The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
Kuroki's Great Dash.


The foreign military attaches who were
In Lao Yang were taken north under
escort. 81 G3
ing an tunbroken line of ammunition aWaET
sons, batteries 8of artillery and Russian
troops, using the railroad bridge to get
out aof Liao Yang to the north.
1T became known that General Kuroki'
was making dash around the Russians
left for the railroad at a point fifteen
miles north of here. He crossed the :Iaitsc
RiverSthe night Of August aOth, and LOOK
the splendid Russian defenses a Pensi
sFIu with very8little effort he continued
40 advance steadily and turned 80 Rus
sian left. His army covered Fl teen mics
In quick time The effect Of Its move.
8ments was Ito force the Russians to,ieaVe
Lilac Yang and retire in the direct1on q, q
the coal mines east Of Y en- ~ al. Z, q q ne
threa tened to cut General huto =
army of seven corps IN 7 Vo a 3s,- Z.
8&The 4 corresponds Of the A IS ted
Press was senting lunch ut the railroad
station ut room when the frs s apa nese q
shcll struck the foreign tlemen mt With
In fifteen minutes time, all tlle PSI.
hospital attendants and merchants and
other people in the vicinity had cleared
out, and only few Chinese T ren1ained,
The Japanese hellsscontinued to fall in
the settlement Chinese. under the d.
frcction Of Russian officers. We're making
hurried efforts to remove the stores and
Ammunition from the railroad sheds. i he i!
japanese shells came from Shuz Shan, and
a Russian shrapnel fire was soon turned
on the battery there. I'll 81 II 4. II Fl
Began at. Daybreak.
The fighting around Lao \ = ang began
at daybreak. September I'd, when shells
were thrown in from the entire Ja pancse
line. i S 81. 4 rs 81 " ~
General, K,lroki severed his connection
with the japanese center arm and left
the An Ping road unprotected. Ills army
was in front Of the last Russian position
In the coal ,mnlng district to the cas- Z
of Yen Tai. The Importance and effect
of Kurokl's dash to the rear Of he Rus
sian army was particularly noticeable
this morning. Near Yen Tai, the Russ
slams had lost an important hill position
only to gain 1t again and lose 1t a Sc
cond time. This greatly discouraged tho
Russians lit is declared that the i'm
mediate precpitous retreat of tho entire
Russian army at Lao Yang was pre-
vented by tho retaklng of this hill, which
lies to tho east of Yen Tai. The RUS
SLAMS. however, could not hold the hill
and tho Japanese were again soonain pos
session. General Kurokl's attack at Yen
Tai was soon relaxed. however, and
General Mitshcneko and his command
was Withdrawn from the Russian de-
tenders of Yen Tai and sent over to the
vest side of the railroad to mako a
demonstration and to aid In covering the
retreat OF the main army.
The cannonading came to an end when
the sun Went down. Throughout the
night OF September Cd 1t broke out again
fltfully, but the periods were of short
duration. The morning OF September Sd
showed that General Kurolfi had not
attained his object hut tho victory OF
the Japanese over tho Russians appeared
to be complete. Russian troops and re-
fugecs from Lao Yang. In pickshaws,
were pouring north along tho railroad
and along the main highway on the way
to Mukden. The Russian press censors.
who were stationed at Lao Yang. Yen
Tai and Mukden5had fled to Hardin,
Russians Excited.
Tho night OF September I'd was, dis
turbed throughout by Furious rifle fire
outside OF Lao Yang, The Russian
troops we're In aihighly nervous and OK
cited state. They werc convinced that 4
the japanese were creeping forward IL
resistibly all this time
September 30 saw the resumption OF
tho cannonading at dawn, and the vast
clouds of smoke. which arose slowly
from the burning warehouses In the for
elgn settlement ut LAO Wang could be
seen for a distance Of ten niles.
When the correspondent passed the
fre-swept bed OF the f,raitse River on his
way into Lao Yang at mon OF septem-
Der Sd, the Russian Infantry had retired
from the immediate front to shelter be-
hind the south walltof the city. On get
ting into Lao Yang It was seen that ia
panese rifle bullets were falling around
the railroad station, and that all the
stored lumber and wooden buildings In
that vicinity In flames
During the night OF September 4th