New-York tribune., 1905-06-22
SIGNS OF GREAT BATTLE.
OYAIfA PUSHING NORTH.
Russians Fall Back Before tx
Stcadu japanese Adcdnce.

ST Pe.ersh,,re June GA great battle IN
Manchuria is now beginning, according to puoiie
belief, and official dispatches from hoth sdeS
bear out the idea that tne japanese have begun
their main advance. though yet there have
Eeen no heavy collisions.
The Japanese. following the checking OF theii
Demonstrated to the westward, are now push
ing forward in force along the railroad ana the
Mandarin and Mainaikai roads, their front no"
stretching from sing-Lung- -Chuan fifteen miles
north of Chang-Tu-Fu. and east through shuan-
Miao-Tzu station to Yacna Pass on the MAI
DARN Road
The Russians drew back their advance posts
without serious resistance and are evideEtJ
retiring to their first line of intrenchmentS'
which is believed to cross the railroad at 81
Ping-Hai. fifteen miles further north. They
Eave IA number of other fortified positions be-
fore reaching their ultimate line Of defence dt
Kirin and at Chang Chun-Fu, eighty miles IN
the rear.
General Lfnevtch evidently has imposed an
embargo on press messages. indicating that hos
tiHtfes have entered on a serious phase
If negotiations for armistice are on foot
they must bear immediate fruit in order to pre-
vent a battle perhaps greater in its casualties
than that of Moukden.
General I.inevitch in a dispatch to the EN-
peror dated June 10 says:
AT O'Clock this morning the japanese began
an offensive on our front west or the railway
Sin-Latftch-Jouan was occupied by Strong ue-
tachments of japanese. ro,- tho
In the vicinity of Lao Yang WoIPeng me
japanese withdrew along the whole line south
ward to their old positions
Another dispatch from General Linevitch'
dated June 20. says
The Japanese on the road from Maimakai to
Chantufu began to retreat at micday June 10
On the east of the railway the japanese III
fantry at 3 in the morning, June IL. began 10
advance IN the direction of Banlaschamyne' nut
their advance was stopped at y a m
The japanese on the Mandarin road also
began an offensive at in the morning IoWaro
8 O'Clock our advance posts retired signify Inc
Japanese artillery opened at 10 O'Clock. our ad-
posts retired further. and az noon the
Japanese occupied the village of Siao-Choous-
Chi near Yaoma-L1n2.
Toxic June Pit is officially announced that
a japanese detachment in Northern Corea COM
pletely occupied Kang-song or Tuesday. A few
thousand Russians, with artillery retired
toward Sia-Song twelve miles northward
The following official dispatch was received
TODAY from the headquarters of the japanese
army in Manchuria:
In the direction of Wei-Yuan-Pao- Men our de-
tachment occupied Lien Hwa-Chien on June 10
without encounterng resistance. 1t also occu-
pied Yeng-Mu- Ln-Tzu, twenty miles northwest
of Wei-Yuan- Pao- Men, and drove the enemy
back on his positions the Kirin road
Further north another force the same day as
lodged the enemy from Yang-Tzu Pass ana the
yicinitieS ten miles north Of Wei uan-f
and occupied line of hills northwest OF ohl.
Hui-Wo-Tzu and those seven miles norm td5 .ba Sa
enemy holding positions north ana northwest vi
the same place.
In the Chang-Tu-Fu direction our force ad-
vanced along the railroad and dislodged the
enerny's cavalry and infantry holding an emf
nence two miles north Of the Sha-Ho-Izu IaII- IIe
road station. and took possession OF lile OF hiiS
south of Su-Miao-TZu and eighteen mics ioIth-
east of Chang -Tu-Fu, on June ~ The staton
was found to be demolished. Our casualties
were four men wounded. The enemy left ten
corpses, including the body of an on1cer, ana
three horses killed. Our force captured one
machine gun and one morse me eIlelhS io''
must have been heavy.
Our force advancing the Feng-Hwa road,
after a vigorous fight with infantry and artillery
! from 3 in the morning of June 10, dislodged
! the enemy from Pei-Fang-Cheng-k ten miles
southeast of Hsi-Lien- Chan. and occupied at
/ $40 the same morning Llu-Ilao-hou, slAleeii
miles north of Chang-Tu-Fu.
London. June 22-"The Daily Telegraph's'
| Moji correspondent says;
Realizing that it impossible 10 assume
| the offensive against the overwhelming Supe-
| riority OF the enemy, General Linevtch ordered
| General MistchenkO to make display OF act1v-
! ity in order to create impression of an Often
! sive movement.
! His attack however, in no way Influenced
Field Marshal Oyama's plans To the contrary,
it only facilitated japanese observations of his
| weakness and at the present moment Line
| witch is in more dangerous position than was
KurOpatkin at Moukden.