Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-29
CLOSE IN
ON MUKDEN
JAPANESE ARMIES SPREAD OUT,
READY TO ENvELoP RUS.
SLAMS.
oYAMA's GREAT PLAN
leader Of the Mikado's Forces viii
Throw Three Separate Armies Upon
the Enemy From Different Sides -
Kuropatkin Faces Crisis.


Kuropatkin Faces Crisis.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 81. - The
latest development in the situation
at the front is the definite estab-
Iishment of the fact that Oyama
has now begun the move on his
left. kuropatkin's report today
shows that the Japanese have
reached Davan, on the west bank
Of the LAO river. Considerable
concentration Of the Japanese is
observed at Sian Chan on the Hun
river thirty-five miles southeast Of
Mukden. sThe Japanese cavalry is
nnassing in the valley of the Pu
river. The latter Is tributary Of
the Hun river. which crosses the
line of the railway midway be-
tween Tie Pass and Mukden and
may furnish natural line of adj
vance from the west.
Oyama's armies now apparently
cover front of sixty miles for an
enveloping movement. His wings
are extended to the north, east
and west of Mukden and he seems
to be moving with great deIibera-
ton, probably gathering strength
for rapid advance of both forces
when the attempt Is made to close
the net. It is evident that the
fate of Mukden cannot long be de-
Iayed. II kuropatkin intends to
try to hold the city fighting on his
TANKS will begin almost immedt-
ateIy.
london, Sept. PA telegram
to the News agency from st. Pet
ersburg today says dispatch from
Hardin states that the Japanese
! lost 1900 men killed during the
night attack on Port Arthur on
September 10, and that the Rus
sian war ships rendered valuable
assistance in repulslns the Japan
csc.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 27.-The
emperor left st. Petersburg for
Odessa today to review the eighth
army corps. The commissarit de-
partment is Already prepared to
furnish winter outfits for half a
million men in the far east.
st. Petersburg. Sept. ~. - Genera
,akharoff telegraphs under yestel
lays date as follows: 1.-THE enemy
consisting of one battalio
md two squadrons of cavalry has al
umed the offensive. probably for a re
in the district betwee
he Mandarin road and the heights q
he village of Toummwtsa. His az
,ance was stopped by our troops. TIL
.nemy retreated along the whole line
pursued by our cavalry.
More Japanese in Field.
"The enemy has not yet advance
forth Of Davan, on the left bank of tn
LAO river, but an increased force ha
,een observed in the neighborhood c
Sian Shan and Japanese cavalry hav
appeared in the valley of the Liao riV
r."
Oyama's Thanking Movement.
London, Sept. 27-Marshal Cyan;
8 devoting all his efforts to vas
banking movement around the cas-
side Of Mukden. Carefully avoidin
the Russian defenses, the Japanes
Ire making wide detour, whic
would confirm the belief in st. Peters
burg that the point of the next seriou
attack will be Tie Pass.
Kuropatkin reports that Japanes
are ascending the Taitse River fro1
Lao Yang to Sianchan, evidently TO
he purpose of capturing Sintsinsir
This is almost east of Mukden. Near
while other troops have attacke
Kaoutou Pass, between Mukden an
Sintsinsin and ten miles northeast c
Bentsiaputsze, where the man body
he Japanese is gathering, CONSTANT
strengthened by fresh troops. Outpos
lighting of considerable proportion
has taken place at Inpu, just south {
Mukden, which may Or may not be
diversions to puzzle the Russians.
Vast Movement On.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 27.-The caus
If the extreme deliberation in the JaI
anese advance on Mukden was explain
I'D by a dispatch received from Kourc
oatkin yesterday afternoon, which II
iicates that Field Marshal Oyama ha
lot yet concentrated his forces, but /
for a wide fanking move
nent east of Mukden. Fresh troops ar
constantly arriving at Bentsiaputze
while others which recently reache
4iao-Yang are marching up the Taits
liver to Sianchan. These reinforce
nents presumably come from Japan
As soon as the fourth Japanese arm
1t Sianchan is sufficiently strong,
8 evident the Japanese intend to re
sort to their favorite flanking tactics
move a formidable array against Konl
,Datkin's left and compel the evacus
ion of Sintsintin. They are evidentl
'econnoitering the ground over whic
he Sianchan army will march an
,ross the river.
PORTO RICO SCHOOLS GROW.
This Year Opens With an EnrolImen
Of 10000 Pupils.