Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-30
kurOki's Troops at Gates
of LiaOyang.
SHELL KILLS RONTkOWSkY
kurOpatkin Now Pressed Back To.
ward Mukden.
RUSSIANS LOST THREE THOUSAND

Since the Capture OF Anshnnshan the
Forces of the MikndO Have Pressed
on with Irresistible Power, and
Now at LiaOyang They Threaten
the Practical Annihilation of the
Enemy's whole Army.
LONDON, Aug. 30.-Advices from
Hardin, Manchuria, say that the Rus.
sian losses in the great four days bat
tie east and south of Liaoyang were
1900 killed or wounded. The great ma
jority of the casualties were sustained
at Anping.
With the enemy now pressing him on
three sides General KurOpatkin must
repulse the attack of the Japanese or
his army will be In a position that will
mean its practical humiliation.
The withdrawals of the Russians
from their front at Anshanshan and
from their eastern position were made
simultaneously for strategic reasons to
prevent their being outflanked by the
Japanese.
In the fighting of Aug. 90 the One
Hundred and Thirty-ninth Saraisk reg
iment, with Il battery, executed a par
ticularly successful flanking movement
on the Japanese extreme right. The
Russians u~nperceived got in the rear
of the Japanese, whole columns of
whom were moved down before they
were able TO extricate themselves.
An additional detachment of 600
Russian wounded has been sent north
ward.
The Japanese artillery at Liaoyang
resumed the battle at 9 o'clock in the
morning, the point of pressure again
being the Russian south front. The
Japanese infantry then advanced to
the attack, the regiments being de
pl0yed In open order. =
The Russian army has effected its
retirement, with transport and artil-
lery, to Liaoyang and is now in posi-
ton awaiting the advancing japanese.
The progress of the latter has been
rapid and determined, the troops spar
ing no sacrifice.
In the attack on the SiaolandZy posi-
ton one Japanese battalion lost all OF
Its officers. M sst &&. tsf'
The retirement of the Russian trans
port of four corps across the plains
while the artillery and troops in the
rear held of the Japanese afforded a
magnificent spectacle. All along the
extended lines there was an incessan.
roar of batteries, the Russians work
ing their guns with great GOODNESS anG
not retiring until the transport was lii
safety. sri
General Rontkowsky was killed by &
shell while leading his command.
Dispatches received here say that
General Kuropatkin's entire army
south of Liaoyang has retreated to
that place.
The japanese, numbering 250,000
men, under Generals Oku, Nodzu and
Kuroki, are pressing the Russians to
the east, south and southwest, trying
to force a general engagement.
The Russians are eontesting every
inch of the ground, and there is severe
fighting in progress. General Kuropat
kin has sent provisions north and is.
retiring toward Mukden.
The general staff at 81. Petersburg has
received a lengthy dispatch from Gen
eral Kuropatkin to the effect that al
his forces south Of Liaoyang have beer
withdrawn north of there. The Japa
nese are practically at the gates Of
Liaoyang.
The roads are almost impossible, and
the Russian troops in falling back are
hampered by the number of baggage
and commissariat wagons with them.
The fighting continued all day, re
solving itself into a terrific ear guard
action.
General Rontkowsky and Colonel Won
Reahbe are among the killed.
Tokyo advices say that as a result
Of the combined forward movement Of
their armies the japanese have Occu
pied Anshanshan and are now pursu-
ing the ~retreating Russians.
The Japanese have captured and oc.
cupied Anping, which is twelve miles
southeast Of Liaoyang.
AS sOon as the japanese advanced to
the attack of Anping the Russians
evacuated the place, abandoning guam
titles of stores.
The Japanese turned the right flank
Of the Russians at Anshanshan and
captured eight guns.
A Shanghai report says that the Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi
has been disarmed, and the cruiser AS
kold will be dismantled today.