Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-26
OPPOSING ARMIES IN CONTACT
Fighting Has Been 10 Progress East
Ard South Of Lao Yang Since
Wednesday.
NO DEFINITE RESULTS THUS FAR
rh,s, Armies Seem to be Cooperating
In the Movement to Envelope Lao
Yang on Three Sides.

G, petersburg, Aug 90, 2:l5 p. M
,n.r four weeks interval the Jap
.uoss have resumed their advance
osalnst Gen. Kuropatklns positions
THE opposing armies are In contact
..st and south OF Lao Yang and hght-
Ing has been in progress since Neu-
pesday. The adyices at hand are TOO
,rcaere to enable the officials TO FORM
= correct opinion as TO whether 1t VIII
result In general engagement but me
o,,ent and character Of the japanese
pavement leads to that conclusion
since the rains ceased a week ago there
have been continued limitations that
Gen. Kuropatkln was about to assume
,be offensive but instead of that II was
enc Ia panese who attacked the Russian
commanders eastern and southern po-
snions. A Japanese column, 10000
strong, was reported on Wednesday to
ne marching up the right bank OF the
Imn.He river. which would seem to
indicate that three Japanese armies arc
cooperating in onyeloping three sides
NJ Lao Yang. From the meagre ac-
counts received It appears that Gen.
Kurokl selected TantzIapudzy as the
noint for his attempt to drive the
wedge into Kuropatkins outer defenses
at Anping and Liam Dian Sian, which
are situated respectively 10 miles
northwest and southwest Of Tantzia-
muddy. the latter being on the Lian-He
river. eight miles above the confluence
Of the Taitze river whence q mountain
ridge runs westward, The fact that
the japanese are preparing rontoons OF
the Taitze river was noted In these
dispatches several days ago. The car
ture Of this bridge will be the first tb-
stacle OF the Japanese and doubtless
viii entail severe lighting, in which ihe
japanese probably are counting on the
superiority Of their mountain guns. II
they are successful the Russian posi-
ton az Anplng and Llan-Dian-S Sian viii
become precarlous. Their operations In
Anplng are supported from Gutziat2y,
three miles higher up the Lian-He riv-
er and along the Tait-Tse river, as
shown In the dispatch reporting that
the Russian front south Of the Tait-Tse
river was engaged and that Gen, Ku-
rok was simultaneously moving on
Liam Dian Sian, along the high road,
as reported from Lao Yang last night,
and by the fact that another Japanese
column is moving on Liam Diam Sian
along the south road form SialInday
10 miles northeast OF Hal Cheng. That
Gen Kuropatkin had foreseen these
various moves is shown by the manner
In which the attack on Tanzapu vas
met and by the repulse OF the Japanese
1t saollndzy.
The Baltic fleet, which sailed from |
Cronsadt last night on a trial crosse
consisted of 20 warshlps.
The emperor leaves here tomorrow |
Ior the Don TO bid farewell to depart
ng troops
81 Petersburg, Aug 26 4'35 PM
me adylces Of the war office from the
ront are very meager In fact. they
IRE confined to report dated August
" giving an account Of the advance OF
ne japanese column OF 10000 men
'ong the main road toward Lao Yang.
yhich began at daybreak Aug. a. The
japanese drove IN the Russian out
'osts, and when the column reached "a
'olnt a couple OF miles west OF Lian-
the japanese attempted to
nstall batteries. but they met such
o' hre that they only succeeded I'm
'acng one battery. which was soon
ompelled to change it's position At
ne moment OF sending the dispatch the
apanese had suspended operations.
Inc war office has no news OF the re-
orted attack on Anshanshan ana tho
eheral stan Is by no means satisfied
nat the eastern movement of the jap
Nese Is more than a felnt.
zen. lvanon Is In command OF the
''e Gen. Count Keller's corps at Liam
'lan.sian.
ne war office was much elated today
me receipt Of dispatch from Lieut..
.en' stoessel, dated Port Arthur. Aug.
% reporting that the japanese had at
~. been exhausted by their attacks
ha That the bombardment had been
u'pended' Full details regarding the
,spatch are not available, but It prob.
Oy refers TO the Chefoo dispatch of
eHerday' announcing the rcpulse Of
'e japanese with heavy losses In their
''aeSs upon fort No, and Fort Eta