The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-09
CONFLICT in FAR EAST

heart, but the preservation of the
army organization has been a great
relief, and his answer to the battle of
Liao-yang will be the mobilization of
two more army corps. So far as can
be learned the emperor shows no dis.
position to blame. Kuropatkin.
Admit Loss of 10000.
The Russian losses during the fight.
ing at Liao-yang are estimated at 49,.
number of guns especially artillery,
have been abandoned.
Russ Retreat a VeritabIe Rout.
The only direct news from the
seat of war bearing Sundays date
came by way of Toxic in a report
from Field Marshal Oyama saying
that Liao-yang fell completely into
the hands of the Japanese at 8 o'clock
that morning, that the Japanese cas-
ualties were believed to be heavy,
and that nothing was known by the
Japanese concerning conditions on
the right bank of the Taitse river.
stakeIberg Extricated.
Inc Ouly COIIllOIl lOI tuC nuSSldIo
at home was the news, conveyed by
a report from Gen. K%uropatkin, dated
Saturday afternoon, that Gen. Stalk
elberg's First Siberian army corps Of
$4,000 men, reported Saturday as
having been cut off to the westward
of %Liao-yang, had been safely extri-
Gated and that the corps has succeed
ed in joining the main Russian body
on the right bank of the river, but
No Details Of the escape
OF Stakelberg are known. Gen. Ku-
ropatkin also reported that the great
err portion of his army was at the
time of filing the report south of
Yentai, ten miles northeast of Lao
yang, and a few miles from the Yen
tai mines, where fierce fighting had
been in progress.
1t is indicated hat there has been
a cessation of the
Fierce Fighting.
kuropatkin reported that his men
were not being much interfered with
by the Japanese in the neighborhood
of his army.
Was a Veritable Rout.
Toxic, Sept. Especial dispatches
received here say that the retreat of
Gen. Kuropatkin's force was a verita-
BILE rout. The Russian soldiers be-
came panic-stricken and precipitately
fed, throwing away their equipments
and sometimes even their guns.
Large quantities of stores, arms
and ammunition which the Russians
did not have time to destroy fell into
the hands of the Japanese.
Japanese Now Occupy Lioa-yang.
Toxic, Sept. 6. - Field Marshal
Oyama, telegraphing at 9 o'clock yes
terday morning, says:
After the fighting of last night and
this morning Liao-yang fell into our
hands. Our casualties are believed
to be very heavy. No report has
been received concerning conditions
on the right bank of the Taitse riv-
err"
Russian Loss Over Thirty Thousand.
The Japanese nave driven the re-
naming Russians from Liao-yang af-
ter desperate fighting lasting from
Saturday morning until 9 o'clock yes
terday morning. The enemy's cas-
ualties are presumed to be more than
80, 600
Lose Faith In k~uropatkin.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-There is
bitter disappointment here, probably
the keenest of the whole land cam
paign, over the situation at the front.
Up to Liao-yang the retreating from
and the abandonment of positions had
been expected, and that much the
public and the officials thought they
knew of Gen. Kuropatkin's plan Of
campaign. Had L%iao-yang been aban-
doned without a fight the public at
least would have looked forward pa
tiently to a decisive stand at Muk-
den, but after a desperate battle with
victory for the instant apparently in
sight, to find Liao-yang abandoned.
it's immense stores captured or de-
stroyed, and the retreat continued
under the most adverse conditions.
severely tries public confidence in
the commandments.
Russians Lose Their Heads,
Gen. K%uropatkin telegraphs that
his only serious losses are confined
to Maj. Gen. Orloff's detachment.
which was guarding the left flank at
Yentai. This detachment consisted
of mixed European attachments and
was suddenly attacked by Japanese
infantry and artillery concealed in
the tall Chinese corn and grass. The
Russians seem to have lost their
heads and to have retreated precipi-
lately. The Japanese inflicted great
slaughter, n Of Gen. Orloff's regi-
ments losing 1900 men.
Russian Vessel Blown Up.
Admiral Hosoya, commanding the
third Japanese squadron, reports that
last Wednesday morning a number of
vessels weighed from Port Arthur and
engaged in clearing away mines. The
Japanese watched their operations
from seward. At 2:25 p. m. a steam
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