Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-01

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the Russian positions was made The
Japanese found the Russians holding
long chain of sDlendidly fortified
positions with tremendous force OF
artillery. From the nieht of August
n to the morning Of rne 29th, the Jap.
anese attacked the Russian positions
on the ridge to the east of Sanyutzu.
/ The Russians finally were dtslodged
from these ridge positions. but the
Japanese left was unable to advance
on account of the forceful resistance
of the Russian troops who occupied
the heights southeast of Hsiang and
Shantzu. Continuing these attacks
the Japanese center advanced and oc.
cupied a line extending from Sanyut-
zu to the west of Shihchutzu, while the
left on the morning of the goth, after
dislodging the Russians at Tashihmen-
ling and Hsiangshantzu advanced to
Yayutai and Tengchifane where it
was reinforced. The Russians checked
the advance of all the Japanese forces
coming UP from the south along the
Haicheng-Liao Yang roa /. The Jap
anese resumed the attack on the 29th.
The Russians on the Haicheng-Liao
Yang road appeared to be occupying
line of ridges extending from a point
south of Shoushanpao to point east
of Hang Chiatun. There eminences
were strongly fortified and were occu-
pied by numerous force of the enc
my. The Japanese bivouacked on the
night of August 20, in front of these
positions. At dawn on August 30 all
the Japanese armies conformity attack
ed all the Russian positions on the
southern front, from point north of
Teng CHA Fang. The Japanese center
attacked with all it's strength. The left
column of the first army continued the
attack upon Teng CHA Fang and Yay-
utai, but the Russians there received
reinforcements and it was impossible
to dislodge them. A separate column
was then dispatched from the right
column of the second army and this
occupied a ridge to the south Of Tsa-
whence it opened a cannon
ade on the enemy at six O'Clock on the
of the 30th.
Fall Into Russian Traps.
Kuropatkin's order to fall back on
the Russian Notifications is probably
due to the receipt of information that
the Japanese have succeeded in cross
ing the Taitse River, northeast OF
Lao Yang, although Generals Rennen-
kamps and Mandariteff's divisions had
been especially placed in position in
this direction to checkmate such a
AS soon ais the Japanese
found that the Russians were retiring
from the outer positions to the south
ward they resumed the attack there,
although it was then quite dark. Thus
pressed, the Russians arrested their
to the rear and again faced
the Japanese. With view of eventu-
al retirement from the outer positions,
the Russians dug large number OF
pits with stakes concealed among the
high Chinese corn. When the Japan |
ese charged after the Russians, they
fell into these pits in hundreds and
were engulfed and impaled on the
stakes, and the lines thrown into con-
fusion. When the Russians faced about
and returned to their old positions,
they found these death traps filled with
dead and dying japanese soldiers.
Sakharoff, in reporting the
battle says the Japanese suffered enor-
nous losses, which were much larger
than those Of tie Russians, who also
lost heavily.
Reported Fall Of Lao Yang.
Toxic, Sept. lit is believed here
that Kuropatkin has been sweepingly
defeated and that the possession of
Lao Yang is only matter of hours.
There is report here at Ave o'clock
this evening of the capture of Liao
Yang today It is quite without con-
but very probable.
Fate Of Port Arthur.
Toxic, Sept. Popular estimates
as to the date Of the fall Of Port Ar-l