Arizona republican., 1904-09-11

| Japanese left army.
 The Russians made use of a field balloon all day long on the 30th and by means of it, they got the range of one Japanese battery, which they suc- | ceeded in putting out of action.
 At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th the Japanese shrapnel fire was confined to a position at Chiaofantun where the Russians were disputing every hillock with the enemy. The Japanese made repeated but unsuccess- ful assaults upon this position. The Russian casualties for the 29th and 3Oth totaled more than 5000 men.
 The Japanese, from a low range of hills to the southeast and south of Shushan, began to shell the north end of the Russian line at Shushan at 4 quarter before ten on the morning of the 31st. This artillery fire was pre- ceded and accompanied by infantry urshes over the valley and lower hills south of the road.
 The valley in front and under the Russian guns during this artillery duel was an inferno of shrieking and moan ing shrapnel, while beyond Russian shells burst continuously at the head of the Japanese advance. During the day the Russian rifle fire was inde- scribably furious. It is estimated that one thousand Russian shells were thrown in to the valley beyond the south road, where the only evidence of the presence of the Japanese was a Red Cross company. At nightfal General Stakelberg, with the first corps, was still facing General Oku on the left. This Russian corps had lost 5000 men.
 During the night of the 31st the Rus sians deemed the position of the enc my to be so threatening that they made preparations to fall back. General MistchenkO was on the extreme left of the Russian line, with a division com posed of cavalry, artillery and infantry During the night of the 31st his force was sent out in a northeasternly direc- tion to gain information concerning General Kuroki's movement around the Russian left flank in the direction of | the railroad.
 On the morning of September l all 1 non-combatants were ordered to leave Liao Yang and the Russian commissary of police sent out an order to the Chi nese magistrate of the city that all Chinese must leave Aiao Yang within two days. It became known that Gen eral Kuroki was making dash around lAlS INuSooAciil IG4l TUT lIe IdllIOdu at a point fifteen miles north of here. He l crossed the Taitse river on the night of August 30 and took the splendid Russian defenses at Pensihu with very little effort. He continued to advance steadily and turned the Russian left. His army covered the fifteen miles in quick time. The effect of its presence and movements was to force the Rus sians to leave Liao Yang and retire in the direction of the coal mines east , of Yentai. He threatened to cut Gen. !. eral Kuropatkin's army of seven corps in two,
 Correspondents were Instructed to send their telegrams to Harbin The night of September was marked throughout by furious rifle firing from outside of Liao Yang. The Russian troops were in highly nervous and ex- cited state. They were convinced that the Japanese were creeping forward irresistibly all the time. September s saw resumption of the cannonading at dawn and vast clouds of smoke, which rose slowly from the foreign settlement at Liao Yang could be seen for distance of ten miles. As cor respondent was attempting to get into Liao Yang, he heard Russian cheers in the direction of Row Liang to the west of the railroad, and it was re- ported that General Mistchenko had been successful in clearing the enemy from the Russian flank
 Two hundred and twenty Chinese who had been wounded by falling shells inside the city, had been brought together at the Chinese Red Cross sta tion and were being cared for. It was apparent that the Russians were using the walls of the city for protection. This the Japanese discovered and con- sequently they continued to throw shells into Liao Yang. The number of Chinese wounded increased.
 The battle of Liao Yang is accepted here as determining the mastery of Manchuria. In it the Russians were fully equal in strength to the Japan ese, who had approximately 1S0,000 men in the field The Russian artiI- lery was superior in range and ra- pidity to that of the Japanese. The Russians forced the Japanese attack to take dangerous positions by the as- sault. In many instances the Russians lost more men behind their breast } works than they did attacking the Jap anese
 In the fighting on the plains where the Russians believed they would have the upper hand because of their su- periority in cavalry and of opportuni- ties to deliver bayonet charges, the Japanese resisted successfully. The Russian losses in the fighting around Liao Yang are estimated at ten per cent of the number of troops en- gagged.
 The Japanese are preparing to make Liao Yang the headquarters Of their Manchurian armies. The Russians have fallen back to positions along the Hun river, south of Mukden.
 The railroad has proven itself to be inadequate for requirements of the Russian army in retreat and the belief is expressed here in certain quarters that the campaign is at an end for at least four months to come.