New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

1oKlo. Jan photographic advices received
here to-day from the Japanese Manchurfan
headquarters say:
Our detachment occupied Iiu-Tia- Ko vaster-
gay saturday and was twice counter-attacked
w ny SUPERIOR force of the enemy last night
we entirely repulsed the enemy
Our other detachment at dawn to-day (Sun-
usS1 attacKed the enemy in the neghbo~hOod
3L 4Jo Felt-sai- Hotsu. about two miles moi eh of
@ ileI- @Aou-Ial and occupied the position. The
enemy hercely counter attacked or force which
asSalled Hei-Kou-Tai last night. but was re-
nelghborhood of Hell Kou-Tai
Inc enemy In the direction Of Liu-Tia -Ko and
tleiIhou- ial has entirely retreated to the rig.
suing the Russians
In the direction of Chen Chieh-Pao and Lika-
Jen-Ian the enemy made several attacks last
nleht' put was repulsed- The enemy attacking
these points belonged TO the Sth and 10th Corps
In the direction of ei-Kou-Tai the enemy is
composed of the LIST and mixed corps Of In
fantry together with a cavalry division under
General Mstchenko
We captured five hundred officers and men,
Inc casualties on both sides are under in
va9tiSstier..
The Russians are massing about sixty-hve
thousand troops on the Japanese left and bonn
harding the left flank and centre. Small forces
of Russians are attacking all along the line
Marquis Oyans also reports that on Saturday
the Russians occasionally bombarded the right
and centre armies, following up the lombard
ment with attacks, which the Japanese i'm
mediately repulsed. On the left wing Japanese
detachment was victorious at Chen-Chieh- -Pao,
and occupied Liu-Tia- 10 and Lichia- Wo-Peng
on Saturday, the Russians retreating north and
west
The japanese occupied with infantry positions
southeast of Hei-Kou-Tai on Saturday
Another detachment dislodged a regiment of
infantry, brigade of cavalry and twelve guns
occupying Haerh- -Pao, five miles south of Hell
Kou-Tai.
The Russian strength opposing the Japanese
left flank is roughly estimated ct eight corps.
consisting Of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth in
fantry divisions, the Second and Fifth brigades
of European Rifles. the Ninth infantry division
of the tenth corps. part o. the sixty-frst infan-
try division, part of the First Siberian corps
and the First and Ninth brgades of Rifles.
ton of Saturday nights report that General
Kuropatkin had broken through the japanese
left there came Lieutenant General Sakharoff's
official admission to-day that the Russians had
been compelled to retire from Sandepas on ac-
count of their inability to carry a redoubt
II is also significant that dispatches from
Russian correspondents al the front have again
suddenly ceased. which is regarded as an indi-
cation of the failure Of the operation and
strengthens the first impression that il was a
undertaken to distract the people
at home from the present situation.
Nemirovitch Danchenko. the war correspond
ent. who has just arrived here from the front,
said to-day:
I do not regard the present offensive move
ment as likely to be prolonged. | believe Gen
eral Kuropatkin does not contemplate de-
cisive movement before a couple of months.
The weather conditions till then viii be unfa-
vorable. General Kuropatkn is merely
the way and sharpening the troops
who have recently arrived.
The text OF General Sakharofr's report which
is dated January 2s. follows:
on January 26 the enemy began to concen-
trate in considerable force near Sandepes. in
lending take the offensive. On January ~
our column the extreme left took the offensive
against the village of Suma-Pu and Pao-Tsla
south OF Sandepas, which were occupied by the
enemy During the whole of January - an
obstinate fight was going on here. and after
midnight we took Suma-Pu.
on January 26 another column. advancing on
sandepas. occupied In tho evening q great part |
II that fortified village. but coming upon a !
strong redoubt with triple row of artificial |
obstacles which had been scarcely damaged by |
,ur fire and which armed with field ar |
fiery and quick hrers. and seeing the impos- |
nbity Of carrying the rcdouDt without a pre- |
iminary bombardment our troops left Sandepas. |
which had been set on fire il being impossible !
o remain there without risking defeat
On January 81 and 2S SandePas and its re- /
ioubt were heavily bombarded, while our /
ed Ga aud
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