Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-30
lApS TAKE Three
IMPORTANT PASSES
Railroad Line Between Russian
Armies and Mukden Is
Now Threatened.
WINNING At EVERY POINT
iikade's Men Ta}s7 Three Important
Passos and Win a Bsttls-Kuro-
~eat<in Decides 10 Retire
Glortamard If Possible.

st. regca slurs, June %. NO further
| Ntlgiacs from tie fieAt hal been re-
ceivei IN, to midnight. though neMs
from G,tl3eral Nurofiati5in aui Rear Nj
,%g5fral without, in e|onnoaHd Of the n1Val
force Ut Port Arthur, VAS eagerly
awaited. The usuui r~lllors of heavy
lighting pal1 AIDED the city. but they
wele based wholly on the fact that the
| armies are IN close touch.
Kuropatlsin's tactics tilat Il heavy en-
%gagenlent may be defcrreti for several
days, it is possible that the japanese
may rush nlatters, hut it is not general
iy expected that General ISuropa1lsin
will give battle until he reaches a posi-
ton of his own selection.
II may clarity the military situation.
to explain THAT the country in which
the armies are nov coming into con-
stalit contact consists of II series of
mountain chains runiUg parallel with
the railroad, alongside of which the
Russians arc falling back as the jap
allese advance. Fen Clitli, Molten and
Ia are all passes which take their
names from the mountains over which
they rrn. Gen. kuroki, who has here
tofore bceia north of the mountains. is
advancing 10 Inc westward of the Isl
Aucn through q very rough country.
and his columns must trl.e 50 the
passes named before emerging into the
more open country along the railway
approximately abreast of Ia Tehe
lSiao, Hal CheNg and iiao Yang. The
Russian outposts ant the Japanese
advance arc now III cioee touch at al.
these passes.
The Russians. after iara$sins the
J&panesc advance from each of these
,.-;4:l,,.. =. 49, ratI;,.. f.ao1. -, J"A,,
r<uropatlin's mann body, which is snp
posed 10 be somewhere between LAO
Yang ard ia lche I<iao.
Ia tho meantime General OlSn is RI
vancins along the railroad OIL the heels
of the withdrawing Russians. He is
backed by a powerful almy. How Large
II portion of this army he has detached
10 join General Ktroki has rot been
developed. but it is probably large
enough to ada material severity TO the
fighting before the Russians finally
abandon the mountains.
There is The greatest easstmnSs for
ne}Fs from Tort Arthur. but nothing
concerning the situation there WAS
known up 10 midnight.
st, Petersburg, June IS. TIE AsSo-
Press is informed on good auth
GRITTY that General k%,,ropatkin has de-
cided TO withdraw northwa4d.
st. Petersburg, tune 2S.-rhe emperor
has received Tho following dispatch
from General K%uropatkin, dated LAO
Yang, June 81:
The Japanese attacked our forces oc-
eupyins tile Molten. Fenshui II Ia
passes, OF June 26. Our infantry and
cavalry retreated. persuaded that the
advancing divisions of the Japanese
army which weer operating against
each of the three passes We're stronger
than our attachments.
I'm the attack on Ia pass the Japan
csc guards. besides other regiments,
participated. The. JapaAese Faaae front
and iiaMk 9ttlel. in considerable force
on both Side If this positio1.. The Jap
TROOPS occupied l'ei,slni ana
.G!s;; DURING TIE nsarilins of
June -.
"')in' forces wNiel: refrsa:+,l from
l'.natsai plSs. Niere attae..t'. iy small
liefaelil@sta III Japanese. 'iea., how |
ever, were easily ,, pulsei. after push |
ing bacl, oui- advance sunid during
The evening u the 2eth from Nan
see tqn the Suyci-lIaicheng /,
road - tn pass. The %Japanesc contin-
led their advance this mo.liaS against