The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO: CALL, AY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1904. FLAG OF JAPAN FLIES OVER LIAOYANG DEFENSES AND THE ARMY OF KUROPATKIN IS IN RETREAT Port Arthur’s Weakened Garrison Re- pels Successive Attacks by Stakelberg’s First Siberian Army Corps Cut Off and Annih Sept. 4, 12:25 5 learn‘ by the that _Genetal in full retreat that Liaoyang has and that General corps is surrounded and s of victory raised in Rus- gram of the force of the Jap- nt to give up all advance and the direction of s the logical consequence ding on and at the succ ad mnorthward of lengthening STAKELBERG BLUNDERS. s <8 of plan was marred k ral Stakelberg, neral Kuropat- g his own in- d of ful- Stakelberg erred the Taltse F of the First Si- onsisting of the h Rifie divisions, gade, the First de and a sapper nment of the whole posi- these before the con g. It is more that the Rus- uld not re- wever they « akin to consternation pre- who have General that the relief ilitary of- belief that Kuro- ot with his whole army. SET BY OYAMA. ander in ELUDES TRAP They assert that the com € wi awal n converted what to hi verse for the the Jap- Kuropatkin's ve blow, it 1s seneral ld not than to com- ept a decisive un- ) doubtful, is h Japanese are in a posi- tion e, and it 18 mc ey have diverted account for the fighting. It is reports reach- further , but only speak " KUROPATKIN. T following report has been re- neral Kuropatkin, st (Friday) night at- most of the positions troops at Sykwantun & holding the positions in d to a rear guard pos villages of Shansun- Siberian sustained ng the last five days in danger of having its ing to the enemy’s & ired several kilometers ard. circumstances, I ordered ed and the troops to t the constantly | in Danger of ilation. A yang is continuing to-day. eral. XKuroki aftacked Sykwantun, | eleven miles east of Liaoydng, and cap- | tured a majority of the Russian posi- | tioms, the oceupation of. which was comipleted on the night of Septamber'2, the Russiaps retiring six miles distant. “The Fipst Siberian Army Corps was st surrounded. This corps pre- viously saved General Orloff’s detach- men* by attacking the Japanese flank wheu General Orloff was threatened with annihilation. General Orloff was| | seriousty wounded.” . DETAILS OF FRIDAY’S BATTLE. Lieutenant .General Sakharoff, in a report to the general staff, dated Sep- | tember 2, says: “To-day our | alm yang. " there. and fortify, troops assaulted the ts of Sykwantun and after a des- perate fight we captured the whole i but immediately made the dis- y that we had to deal with a Japanese force, with a front ex- g from Yentali to the River Taitse. A detachrfient, under Major Orloff, which was guarding the Yental mines, advanced a rt distance, but, meet- se in superior force and tion, had to recede. Major General Orloff was wounded, ‘l‘ux the danger .of the enemy’'s move- ment averted by his return to the i station at Yentai. “The gallant regiments of the First Siberian Rifle Corps came up, and Gen- erdl Stakelberg checked the attacking | Japanese. In this fight the brave com- | mander of the Second Siberian Regi- ment, Colonel Ozersky, was severely wounded. At 9 o’clock in the evening there was a2 Iull in the fight all along the line, and the only firing heard was the boom of guns at Liaoyang. According to a telephone report the garrison at Liao- yang repulsed the second Japanese at- Oku yesterday afternoon assaulted one of the strong Russian positions on the Liaoyang side, which it is presumed tack. E a “In order to ascertdin the enemy’s ggnrded bridges, but he was repulse strength two regiments on the west | With exceedingly heavy losses, the Rus- front were ordered to attack. After a |sians behind their works suffering only fierce fight it was discovered that the | slightly. The Japanese are using siege | enemy opposing the two regiments|gung on the Liaoyang side. | were mmra‘nmn two divisions ““:““5- Kuropatkin did not delay after his LOSSES OF THE RUSSIANS. concentration on the right bank. Yes- “The losses to the Russian army have | terday morning he masged his artillery not been ascertained exactly, but ac-|and at noon began to bombard Kuroki's cording to the latest account they ex-| position preliminary to an infantry at- ceed 3000 in killed or wounded. tack. | “At 3:46 p. m. the first Japanese shell| The General Staff to-day reconsidered | fell in Liaoyang and was followed by a | its determination not to make public hail of projectiles, which swept