Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1904 — KUROPATKIN NOW LURING THEM ON [ARTICLE]

KUROPATKIN NOW LURING THEM ON

Headed for the North with the Japs Following ae Fast at It Is Safe. GENERAL STAFF BATS ‘RETREAT’ For Fear Kuroki Might Gobble the Whole Ruse Outfit Report of a Fight That Lasted Six Hours, Japs Winning—Another Engagement Expected Kuropatlcin Not Worried. Seoul, June 30.—1 tls announced from official sources that the Russian Vladivostok squadron, consisting of three cruisers and ten torpedo-boats and destroyers, appeared off Gensan Thursday and threw 180 shells Into the Japanese settlement. London, June 30.—-The Tokio correspondent of The Dally Telegraph says that severe fighting took place at KalGh&u on June 25, which resulted in the capture of that place on the morning of June 20. The Tokio correspondent of The Morning Post says that the Japanese second army has effected a juncture with the first nrmy, and that the whole force now has a fighting front of 120 miles. London, June 29.—Defeated In three battles among the mountains east of Liao Yang, with his retreat threatened to be cut off. General Kuropatkln Is retreating rapidly to the north according to reports from St. Petersburg and the Far East late yesterday. This move was ordered by the general staff at St. Petersburg, according to a report current in the Russian capital, because it was feared the entire Manchurian army was rapidly becoming hopelessly entangled In the meshes of Japanese strategy. Russian Situation Is Rad. It is thought extremely doubtful whether Ivuropatkin will be able to retreat beyond Liao Yang without sacrificing great numbers of bis men. The soldiers under Stackelberg and Sakhuroff are being abandoned to their fate, and must fight their way through the Japanese lines converging upon them. The Japanese now hold Motienllng, Fengchoulin and Talien passes in the mountains, having driven the Russians back, and there is nothing between them and Liao Yang now but a small force of the czar’s men. The losses in these battles have not been given. Jspi Win a Slx-Ilour Fight. Five battalions of Russian infantry, supported by two regiments of cavalry and sixteen guns, have been driven from Fensbuillng in disorder, after a desperate battle lasting for six hours. The Japanese casualties aggregated about 100 killed and wounded, including Major Oba, who was killed. A Russian battleship is reported to have been discovered stranded off Tiger Rock, near the entrance to Port Arthur harbor. RATTLE IS EXPECTED TODAV Kurokl's Movement* Seem About to Accomplish Tbeir OhjecL London, June 29.—A dispatch from Hal Cheng, dated yesterday, says: “The war picture has quickly changed, thanks to General Kurokl's movements. A heavy engagement is expected near the village of Si Mou Cheng, fifteen miles south-southeast of Hal Cheng, and an equal distance east of the railway. The Japanese have now passed Dalin bill and are twenty miles south of the Russian position. The Associated Press correspondent returned here from Ta Tche Kiao at dawn yesterday. A terrific rain rendered the roads almost impassable. “The Russian regiments are camped on high ground. Signal fires from the hill tops are constantly flaring, lighting up the bivouacs and the horse lines of the cavalry regiments. Long trains of soldiers are constantly passing and repasslng. The Russian troops ars in excellent condition. General Kuropatkin and his staff are apparently quite easy in their minds. The Japanese bnve given tbe Russians time to strengthen tbeir base and flank, while General Kuroki is not as secure as formerly from a flank attack. General Kuroki cannot get around the Russian position without forcing a fight” WHEN KUROPATKIN STANDS Then There Will lie s' Decisive l ight— Oku at His Heels. St Petersburg, June 29. —The situation in the Far East is undoubtedly critical According to dispatches received here, including one from General Kuropatkin, the Russian outposts and the Japanese advance are now in close touch at all points. The Russians after harrassing the Japanese advance from each oof the positions taken in the battle of June 26 and 27, are falling back on General Kuropatkin’s main body. General Kuropatkin le

now moving slowly northward along tbe railway, and wherever he make* his stand there will be precipitated what Is expected to be tbe decisive battle of tbe campaign. In tbe meantime General Oku is advancing along the railroad on tbe heels of the withdrawing Russians. He is hacked by a powerful army. How large a portion of this army he has detached to join General Kukorl has not been developed. The fight of the 26th and 27th which ended with the six hours’ battle reported In a dispatch from London, Is called the Dalin Hill fight. A dispatch from Hal Cheng says: “The total losses in the Dalin Hill fight are not yet known. Eighty wounded have arrived here and on Sunday last a hospital train with 200 passed, going to Liao Yang. The fighting lasted tbe whole of June 26 and June 27 and the Japanese successively pushed tbe Russians from three positions, occupying them with artillery as the defenders retired. “Wounded Russians recounting the two days’ fight soy that the Japanese again demonstrated tbeir reliance on their artillery, and that they were greatly superior, both in number of men and in guns. On the second day •f the fight they brought up a heavy battery which silenced tbe lighter Russian guns and caused severe loss.” Tsresty-Two Russians Drowned. St. Petersburg, June 30.—Twentytwo sailors were drowned at tbe Baltic works during experiments with the torpedo-boat Delfin, which had been converted into a submarine boat. Four officers and thirty men were on board when the signal was given to submerge the boat without first properly closing the manhole. The result was that the vessel filled and sank. Russian Battleship Rammed. St. Petersburg, June 30.—A report has just reached The Associated Press correspondent that the Russian ironclad Netron Menia rammed the Russian battleship Navarin at Cronstadt The circumstances and the extent of the damage have not yet been ascertained. Russian Defeat Reported. Tientsin. June 30.—1 tis reported that the Russians were defeated about sixteen miles east of Haicheng yesterday, and it is added that owing to the rapid advance of the Japanese, the Russians at Ta-Tehe-Iviao are hurriedly retreating north, feariug to be cut off. Russian Battleship Stranded. London, June 28. —A dispatch to the Central News from Tokio says it is reported that another Russian battleship has been discovered stranded off Tiger rock. It is presumed she was wrecked while returning to Port Arthur after the recent naval engagement. Japs Capture Three Forts. Tokio, June 29. —It is unofficially reported that three forts southeast of Port Arthur were attacked and captured by the Japanese on Sunday. No confirmation of the report is obtainable.