Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-19
JAPANESE FORCES DRAW NEAR
Err AND NEARER TO THE
CITY.
RUSSIAN TROOPS
ARE ON THE RETREAT
Battle on Monday Resulted Disastrous
ly for the Cars Soldiers and Has
Brought the Invaders Step Closer
To New chwans.


statement is made by the general
staff today that Commander in ~
Chief kuropatkin is making pre- y
parations to fall back on Mukden =
and then on to Harbin in order u
to avoid decisive combat with ~
the Japanese at the present stage
= of the war.
80 SIS 81" y 1T So amsa
Che Foo. May 18. - As the result of
the engagement which the Japanese
had on Monday with the Russian gar
rison at Kai Chou. on the west coast
OF Lao Tung peninsula. the Russians
We're driven out of Kai Chou, which is
the nearest point to New Chwang.
With the exception of the Liao river,
where there is sufficient water to allow
OF landing of troops. the Japanese
are skirmishing on either side of the
railroad north and south of Kin Chou.
Railroad Out of Commission.
Toxic. May 18. - An official report
from the second Japanese army shows
that the railroad north of Port Arthur
mas been cut in five places. Between
May and II the Japanese losses
/ have only been LAG men.
Japanese Report Victories.
Washington, D. G., May is. = The
Japanese legation has received the fol-
lowing message from Toxic:
The commander landing forces in
Lao Tung peninsula reports that be-
/ tween May 5 and May 1G there have
been daily skirnishes, the Japanese de-
tachments successfully d, wing the en-
emy back and dastrr-- = 6. svra pll
and railroadss 81 aiy 1tsfan ana- ma -.
] vicinity. I, g n
Nine Officers Killed,
On May 16, after serious fighting,
the Japanese occupied the heights,
three and one-half miles from Kin
Chow. The Japanese casualties are
LAG, including nine officers killed."
Quiet at Port Arthur.
London, May 49, - A dispatch from
Lao Yang says that according to news
which reached there today from Port
Arthur there have been no further at
tacks on the beleaguered port since
4 May 13.
Attack is Expected.
/ The Japanese who landed at Pitse.
wo appear to be pushing the prepara-
/ tions for land attack, which 1t is ex-
pected will be accompanied by a re-
newal of the bompardment by the Jap
anese fleet.
Big Battle Imminent.
! Paris. May 18. - The Journals Muk-
, den correspondent says:
Important events are imminent.
The outposts of the two armies are al
ready in contact in the zone northwest
of Feng Wang Cheng The Japanese
army advancing on Lao Yang Is esti-
mated at 100000 A persistent rumor
which is not confirmed officially has 1t
that another Japanese corps is execut-
ing flanking movement directed at
some point between Lao Yang and
Mukden
According to the best information
:. there are now no less than 100000
: Japanese in Manchuria."
e kuropatkin Reports Movements.
7 St Petersburg, May Is. The fol-
lowing telegram from General Kuro-
2 patkin to the emperor under the date
/ Of May 16, has been given out here:
Towards noon seventeen steamers
approached Siung Yue Cheng and
, opened fire on the town, while five YES
1 sells approached the shore.
! "At 1880 p. M. three large steam
ers appeared off the cape and at 800
D. M, the enemy landed at Huang Tsia
Tung and commenced a march in the
[ direction of Kai Ping"