Show RUSSIANS ARE ADVANCING UPON THE JAPANESE ARMY great battle expected within a few days probably near liao yang while general kuropatkin has con tinned to advance hia entire front against the armies of field marshal oyama be has not met with any for HERO OF RUSSIAN RETREAT gen meyendorf Mey endorf was in command ot the russian troops which fought back the pursuing japanese on the retreat of s army from llao yang to mukden it was the dogged resist ance that he offered to every attempt of the japanese to attack the fleeing russians that enabled to esabe north with his main army meyendorf Mey endorf gallantly fought the enemy in his orderly backward march al most to the walls of mukden while the artillery and baggage trains 12 wounded men and the main army escaped in safety opposition however the ex pec tation is that a battle of magnitude must be fought within a few days it is believed that the japanese will make a stand at llao yang several positions east of that place have been abandoned by the japanese at st petersburg it Is surmised that field marshal oyama s forces have been weakened by tl e dispatch of troops to aid general nogi in deduc ing port arthur and that this condi tion has afforded general kuropatkin an opportunity to recover ground lost during the month of august |