The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-26
JAPs MOVE FORWARD
After Four Weeks Interval, Kuropat-
kin Is Attacked.

kin Is Attacked.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 26, 2:15 p.n.-
After four weeks interval the Japanese
have resumed their advance against
General Kuropatkin's positions. The
opposing armies are In contact east
and south of Liao-yang and fighting
has been In progress since Wednesday,.
The advices at hand are too meager
to enable the officials to form cor
rect opinion as to whether it will re-
suit in general engagement, but the
extent and character Of the Japanese
movement leads to that conclusion.
Since the rains ceased a week ago,
there have been continued limitations
that General Kuropatkin was about to
assume the offensive, but instead Of
that, it was the Japanese who at
tackled the Russian commanders east
ern and southern positions.
Three Jap Armies.
A japanese column 10000 strong
was reported on Tuesday to be march
ing up the right bank Of the Lao
river, which would seem to Indicate
that three Japanese armies are CO.
operating in enveloping three sides of
Liao-yang. .
From the meager accounts received
it appears that General Kuroki Sc
lected Tan-tzeia-pudzy as the point
for his attempt to drive the wedge
into Kuropatkin's outer defenses at
An-ping and -dian-sian, which
are situated respectively ten miles
northwest and southwest of Tan-tzeia-S
pudzy,sthe latter being on the Lian-he
river, eight miles above the conau-S
ence Of the Tai-tse river, whence a
mountain ridge runs westward. The.
fact that the Japanese are preparing
/ pontoons at the Tai-tse river was
noted in these dispatches several days
ago. The capture of this bridge will
be the first obstacle of the japanese.
and doubtless will entail severe fight
ing in which the Japanese probably
are counting on the superiority of
| their mountain guns.
If they are successful the Russian
| positions at An-ping and Llan-dian-'
sian will become precarious.
Kuroki's Operations.
Their operations on An-ping are
supported from Gutziatsy, three miles
higher up the Lian-he river and along
4 the Tai-tse river as shown ip the dis
patch reporting that the Russian front
south of the Tai-tse river was engaged
and that General Kuroki was stimuli
taneously moving on Lian-dian-sian
along the high road as reported from
:. Liao-yang last night and by the fact
! that another Japanese Column is NOV
ing on Liam dian-sian along the south
road from Siao-lindzy, ten miles
northeast Of Hai-cheng.
That General Kuropatkin had fore
seen these various moves is shown by
! the manner in which the attack on
j Tanzapu was met and by the repulse
Of the Japanese at Siao-lindzy.
Adyices Are Meager.
The advices of the war office from
/ the front are very meager. In fact
they are confined to report dated
/ Aug. "a, giving an account Of the adj
i vance of the Japanese column of 3d.
/ 900 men along the main road toward
! Liao-yang, which began at daybreak,
/ Aug. "a. The japanese drove in the
Russian outposts and when the column
reached a point couple Of miles west
Of Liam dian-sian, the Japanese at
tempted to install batteries, but they
met such hot fire that
they succeeded in placing only one
\ battery, which was soon compelled to
| change it's position. At the moment
of sending the dispatch the Japanese
had suspended operations. sa
The war office has no news OF the
reported attack on An-shan-shan, and
the general staff is by no means salts
fed that the eastern movement of the
japanese is more than a feint.
4 General Ivanoff is in command OF
the late General Count Ke1ler's COM
mand at iLian-dian-sian. The war Of
flee was much elated at the receipt
of a dispatch from Lieutenant Gem
eral Stoessel, dated Port Arthur, Aug.
20, reporting that the japanese had al