Show jap and slav show bravery which makes real heroes perfect hail of shot shell with neither side in doubtful position st petersburg august 30 a m the great battle ot llao yang which began early tuesday moraine raged throughout the day with increasing but up to thia hour no further official details beyond the two brief telegrams given out in the afternoon nave been received by the war i office every confidence ie expressed in t general ability to meet lithe japanese assault on ground of his own choosing but the city la hungrily awaiting further news of the progress of the tight the forces engaged in blits 1 battau can only be estimated here but they are believed to number about f men general kuropatkin Is I 1 known to have six army corps beeldt b of cavalry in which great confidence ie reposed ced bringing hie total ap equal to that of the jap anese how the armies compare with regard to is not definitely J known though throughout the war tho have shown great preference tor this arm and great skill in its use reports from the front credit the jap andea with having abut 1200 guns anil mountain batteria and it 1 known that they recently 24 guna to jirikow four of these atoa already have been mentioned in thea dispatches as being in action general kuropatkin bin in addition to ahia field batteries a number of very heavy guna em placed at important lone at llao yang where the have been strongly fortifying tor some time the japanese claim to have captured two field batteries during the past two days rus bian official accounts admit the loss of only six guna it as stated that a japanese battery I 1 captured south of during the preliminary fighting anil that beveral japanese guns have been destroyed ainoa then little of the strategic situation has developed car official news from the front saya that there was desperate on the southern center while from information from other sources it appears that the japanese are endeavoring to turn the russian right from the neighbor bod of the junction of the talase and pahhe rivers the figi ing on the western flank appears to have approached within three miles of llao yang the news from port arthur up to august 26 was reassuring the account of the battleship sevastopol having gone out on august to bombard the japanese in tahe bay does not mention that vessel striking a mine A dispatch from vladivostok mentions the presence there of general who recently left the hospital at llao yang on sick leave llao yang august 0 A russian correspondent of the associated press supplies the following the historical moment has arrived and the battle of llao yang is in progress it was not this morning when the first gun was fired but oon afterward hundreds of cannon were thundering along our southern and eastern fronts the center of our position Is lo 10 bated abe famous tower of llao yang about seven allos to the south east the fighting there was of the most desperate character but is now going on nearer the canto t the blueing of shells lg distinctly audible and from the cuy it is easy to the bursting heavy guns were brought into ac 1 kioa by both eldes today and their dull roar was disco mable above tho detonation of field and moun etain guns the russians aro using big erdl 5 nance which is fa position in the in ring of yang forts roe noisy population has eada enTy quiet the main of liao yane always thi accoe of the busiest aal usually re bounding with thousand of shrill voices from sunrise to euget is now silent as if it wore night the inhabitants are watching the distant bottle from tho house tops and watch tower or ere wandering gloomily la the we are asking oare elvea ac the tade ot battle is cohig to the city what la to become ot the houdes ind other property 1 I am going to the southern front london aug SO A dispatch from llao yas to a news agency dated I 1 august aada the japanese artillery fire only ceased at 8 this evening the have not yet beca ascertained the third russian corpa repulsed a japanese assault the japanese be PREDICT DEFEAT berlin aug ily geman military critics point out that tactics ot mere passive resistance will bo disastrous to general kuropatkin at llao yang the high angle fire of the u baiter lea is certain ultimately to shatter the russian defenses general should according to the experts be able to strike a powerful blow at some portion of the japanese line while if the strong russian cavalry cannot prevent he outflanking of the russian forces it must indeed bo regarded as valueless ing hurled back by bayonet charges firstly by the twenty third and then by the twenty fourth regiments which received and repulsed the enemy no less than six times two japanese companies which succeeded in occupying a russian position were mistaken for Kuse lans and annihilated by japanese artillery anre at four ln the afternoon the japanese concentrated their anre on a russian southern detachment detach nent and also tried to outflank the detachment from the right under the protection of the batteries one company after another was noticed running swiftly to the westward in an attempt to outflank out flaak the positions sit ions but a russian regiment and a battery were ordered to advance and succeeded in forcing the enemy to retreat in disorder evacuating positions they previously had gained there has been an immense expenditure of ammunition throughout the day especially on the southern front against the russian third corpe it is believed that the russian losses so far have not been very heavy except to the regiments which sustained bayonet charges all the men serving one russian gun except one were killed shrapnel the survivor who was badly wounded heroically brought his gun to headquarters and even then refused to quit his place until the general ordered him into the hospital A more energetic attack is expected tomorrow i it seems that general Kurd liia force did not participator in engagement tho morale of the russian troops is excellent berlin aug 30 the wo chen blatt today estimates the nominal strength of the russian manchurian Manc hurlan army at men without deductions for hilled wounded or sick the in commenting on this says the effective strength must be much less and judging from former experience exper ienco perhaps fifty per cent the writer as that the japanese losses have been fully compensated tor by fresh from japan and forecasts the russian prospects in the present battle in pessimistic tone showing that defeat must lead to a great disaster retreat being practically impossible on the single highway leading to mukden st petersburg aug 30 A dispatch from mukden of date says that in the stubbornly foucht battle which has been in progress near llao yang since this morning all the efforts of the japanese to turn the russian flank have been repulsed 11 Is said at muk den that the japanese lost over ten gune but details had not been received there che foo aug 30 the following dispatch bae been received from port arthur august 3 it is quiet on the earb ern front the guns on quail hill and the shore batteries successfully bombarded the enemy on the western front the japanese have occupied the quarantine station at the of Daya ngow the sevastopol went out this morning to bombard the enemy in tahe bay but withdrew under cover of the batteries upon the approach of cruisers kasuga and nissan with torpedo boats august 4 last night and thie morning the japanese delivered three assaults on tho battery but the enemy was driven off by shrapnel from the rear with heavy losses auguet 25 the japanese are hurriedly entrenching at the oot of govaya or cornei hill to tho northeast of port arthur august 26 there has been no change st petersburg august 30 p m direct news from aleut general stoessel at port arthur up to august and of a favorable character have been received the navy as well as the army will share in the benefits of the imperial decree published today by which the ot military service for soldiers of the port arthur garrison Is reduced that every month served from may last until the end of the year shall count for one year of the full term of service this is a repetition of what was done at the tima of the siege of sevastopol sebastopol Seba che foo august p m the last issue received here of the ral the official organ at port arthur contains an account warmly praising the conduct of captain commanding the marines at who stood on top 0 a wall his revolver in one band and his sword in the other and killed or wounded twenty odd japanese who mounting on tha shoulders of their comrades attempted to scale the wall when the japanese were repulsed captain Lebed left sat down and was wiping the perspiration from his face when a shrapnel fell tore his body to pieces st petersburg august 30 ambassador mccormick hae arranged to send between and japanese who have collected at perm and ekaterin belay from points in siberia to germany whence they will be sent home on a steamer A personal re presenta alve 0 the ambassador will accompany the japanese and the russian authorities will furnish them protection against possible molestation cronstedt Cron stadt august 30 the russian baltic squadron which left cronstedt Cron stadt august on a trial cruise returned to this harbor today berlin august 30 complete denial Is given here of the report circulated in paris that emperor william Is contemplating tem plating a tender of good offices with a view to ending the jap anese war vigo spain august 30 the russian auxiliary cruiser don which put in here august tor repairs sailed today after repairs |