The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-22

| In force, he was ordered-or 10 u 10 be-
iieved-to send General Stakelberg
southwards with strong detachment
I'm the hope OF taking the japanese I'm
the rear and raising the siege on the
land side almost before II had begun.
The attempt was soon shown To be Ill
judged. for on June IL and Is the Rus
sian force. which appears to have num-
bered about 5000 men. with ninety
guns. met Oku's army near Telissu. or
vafangow, q point on the railway about
nifty miles north OF kinchau.
outnumbered In men and guns. and
outmaneuvered by his opponent. Stakel-
berg was forced TO retreat. abandon
ing sixteen guns and leaving LISA dead
on the field. His wounded numbered
2tts. oku lost III killed and 300
| wounded.
stakeiberg and his broken force re-
tired to Kaiping. while Kuropatkin COL
lected his forces In the neighborhood
OF Liaoyang. where u was evident that
| the FIRST great stand would be made by
the army that had advanced from Muk-
den. the troops that had retreated from
the Yalu. and those which had been In
occupation OF Newchwang End the low
er reaches OF the Liau river.
FIssts Try 10 Escape.
That the Russians I'm Port Arthur
were aware OF the seriousness of their
position was shown by the attempt
which was made by the feet on the 92d
| and I'D OF June To escape from the
harbor. In spite Of the eighteen ves-
sells sunk In the entrance the whole
great fleet made Its way out. though
moving slowly and steered due south
for the Shantung peninsula.
For some hours Il seemed m though
the long expected great naval battle
was about TO take place at last. The
/
O'Clock In the evening 'the Russian
admirsi's heart failed him. and. put
ting over his helm. he steered directly
TO port" The japanese destroyers at
once dashed In and did some damage,
though once more tho ships managed to
md their way back To the harbor. re-
serving themselves for the ingiorious
fate which was to befall them towards
/ the end or the year.
| Once more the feet made a sortie
from Port Arthur ION August 100. but.
like those which had preceded n, the
attempt failed. Admiral witsoeft was
killed. and. disobeying what appears TO
have been the efnperor's order. nearly
all the ships returned TO harbor. The
exceptions were the Cxarevitch, which
reached the German port OF Tsingtau.
where Il was disarmed. the cruisers
Askoid and Diana. which were dis
armed. respectively. I'm Shanghai and
Saigon. and the cruiser Novik. which
ned towards vladivostok and ten days
later was destroyed by two Japanese
ships In Korsakovsk harbor. saghaiin.
-Four days after the Port Arthur sor-
tie the vladivostok cruisers. whose
raids had caused no much damage.
were met and defeated by Admiral
Kamimura. The Rurik was sunk. but
the two others. In n crippled condition.
escaped To vladivostok.
Russian Armies Assemble.
BY the last week OF June Kuropatkin
| found himself faced by three Japanese
| armies. OF which two had already won
easy victories over his men. Kuroki
had advanced from the southeast, after
capturing three important passes,
which were scarcely defended at all:
Oku, the victor OF Nanshan and Tells
su. held the left. and Nodxu, In COM
mand OF the Japanese fourth army.
which had landed at Takushan. held the
center OF their position.
Kuropatkin had been subjected 20
great deal Of criticism for his refusal
to take the offensive. Russian prestige
had suffered seriously throughout CIV
iiixation. FIRST by naval disasters. and.
second. by the constant. although slow,
retrograde movement OF the land
forces. From 81. Petersburg Kuropat-
kin was subjected to constant pressure
To take the offensive. and thus check
the steady advance OF the Japanese
columns
Kuropatkin yielded finally to this
pressure. and on July IL General Count
Keliar. one OF the ablest commanders
In the Russian army. was sent to at
tack Kurokfs position I'm the Fengshui
or Molten pass. Kellar had 20 900 men
and twenty-four guns. He failed and
was driven back. losing 1900 men.
I've retreated to Yantze pass and forth
fed.
In the meantime Oku was advancing
steadily northward. On July % he at
tackled General zaronbaien's position
before Tashichiao. turned his enemy's
flank. and compelled the Russians 20
abandon Tashichiao and Yinkow.
Forced out OF these positions. the Rus
SLAMS were compelled To evacuate New
chang. and thus lose touch with the
sea. The loss OF Newchang was a Sc
rious blow. for II cut or Kuropatkin's
last base on the Chinese coast and de-
prived him Of the supplies he had been
receiving by the railroad TO Picking.
The japanese pressure was exerted
steadily northward. On July 81 Kur-
oki attacked the Russians at Yantze
pass. General Count Kellsr met lis
death In the engagement. His forces.
defeated. retired toward Liaoyang.
made a combined attack on the Rus
sian right. fifteen miles below Hal
cheng. and turned their enemy north
ward. The Russians abandoned Hal
cheng on August .. Kuroki had Loaf
1900 men. 10 say nothing OF the casual
ties In the armies OF Nodxu and Oku.
but the three generals had cleared
the way for the great battle OF Lao
yang.
Battle Of lisoysna.
The battle OF Llaoyang was up to tn.
time IL was fought the greatest battle
OF modern history. IL continued with
out interruption for ten days-and the
ten days were filled with the nercesi
lighting that the world has seen since
the American civil war. For desperate
attacks. for strenuous defense. for
logged determination on the part OF
both armies. and for personal bravery
this battle with modern weapons oi
precision was AZ remarkable an any oi
the old short distance conflicts OF mus
ket and bayonet. One looks back &c
the battles round Metz. TO Sadowa. &C
Gettysburg. and To the Sapoleonic cam
paigns for a worthy precedent to this
! gigantic struggle. In which hair a mil
lion men were engaged and thirteen