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Show KUROPATKIN'S FORCES SURROUNDED Report Comet That Kuropatkln' Rear Guard Hat Been Almost Annihilated and Main Army l In Danger. It was reported In St. Petersburg at a late hour Monday night that Genoral Kuropatkln's rear guard has been almost al-most annihilated, and that tho main Russian array Is In Imminent danger of being surrounded. Tho Itusslnn losses during tho fighting fight-ing at Llao Yang aro estimated at 15,-000. 15,-000. There Is no doubt hero that a number of guns, especially slego artillery, ar-tillery, havo been abandoned. A dispatch received In St. Petersburg Peters-burg from Gonernl Kuropatkln indicates indi-cates that General Kuropatkln's nrmy and General Kurokl's army aro racing for Mukden, nnd that tho result Is In doubt. General Kuropaktin says that tho rctrpat Is being conducted in perfect order. Tho Japaneso repeatedly Attacked At-tacked tho Russian rear on Sunday, but In overy caso they wore repulsed. During September 4 tho Japanese strengthened their forces operating against our left flank, extending their lines from tho Yen Tal mines northward. north-ward. Tho Japanese also on September Septem-ber 4 crossed from Llao Yang and its onvlrons. Flold Marshul Oyama's whole army 1b across tho Taltso river and Is pursuing pur-suing Geneml Kuropatkln's forces. It Is reported, but not yot confirmed, that General Kuropatkln was obliged to abandon 200 guns at Llao Yang. Inner Fort Taken by Japs. Etsc, 142 feet above tho sea lovol. Is ono of tho western lino of the Inner forts. It commands tho town, ono and one-half miles below, and the Tiger's Ti-ger's Tall batteries, but is Itself under the guns of Golden hill, 195 feet high, and the guns on tho heights northeast of the town, which are 656 feet high. |