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Show JAPS WIN I BIG BATTLE I And Count Keller is H Killed. I Russians driven from fl Simoucheng. H London, Aug. 2 A dispaU-h to .1 M newsagcuc) ftom Toklo s.i)s there Is H reason to believe that after two days' H lighting, the Japanese occupied SI- JM moucheng, thus cutting off Gen Stakclbcrg fiom Gen. Kuropatkin. H St. Peteisburg, Aug. I. A dispatch v from Gen. Kuiop.itkin lo the Km- H peror, dated today, si) s: H "All our positions were retained at M Simoucheng when the lighting ceased, H at (l:4, p. in., Jul) :il, but I have not M )ct icceived repoits of the operations H on our extiemc right Hank. j "We retained all our positions held JH by out eastern foicc at Yangso pass. "Gen. Count Kcllet, commanding, H had chosen these us the points from which lo watch the tight. Tho bat- SH tci) ncai here was exposed lo heavier f tire than an) othei and he vvnsmor- tally wounded at It o'clock In the 3H afternoon " H The General was standing neat a jH batter) which was subjected to a tor- rltllc tire when a shell burst close to , him and he fell, mortally wounded, H d)lug twenty minutes later. Before M he expired Gen. Keller had the satis- 'H faction or knowing that the Japanese H attack had been repe'led. Gen. Keller was the tlrst high Rus- H siau military commander to lose his H IRe in this w.ii. The loss or Gen. 'jM Kellei Is decpl) felt In court circles. H He was a pcison.il favoiltc of the 'jjH I'mpeioi Ills slstci, Countess Kleim- jH inlclia, is one of the leadeis of St. Petersburg society. H At last the decisive battle of the H campaign seems to be In pi og less. 'H Having completed Ills enveloping H movement or the Russian position, .jjH Km ok I has oidcicd simultaneously an :H advance Horn all points against Hat JH Cheng and Lfao Yang. Fighting Is jH raging on both fiouts and still con- tiuues. jjH "Theclfoitsof thcTakushau aim) jH and Gen. Oku's arm) today arc being -iH mainly directed to cutting our com- ;H munlcations between Simoucheng and pH Hal Cheng, their operations starting V from a line traversing Yan-Sliu-Kan, juB Tapunt and Llao Ilant. On our !l eastern front the Japanese began the 111 offensive this morning against our I khav uen position, the enemy's main 'jH concentration being against Its right H Hank, which was turned. ! "The enemy is also acting on the H offensive between the Llao Yang and Salui'itsa, almost due north of Feng H Wang Cheng against our troops post- jS ed at Iloutsl.it, twcnt)-tive miles jfl from Llao Yang. jH "Intelligence has been received of a fJH considciablc number of Japanese laud- jjjjH IngolfYlu Kow under the com of j several warships." ! Gen. Kuropatkin also lepoited the B retlicment or Die Russian vanguatd 'fl on the south fiont, a short distance jjH in the direction or Hal Cheng. !$ After determined lighting near the :jfl village or Sanchcngtse, the Japanese jH apuaicutly concentrated considerable JH forces on the Salmatsia side or Llao H Yang. jH The Russian losses In the llgtlngon 'H July III have not )et been lepoited, H but tho Russians hold their positions. |