Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-29
RETREAT WAS IMPERATIVE
,,o,oesc Seem to be Gradually En'
~ velopiug the Russian General
And His Army.
MS ACTION IS DISAPPOINTING
I, Vas Believed That He Had sulil'
Gent Relnforeemeuts to Accept
A Decisive Engagement

9, pstersburg, Aug, 20, u2;5o p ND
c.n Kuropatkin since yesterday morn
,au has been drawing In all his forces
his eastern and southern fronts
,ono,d Lao Yang. Anping' Tzsow'
,,or Dlan Sian and Anshanshan' con-
,ouune the main positions OF the OUT
sr defense line OF Lao Yang nave
h,sn abandoned. The heaviest hgh'ihs
,,rrod on the extreme left where
.ho Japanese advanced to the assault
again and again with bayonets' Inc
,o.ltons az Tzgow and AnpinS were
bsd by the Tenth European corps Inc
at,ocbs we're delivered with fanaticai
bravery. The Russians lost large
,,oportion OF officers, 10 guns and from
,oO 10 1000 men, but the Russians had
m.n generally successful IN nea'ihs
aft the assaults all along the long l'ne'
and the Russians declare that the order
% rstlre came as a surprise Just wheh
,,,y wore expecting orders for gem
oral advance. This is considered 10 DE
croof that Gen Kuropatktn, hndins MS
y ain positions menaced on the hallN
ana anticipating difficulties IN VIM
drawing owing TO the condition oil the
roads. which have suddenly been trans
,,rmed into mud boys by the ram con-
sidored that n retreat was Imperative
The retirement from the east front was
neatly impeded by the conversion OF
,he Ian river into mountain torreh'
and this probably accounts fof the fah-
uro NJ the Japanese TO follow UP the
retiring Russians.
The Japanese column moving up the
Iiao river and threatening Cen huro'
t6tkln from the west is regarded as
being extremely dangerous ana Cen
Kurokrs extreme right seems also 10
he working around Gen. Hersehel-
mamma position at Anplng and TO De
moving toward Mukden. The strength
Of the enveloplng Japanese armies may
be Judged from the fact that Gen. Oku
alone. who il coming from the SOUTH
is officially reported to have 10000 men,
Whether Gen. Kuropatkin intends TO
accent battle at Lao Yang may not
be known positively for several days
but the belief several times indicated
IN these dispatches prevails here that
he will withdraw northward, having
found that he is not strong enough TO
cope with the japanese and realizing
that Lao Yang is made no longer ten
able on account Of the Japanese threats
at his west rear. His retirement UNI
doubtedly viii cause keen public dis
appointment. as Il was generally be-
lloyed that he ut last had sufficient re-
Inducements to accept decisive en-
sagement, and by the military critics
his retreat is interpreted 10 mean
great prolongation Of the war.
The Toxic report that Gen. Kuroki
had succeeded In cutting the railroad
south Of Mukden is not confirmed by
the telegraph department, where II Is
raid that no reports have been received
Of an interruption of communication.
Ot course, It Is realized here that II
the railroad north Of Lao Yang Ia cut,
the position Of the Russian army would
be rendered serious II not desperate,
as II would probably compel Gen. Kuro-
patkin to accept an engagement against
his will.
The rain which has again begun fall
Ing IN Manchuria will probably serve
the Russians much more than the
japanese, as their retirement as soon
RS they reach the railroad will not be
mpeded whereas It Is likely to almost
completely stop the Japanese forward
movement.
ANPING EVACUATED.
London, Aug, pa dispatch to
news agency from Toxic under today's
date In reporting the Japanese occupa-
ton OF AnpIng and Tanghoyen. says:
On the Japanese advancing TO at
TACK Anping the Russians evacuated
Inc place, abandoning large quantities
or stores,
II Is roughly computed that the Rus
san force around Lao Vans consists Of
- divisions
RUSSIAN LOSSES.
Harbin' Manchuria, Aug 29.-The
RUSSIAN losses IN the fighting OF Aug.
% ana Aug 20, west and south OF Llao
Yang, We're 5000 killed or wounded. The
great majority Of the casualties we're
sustained at Anping. The Withdrawal
OF the Russians from their front at An
shanshan and from their eastern posi-
uon was made simultaneously for stra-
tesic reasons,
JAPANESE FLANKED.
Mukden, Aug. 29.-In the fighting OF
avg 26 the One Hundred and Thirty,
ninth saralsk regiment with a battery,
'Aecuted a particularly successful flank
movement on the Japanese extreme
"sh'' The Russians, unpereelved, got