the rail-| General Kuropatkin's dispatch to the way station and the suburbs of the|Emperor of yesterda town itself. Fortunately the station|given out, as follow. was empty, all the rolling stock having | “At nightfall on Thursday the Japa- been removed. nese attacked our Sykwantun position, “The first persons wounded were sev- | but were repulsed after a hot fight. en subjects of charity, a physician, | They renewed the attack at night, this | several Chinese and a commissariat|time with success, driving back a regi- non-commissioned officer. | ment in the direction of Sakutun. The ‘By 5 o'clock in the evening several | retreat of the regiment led to the evac- | fires had been caused by the bombard- | uation of the positions held by other | ment, and the booming of the guns! troops. Toward morning the troops ad- | followed our train as it carried off the| vanced gradually in order to retake the wounded “ wantun position. “The Russian casualties in the fight-| “At dawn on Friday I assumed the ing of August 31 and September 1 are | offensive against the troops of General stated to number 7000. The enemy lost | Kuroki’s army. At midday the heads double or treble that number. ! of the attacking corps were in line and “The Japanese prisoners appear to be | preparations were being made to retake | worn out.” | by artillery the position captured dur- ing the night by the Japanese, and the infantry also is advancing to the at- tack. “During the night the Japanese vio- lently bombarded the interior of the Russian position inside the town of Liaoyang, the railroad station and the railroad itself. Our losses were insig- nificant. “I have just received a dispatch from the chief of the Liaoyang garrison, timed 10:35 a. m., to the effect that the Japanes ttacked the fort situated in the center of our position, but they were repulsed with very great loss. Weg had six men killed in the fort.” The fighting at Sykwantun referred to in General Kuropatkin’s telegram corresponds with the Tokio report of the capture by the Japanese of a por- tion of the heights at Helyingtai, which is situated a mile eastward of Sykwan- tun. The latter place is two miles south- —_— | TLL LUCK OF STAKELBERG. | Already in Disfavor Because of the Vafangow Defeat. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—Gen- |eral Baron Stakelberg, whose com- | mand has been cut off by the Japan- | was in command of the Russian troops that marched south in June in an attempt to relieve Port Arthur. He was defeated at Vafangow by the Jap- > on June 14 and 16, and it has been rumored that Emperor Nicholas had decided to recall him because of This rumor was never Stakelberg was slightly i in the fighting before Liao- | August 31. He did not, , have to leave the fleld. A | ch from St. Petersburg, dated | | | September 1, said General Stakelb | still retained command of his ar:§ east of Siakhoutin, whither the Russian | corps, although he was no longer in |2dvance regiment was forced back by Kuroki during the night of Thursday last. The report from Tokio of Oyama throwing the bulk of his army across the Taitse River is considered at the War Office to indicate that the Japa- nese are rushing up reinforcements to support Kuroki, the necessity for whose relief may be urgent. The Tokio estimate of the Japanese | chief command of the southern army. | In a dispatch from Liaovang, dated August 31, General Stakelberg was de- scribed as personally having visited and inspected the various Russian po- | sitions. —_—————— Good Points to Remember. | We are selling agents for “The Water- | man I al Fo taln Pen” and sole agents | jogses up to yesterday as being 25,000 Fomdpedl 0, “Sénl‘,gfnbi?;“‘ l&fg‘;"“.‘m | is regarded her as moderate. The War Market street. “ «'*| Office is not in possession of sufficient data to estimate the Russian losses, | | —————— | Unless you get along. without medi.| Put it is believed that they will reach orthward. 5 ral Kuropatkin says further: | cine, you are not getting -along very | 19000 —_— On the night of September 1 Gen- | well. F A RUSSIANS NOT ENCIRCLED. AD\’ER']T]SI';ME.\'TS. - Germans Do Not Regard Kuropatkin's P CONOVE tone simply intoxicates the you may purchase a New The New System Effect 2 most radical step toward perfecti in piani building, both architecturally and rx?usica]l;zn 5 3 The CONOVER New System Pianos are possessed of the most elaborate decorative qualities, while the new Conover delicate melody—clear-cut, resonant, powerful, yet capable of modulation between the voice of thunder and the soft- est and purest notes that ever charmed the ear. We have a special proposition to make without straining your pocket-book. Inquire for it. 931-933 Market Street, San Francisco. . Oskland, San Jose, Sacramento’and San Diego, Position as Desperate. