Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-08
JAPANESE TO
CROSS RIVER
Marshal Oyama Has Prob
ably Forced a
Passage.
kURokl CAPTURES HEIGHTS
Thought That He Will Soon Domi-
nate Railroad Japanese Press
Hard On Retreating Russians, Many
ofWhom Are Said to Have Drowned

Toxic, Sept. 3.--It is expected that
the main strength of Field Marshal
Oyama's forces to the southwark will
succeed this morning in crossing the
Tai Use river. General Kuroki yester.
day captured portion of the heights
commanding Heyingtai, and it is
hoped he will dominate the railway
today. The Russians appear to be
gathering at Yentai colliery, north
east of Lao Yang.
Toxic, Sept. st is reported here
that confagaration id raging at
Lao Yang.
Field Headquarters of the Second
Japanese Army, Sunday, Aug. ~
Is p. m, via Fusan, Korea, Sept. 81
The Russian forces reached Shush-
umpo today, the Japanese following
them. A severe rear guard action
was fought all day long The Japan.
csc captured eight guns and ten am.
, munition wagons. The newspaper
correspondents were kept six miles
away from the fighting today. =
Toxic, Sept. 3.-The Russians be-
gan to retreat on the right center
from Lao Yang early Thursday
They were thrown into great confu.
sion while attempting to cross to
the right bank of the Tai Use river.
The Japanese, pursuing them vigor-
ously, seized a Russian cannon,
which they used to shell the Lao
Yang railway station. Field Marshal
Oyama's right attacked a heavy force
OF Russians in the vicinity of Heiy-
ingtai, twelve niles northeast of
Lao Yang, at IL o'clock Thursday.
His left began at dawn yesterday
pressing the Russians towards Tat
zehod. 1t is thought that he will Sc
verely punish the Russians.
Toxic, Sept 3.-A few additional
details of the progress of the battle
at Lao Yang reached Toxic at a late
hour yesterday
General Kurolxis right is continu-
ing to press the attack at Heiying.
tai, seeking ground whence their
guns will dominate the railroad. The
troops under General Kuroki are
jaded and weary. They have been
marching and fighting since Au-
gust %, bnt in spite of this they at
tackled with spirit. The Japanese are
confident that they have already
swept back the strong Russian force
with which they have been engaged,
and 1t is probable that when the de-
tails are known it will be found that a
great tragedy was enacted yesterday
along the Tai Use river.
The Tai Use is flooded and cannot
be forded. General Oku, in command
of the Japanese left army, has direct
ed his energies to forcing the Rus
slams to the river. and it is probable
that many were drowned there.
A private dispatch received here re-
ports great fires are raging at Lao
Yang. This statement Is not confirm
ed officially. The fires are believed to
result from the japanese Smelling or
from the efforts of the Russians to de-
stroy their stores preparatory to the
evacuation of Lao Yang, with the ad-
ditional hope Of injuring the city as
future Japanese base.
Unofficial estimates place the Rus
sian forces in the vicinity of Lao
Yang at fifteen divisions of $4,000
each. These are probably excessive,
but it is evident that numerically the
Russians exceed the Japanese.
The opinion that the Russian casu.
aIties in the recent fighting win
reach 10000 is confidently expressed
in high quarters here. Neither Field
Marshal Oyama nor the Japanese
army commanders have yet estimated
the Russian losses.
1t seems that the Japanese avoided
direct assault upon Lao Yang itself,
but devoted their energies to the
troops outside the city, and an effort
to cut off the Russian retreat. Lao
Yang is strongly fortified, and it is
probable that the Japanese will not
attack the city directly until they
have succeeded in isolating it. Should
the Russians abandon Lao Yang, the
Japanese will of course enter.