| Show JAPS ARE victorious LITTLE BROWN MEN CAPTURE LIAO YANG befalls details of victory are lacking but it Is known that kuropatkin was forced to retreat according to telegraphic advices received at headquarters in boklo thursday afternoon the japanese have captured llao liao yang the japanese army corps on the left by fierce and repeated assaults took possession of the heights which the enemy s right occupied there upon all the enemy south of llao liao yang began retreating the japanese army pursuing the details of thursday thursdays s fighting are scanty it Is only known that at dawn general oku okus s army was hurled against the russian right center on the southern line and that the rus were forced to abandon their line and positions and retreat their pursuit Is now in progress no estimates are obtainable of the losses on either side field marshal oyama describes his losses in the morning assault as heavy the early success of the attack was somewhat unexpected on account of the strength of the russians and the nature of the russian defenses it Is confidently believed that field marshal oyama will press the pur suit with desperate vigor and inflict on general kuropatkin the most crushing blow possible it Is believed that his trophies will prove valuable it Is the opinion in boklo that the russians were not able to carry many guns with them and that they were forced to abandon or destroy vast quantities of stores the news of the russian tion of llao liao yang and the withdrawal of the russian army to the right bank of the talase river reached only a small section of the people of st petersburg at a late hour thursday and caused intense excitement and disappointment the majority of the inhabitants retired to rest believing that the russian army had again been successful and that the japanese attacks had been repelled |
