The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-28
CRISIS OF THE WAR
HAS BEEN REACHED
Greatest Land Battle Thought to Be Now in
Progress.
Three Hundred thousand Men in Three Great Armies Are Max
ing an Epoch in the Worlds
History

ut. PETERSBURG, June 5.-Lieuten-
y ant General sakharoffs dispatch.
received tonight, confirms the be-
lief that the great decisive battle of
the campaign between General kuTo-
patkiu's main army and the armies
of Generals kuTON and Oku is im-
mineut The three armies aggregate
300 600 men and their ouJpOsts are to-
day I'M touch ali along the line. The
japanese evidently tried to- draw kuro-
paJEn as far south as possible, hold
ing out as incentive a check TO the ado
vance of Oku's main army.
Meantime Oku swung sharply TO the
eastward 10 Join kuruki toward the
Chapau pass. kur0la at the same time
moving q strong force by tie right
flank toward HaiCheuE-
The main Japanese advance culul-
ues along the main Feug Wang Cheug-
Lao Yang road. avoiding the Mao Tieu
pass by a detour To- the u0rtlward.
The advance iu an points is being at
tended by slI-rmishiuE.
Main Point Not Known.
Nothing is known here of the exact
point at which kuropaJkiu's main
Ntorce is concentrated. though it is be-
beVed that a large part of the Lao
Yang force has been moved TO a point
"
According TO the Associated Press
dispatch from TIA Tche kia0 today
large force has pushed southwark from
Ia Iche kiaG against OlIu. While
Kuropatbin is thus extending himself
the Japanese with great mobility seem
60 be trying 90 concentrate for the pur-
pose of striking the Russians i'm flank
and rear.
Viceroy Alexiens message tonight.
with the brief dispatch from Rear
Admiral Without maval commander at
Port ARTHUR. throws little additional
uEht ON the sea fight Off Port Ar
thur. The admiralty and the emperor
are awaiting further details with the
same eagerue6s as the general public.
The latter today for the first time re-
Ceived Information through the me-
dunn of foreign kilograms that fight
has occurred.
Loss of Vessels Felt.
The loss of three vessels of the Port
Arthur feet IS admitted TO be severe
blow, especially II not purchased by
greater loss 10 the Japanese than re-
ported by Vice Admiral Togo.
The meagreueSs of the report 81
greatly myEtifyiug the authorities.
who continue to believe that there has
been "a later fight which has not set
been reported
In the absence OF further information
tie admiralty is not disposed to- criti-
else, although It is admitted so have
been unfortunate for the squadron at
such a. critical time that its command
er should be am officer like Without
who, though personally a brave sol
der never before 0eW his flag over
S. pointed that he could
not have been forced 10 get out of
Port Arthur, as the situation there Is
not set by amy means desperate. If
ne fought mis- way back through the
investing fleet ID was because one of
his patched up ships had broken down
or for some other urgent reason. If
be arrived En- the outer haTboE at night
he probably did not want to go into
tie inner rOadstead because the mar
rOWness of the channel made night
navigation dangerous or possibly be-
cause one of his ships stranded at the
4eutrance of the channel Nothing else
could account for his remaining i'm the
outer rOadstead, where he would be
exposed To- the attack of the Japanese
torpedo boats at night
There is q belief that the EIadiyost0lz
squadron put to sea Saturday and IS
likely 90 be next heard of in the k0-
Eeau straits.