The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11
CORRESPONDENT Is MADE
PRISONER BY JAP VICT0RS
In Many Instances the Russians Lost
More Men Behind Their Breast
works Than the Attack
ing Japanese.

Lao Yang. September T. via Tien Tsin,
September 10-The Japanese at O'Clock
yesterday evening discovered the Rus
slams had evacuated Lao Yang and at
IL o'clock they sent scouting parties 70
the southern and western walls of the
city At o'cloek this morning the troops
of the victorious army quietly advanced
and entered Lao Yang, General Kuro-
patlxin's former base and stronghold.
This success was achieved after five days
of glorious fighting.
After General Kuroki had noted the
march of the Tenth Russian army corps
which he had driven in from the Anping
road to the plain, on its way to join the
Russian center which General Nodzu has
forced in from Kaofeigshi, he divided his
forces stationed In Anping and Fengwan-
cheng roads. He took care to have
sufficiently strong force on the Feng-
wangcheng road on General Nodzus ex-
treme right and sent to General Nodzu
who was pushing with the Japanese CEN
ter army along the Mengchiafang and
south roads, one brigade to Mengchia-
fang, three regiments to chiaofantun and
two regiments to the southwark.
General Kuroki In the meantime waited
quietly and with two. more divisions on
the south bank of ene faitse river and on
august 80, the artillery under General
Nodzu bombarded severely the three hills
at Chiaofantung. On the same day Cen
eral Oku in command of the Japanese left
army, working his way with rifle fire and
artillery, slowly advanced along the rail-
roadxar spite of the Russian opposition
from the neigliboriug elevations and for
tifications The left army thus moved to-
ward Slushaen. The Russian cavalry
was not able to locate the Japanese
trenches on this advance.
Warnings to kuropatkin.
The character oE tI.s Japanese advance
apparently he'd served as warning 10
General kuropatkin to make sure of his
retreat and his transport was at once
seen moving rapidly out OF Lao Yang
over the railroad bridge.
On August 80 the Japanese closed in on
the Russians at their mountain position
at Chiaofaostun. Here the guards were so
closed to each other that 1t was almost
possible for the battery commanders to
see each others spectacles.
AT 10 o'clock the morning of the
Goth General Stakelbergs staff moved out
of Lao Yang. AT the same time rifle fire
station.
The fences around all the houses at
Lao Yang had been removed in order to
facilitate the movement of wagons and
troops wounded men of whom none
were seen on the 29th were trailing along
the roads from the south and southwest
into Lao Yang on the 30th. The Russians
made use of field balloon all day long
on the 30th and by means of 1t they got
Of w
they succeeded in putting out of action.
AS a general thing, however, they failed
to find either the enemys batteries or his
troops, while the Japanese continued to
silence Russian battery after Russian
battery.
Russians Hold Their Own.
At o'clock on the afternoon of the
sOth the Japanese shelled a Russian bat
terry position on a hill within three miles
of Lao Yang, but shortly after this hour
it became apparent that the Russians
had begun to hold their own. By o'clock
in the afternoon the Japanese shrapnel
was confined to the position at Chiao-
faotun where the Russians were disput-
ing every hillock with the enemy. The
Japanese made repeated but unsuccess-
full assault on this position The fighting
of the 30th came to close at o'clock in
the evening. The Russian casualties for
the 18th and Both totalled more than 5000
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