h mo, O.,
tho dphti,y ranks and rem,rta hou
maryelously they took fortpifcotions
when capture appeared to be impos.
sible He asserts that Il was Kuroki's
, dangerous position that compelled the
other Japanese armies to force the
fighting. and saws IL WAS partly the
shell fire aud partly. also, Russian IN
cendiarism that produced the coniiar
ration In the Russian quarter OF Limo.
yang, the incendiarism probably bo
ing the act OF drunken soldiers,
"The Muscov,,.s nres.n,.d n r,os,
, deioc,cd anpearorc, q, tho retreat :
continues purloi,b 9Th. man or. a,
|, eood material I'm, tho of,,cors lacp
, many necessary ou,I,tIes Tb. war 4,
most unponuIar with nh IN. Russian
soldiers In Japap n Ia ms, ,I,, ro,
verse. I learn tha, m. Rnas,,ns boyo
heavily fortified their lines mo, m,
river and town FORTY miles mort, NJ
Mutden where tbev intend moLin. I.
desnerate stand Irndouh,.dIy Tho Ian,
! anese intend taking Mukden nrohahiv
/ within three weeks They already ara
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