Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1904 — BATTLE WILL SOON OCCUR [ARTICLE]

BATTLE WILL SOON OCCUR

Both Armies Are Rested and Ready for Another Fight. Tokio, Sept. 22.—An impression is growing generally that an engagement will soon take place at Mukden. General Kuropatkin is evidently preparing to make a determined resistance to any attempt to dispossess him and is entrenching and constructing defenses. He has an immense f6rce available, but the opinion is expressed that Tie pass would be a more favorable location for defense. The Russians, however, are unwilling to suffer the loss of prestige which would be involved by the abandonment of Mukden. Both armies are now rested and have recovered from the effects of the fight

at Liao Yang. They are In condition to fight and the weather Is favorable for military operations. The roads are drying and the Japanese are speedily restoring the railway. A party of military attaches who recently came to Liao Yang from Tokio were dragged for 100 miles in open trucks by coolies. The army is now forwarding rolling stock with captured cars and engines, and the service will soon be thoroughly organized, With the Liao river open the task of transporting men and supplies to the advanced base of operations at Liao Yang is simple.