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The Foreign Of- fice has official advices from Tokio to- day that General Kuropatkin's posi- tion is by no means desperate. The main portion of his army is still heavi- ly engaged and part was drawn off successfully. The Russian army is not encircled. 5 ——— WITHDRAWING UPON MUKDEN. Kuropatkin Making Dogged Resist- ance as He Retires Northward. PARIS, Sept. 3.—The battle of Li- aoyang attracts intense interest and anxiety among the French officials and public generally, as likely to prove the turning point of the war. The Foreign Office construes the latest ad- vices received here this afternoon as showing that General Kuropatkin has suffered a serious check, though not yet amounting to a defeat or a rout. The officers continue to say that he ] is executing a plan of slow withdraw- al toward Mukden, giving dogged re- sistance as he falls back. Military experts point out that the magnitude of the battle is greater than any fought during the Franco-German war, the siege of Metz involving 350, 000 men on both sides, whereas there were more than 400,000 at Liaoyang. The Figaro says it is the greatest fight since the battle of Leipsic. The newspapers here reprint the Berlin Tageblatt’s statement that King BEd- ward’s visit to the Emperor of Aus- tria brought out a medlation move- ment, to which the United States and France are parties. When questioned on the subject to-day the Foreign Of- fice here replied: ““Owing to the frequency of such reports you are authorized to state that France has had absolutely no communication with Russia up to the present relative to mediation.” The authorities here are hoping for an early determination of the status of the Russian cruiser Diana, now at Salgon, but reports to-day show that she is still there, with her crew on beard; that she has not entered the R Pianos senses in a thralk of the most (,ou whereby ER i System * CONO Piano ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—General | lon, superintending 1 Battle Resumed on the Sabbath TOKIO, Sept. 4, 10 a. m.~—Fighting in the vicinity of Liao- The flag of Japan filles over Liaoyang. Field Marshal Oyama, who led his famous Second Army into Port Arthur during the Chino-Japanese war of 1894-95, and who, in that struggle, also cap- tured Weihaiwei and Talienwan, to-day, by dint of incessant fight- ing, in which his men were sparcd neither because of casualties nor because of hardships, holds sway over Liaoyang and General Kuro- patkin, through whom Russians believed their arms would be suc- cessful, i in full retreat northward, while one of his chief aids, General Stakelberg, with his command. the First Siberian Army Corps, numbering 25,000 men, is cut off to the westward of Liao- The Russians are concentrating at Yentai, but the dispatches thug far give no intimation as to whether they will maké a stand It is not known whether the Japanese will stop at Liaoyang or pursue the retreating foe. This last blow to Russian arms, though it is spoken of in St. Petersburg as the logical consequence of Russian plans, doubtless will be taken much to heart by the subjects of Emperor Nicholas, who, after a succession of defeats and retirements by their army, had ex- pected a finality of the struggle at Liaoyang in their favor. In the loss of Liaoyang by the Russians the Japanese probably will gain little except in the way of a strategical point, as the Rus- slans blew up the magazines and set fire to the enormous quantities of army stores and provisions there before they evacuated. What the effect of the retirement from Liaoyang will be on the besieged at Port Arthur can only be conjectured, but certainly it can but cause depression among the valiant defenders who have been hoping that eventnally they would be relieved. ——-- - % Defenders of Taitse Bridges Repulse Oku , and Inflict Heavy Losses. R the flnal equip- ment of the hospital ship Ora. Ow- ing to the amount of the French sub- scriptions the Ora has been fitted out sumptuously. She will sall on Sep- tember 27 for an unknown destination and will fly the Red Cross flag, which is expected to give her immunity from seizure by the Japanese. U, A7 i, RUSSIANS ABANDON GUNS. Unable to Remove Them Through the Mud During the Retreat. MUKDEN, Friday, Sept. 2.