Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-12 | Page 2 | Crucial Test Draws Nigh

CRUCIAL TEST DRAWS NIGH decisive battle between russians and japanese hourly expected A dispatch from st petersburg says general kuropatkin s report of small shifting movements by the japanese with a single unimportant skirmish bringing the military situation up to aug 4 is just what has been expected I 1 by the authorities here it Is believed however that the lull in the fighting has lasted about as long as possible and that forces around llao yang are now on the eve of a desperate and decisive engagement the pause ol 01 the past few days is believed to have been long enough to enable the japanese to assume their formation bring up supplies and make ready tor a grand assault upon the powerful po mitlon girding llao yang and the bat tie of the war is hourly expected to occur an issue of such importance momentarily eclipses interest in the siege of port arthur the fate of the latter place is not likely to influence the immediate destinies of the cam laign but llao yang is closely tied up with the fortunes of the whole wan