Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-04
lIEW PHASE BEGINS
IN LAO YANG FIGHT
Said General Kuropatkin Has
Assumed Offensive.
MAssINe HIS HEAVY ARTILLERY
Preparing to Make an Attack Upon
on the North Side of the Taiste
River-BriIliant strategicaI Stroke.


on the North Side of the Taiste
River-BriIliant strategcaI Stroke.
Eastern War News.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 3.-1:30 p. m.
A new hpase of the battle of Lao
Yang has now begun. The main op-
erations have been transferred TO the
north bank of the Taiste, where Gen
eral Kuropatkin has assumed the of.
fensive, hurting the army against
Field Marshal Oyama's right under
General KurolIi and at the same time
holding the Japanese center and left
on the other side of the river in check,
with the force left on the south bank
for that purpose. The operations on
the southstde are now regarded as be-
ing Of secondary Importance at the
war Office, where Kuropatkin's action
in throwing the bulk or his army
across the river to the right bank
in order to protect his rear and give
him an opportunity to try conclusions
single handed with KuroIi,s is consid.
cred to be a brilliant strategical
stroke.
The Russian force left on the Lilac
Yang side of the tails is regarded as
strong enough behind it's fortified DO.
sitions to hold Generals Oku and Nod.
zu long enough to give Kuropatkin
chance to strike Kuroki, and at the
same time to protect the bridges OF
which, it now develops there are ten,
over which KurOpatkin must return.
Even then the public had some diff.
ficulty in figuring out the exact situa.
ttOn, but the mere knowledge of the
fact that Kuropatkin had begun his at
tack upon Kuroki served to relieve
the peoples spirits, which had dropped
perceptfbly during the past 48 hours
without official news.
NO information has yet been rece1v'
ed regarding the result of KurOpatkin'a
attack upon Oyama's right and the
keenest anxiety exists as to the result
of the whole battle, which is now in
the balance. If Kuropatkin is de,
feated, his retirement further north.
ward would seem to be imperative,
while, on the other hand, a Russian
victory might turn the tide of war
Advices from Port Arthur dated on
Aug. 81, announce that Rear Admiral
OuktOmsky's squadron went out Aug
%, and shelIed the Japanese positions
The squadron consisted of the battle
ships Retvizan and PeresViet, the ar
mored cruiser Bayan and the protect
ed cruiser PalIada. This is the first
intimation that the repairs of the
Bayan and the protected cruiser Pal
1ada had been completed The yes
sells put to sea at o'clock in the
morning under cover of the batteries
and returned safely, after accomplish
ing their mission. The message adds
that the Japanese are bombarding the
fortress daily and nightly, but are not
causing serious damage, the inhabi
tants seeking refuge in the bombproofs
This message which was sent from
Che Foo declares that the Japanese
continue to provision their armies
from Wei Hal Wei and Che Foo, load
ing steamers outside these ports. Not
a single newspaper dispatch directly
from the front has reached St. Pc
tersburg since Thursday, for the rea
son explained in these dispatches
the transfer of the head telegraph of.
fee at 90 0 Y Yang to Shanlkhe, Is miles
north.
Iii military circles, where the prog
Tess of the battle is known, Kuropat
kin's tactics are approved, and conf
dence is expressed in the issue.
The failure Of Toxic to chronicle
the voluntary passage of Kuropatkin's
main army across the river is believ
ed here to indicate that the Japanese
desire to reap as much glory as pos
sible, if they succeed in taking pos
session of Liao Yang. Neither Kuro
patBin's decision to make the cross
ing with his army, nor the fact that
the bulk of it is over, was known
to the Russian public till this morning
Later in the day the general staff
make public General Kuropatkin's dis.
patch to the emperor of yesterday
and the dispatch was given out as fol
lows:
cat nightfall Thursday the Japa
nese attacked our Sikwantun position
but were repulsed, after a hard fight
They renewed the attack at night
this time with success, driving back a
regiment in the direction of Sakuttun
The retreat of this regiment led td
the evacuation of the positions held
| by other troops. Toward morning
| the troops advanced gradually in order
to reta,ke the Sykwantun position.
cat dawn on Friday I assumed the
offensive against the troops of Gen
| eral Kuroki's army. At midday the
headwaters OF the attacking corps
were in line and preparations were
made to retake by artillery the posi-
ton captured during the night by the
Japanese and the infantry is also ad-
vancing to the attack
During the night the Japanese vio-
lently bombarded the interior of the
Russian position inside the town of
Lao Yang. the railroad station and
the railroad itself Our losses were
insignificant.
81 have just received a dispatch from
the chief of the Lao Yang garrison,
timed 1875 a. M, to the effect that
the Japanese attacked the fort situat,
ed in the center of our position, but
they were repulsed with very great
loss. We had six men killed in the
fort"
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