—After six days' battle, on the last three of which the heaviest fighting occurred, the Japanese on Wednesday last abandoned their direct attack on and the text was! Liaoyang in favor of a flanking move- ment. The Russian artillery fire was greatly aided by the sending up of balloons southeast of Liaoyang, thus locating the Japanese batteries. The Russians were compelled to abandon a number of guns, being unable to remove them through the mud. On Wednesday Japanese shells reached the railroad station and the railroad bridge over the Taitse River. Others fell as far north as Yentai. The railroad is being used almost exclu- sively by hospital trains and for the transportation of Japanese prisoners. The latter are in a dreadful state of exhaustion. Many of them had been without food for two days, during which downpours of rain filled the trenches. Their shoes are in tatters. (L s PORT ARTHUR SHIPS GO OUT. Remnant of the Rdssian Fleet Shells the Japanese Positions. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—Ad- vices from Port Arthur, dat:d August 31, announce that Rear Admirai Ouk- tomsky's squadron went out August 29 and shelled the Japanese position The squadron consisted of the bat- tleships Retvizan and Peresviet, the armored cruiser Bayan and the pro- tected cruiser Pallada. This 18 the first intimation that the repairs of the Bayan had been completed. The vessels put to sea early in the morning, under cover of the batter- fes, and returned safely after accom- plishing their mission. The message adds that the Japan- ese are bombarding the fortress daily and nightly, but are not causing se- rious damage, the inhabitants seeking refuge in the bomb-proofs. This mes- sage, which was sent from Chefu, de- clares the Japanese continue to pro- vislon their armies from Weihaiwel and Chefu, loading steamships outside of these ports. the Besiegers. CHEFU, Sept. 3,9 p. m.—On the night of August 29 the Japanese sur- prised the worn out Russians at Pali- chuang and inflicted severe losses. The Russians retired and the Japanese oc- cupied their position. The next morning at 3 o’clock the Japanese, moving from their new van- tage ground, in heavy force desper- ately assaulted Palichuang and an ad- joining fort repeatedly until 2 o’clock in the afternoon, when they were compelled to retire, losing more than 1000 men. Finding those forts impregnable, on the morning after the 31st, at .4 o’clock, the Japanese forces hurled themselves against another fort near Palichuang. By hand-to-hand fight- ing they succeeded in driving out the Russians and occupying their position at ‘7 o'clock in the morning. Artil- lery was brought up and desperate ef- forts were made to make the position secure, but after enduring for seven | hours the artillery fire from the other | forts the Japanese were compelled to| retire. The Japanese succeeded, how: ever, in rendering the position usel to the Russians and it is now unoccu- | pied. | It is believed that this weakening | of the Russian line will attract fur-| ther efforts to break through in this| quarter. The bombardment of the town con- tinues. RUSSIAN SHIPS IN ACTION. A copy of the Port Arthur Now Kral of August 27 has reached here. The paper speaks of the Russian bat- tleship Retvizan having shelled Jap- anese troops who appeared near the village of Wudianfan, and this would indicate that some of the Russian warships at Port Arthur are not so seriously damaged as the reports from Chinese sources have represented. The Novi Krai confirms. the official Japanese report that the Japanese cruisers Kasuga and Nisshin bombard- ed two small forts near Golden Hill some time ago, but it does not say that these forts were silenced, as the Japanese reported. These two forts are in the vicinity of Wudianfan, which is commanded by fort No. 2. The Japanese mounted eight guns in front of Wudianfan on August 25 and have established one large and one small fort to the northeast of the vil- lage. It was a detachment of Japan- ese cavalry and infantry, which ap- peared in the open in the vicinity of Wudianfan, that the Retvizan aided in causing to retire. A gun of one of the new Japanese forts was struck by a Russian shell and ruined. The ac- count published in the Novi Krai does not go into details, but the inference is obvious that the Japanese have been assaulting the smaller Russian forts dominated by Golden Hill. The paper makes reference to a trench along the hills and remarks that only the heads of the Japanese troops can be seen above it. ASK FOR AID TO REMOVE DEAD. On the night of August 25, accord- ing to the Novi Krai, a piece of white paper on the end of a pole was hoist- ed above the Japanese trenches. The Russians ceased fire and sent a de- tail forward to communicate with the enemy. The Japanese, in imperfect Russian, requested assistance in re- moving their dead. The Novi Kral considers this request to have been strange considering the fact that the Japanese do not allow the Russians to remove their dead. At 3 o’clock on the morning of Au- | gust 26 a Russian searchlight revealed | the Japanese troops opposite fort No. | 1. beginning operations, and thereupon the entire Russian line opened upon ! the enemy’ with rifle fire, occasionally uging cannon. In reply the Japanese fired irregu- larly at fort No. 3, o Daylight revealed the startfing fact that the Japanese had advanced ! a trench to the north of fort No. 2.! This trench was manned heavfly with artillery, which interfered seriously with the Russian fire. The Japanese then opened fire with six-inch guns on the hill known as the Eagle's Nest, in the meanwhile continuing to use sand bags for the| further strengthening of their newly ! intrenched position. The Russians concentrated their fire on the- sand bags, the Japanese replying from an- other position three-quarters of a mile to the northeast. The Novi Kral declares in conclu- sion that at 10 o'clock in the morn- | ing of the 26th the Japanese were unable longer to endure the bombard- | ment and abandéned the newly made trench to the north of fort No. 2 and | Wudianfan, fleeing to the low ground near the railroad. The Novi Krai asserts that a Jap-| anese torpedo-boat was sunk off Port | Arthur on August 25. | il 500 WILL CONTINUE THE PURSUIT. Japanese Armies Not Likely to Tarry at Captured Liaoyang. TOKIO, Sept. 3.—The following dis- patch has been received here: “Headquarters of the Manchurian Army, Sept. 3, 9 a. m.—The remainder of the defeated Russians are making a | stand outside the walls ‘of Liaoyang. Our left and center armies are attack- ing them.” The Russian force confronting Field Marshal Oya: s left and center con- tinues slowly to give ground in retreat and is crossing to the right bank of the Taitse River. A portion of the Russian army occupies a line of de-| fense works extending northwest from a point south of Liaoyang. The Rus- sians also hold an eminence northeast of Nutchang, on the right bank of the Taitse. This evidently is intended to shield the general retreat of both the left and center. 1 The Japanese armies continued to press the Russians yesterday. They moved forward and occupied a line extending from Tatepiif to Yanchia- lintau. Ovama telegraphed that he | hoped they would reach the right bank of the Taitse this morning. General Kuroki, after serious fight- ing, succeeded yesterday in taking a portion of an eminence near Heiying- tai. Details of the fighting have not been received. | The Russians again appear to be concentrating in the vicinity of the| Yentai coal mines, twelve miles north- | east of Liaoyang. Possibly another | great battle will occur there. | The present trend of the movements | indicates that possibly the Japanese will move past Liaoyvang, temporaily leaving the city untouched. | P S S CHRONOLOGY OF THE BATTLE. Aug. 28.—The Japanese armies underl Generals Kuroki, Oku and Nodzu| made a combined attack on the Rus-, sian position in front of Liaoyang., Oku's forces were held back by the| Buriat Cossacks. ! Aug. 29.—The Japanese drove General | Kuropatkin from Anshanshan and he fell back upon the outer line of de-| fenses of Liaoyang. The Japanese de- stroyed part of the railroad leading to Mukden. A heavy artillery and infan- | try battle was fought near Liaoyans. | General Kuroki's troops crossed Taitse River on a flanking movement. | Aug. 30.—Kuropatkin avoided a de- | cisive battle at Liaoyang. The| trenches and forts of the city were still | held by the Russians. Aug. 31.—The Russians repelled an| attack on Liaoyang. Four hundred thousand troops engaged in a desperate hand-to-hand fight in front of the city. When darkness fell the battle was a draw. Sept. 1.—Ten thousand of the Mika- do’s troops were slain in battle in front of Liaoyang. The greatest fight of the campaign lasted all day and the Jap- anese were repulsed time and again, only to return to the attack. General Samsonoft captured forty-six Japanese guns and two battalions of the enemy. 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