FIGHT FOR LIAO-YANG.
A GREAT ENGAGEMENT.
AIX-DAY FIGHTING.
COMPLETE JAPANESE VICTORY
LONDON, August 2,
General Kurokl was engaged in a general artillery attack from dawn to sunset on Sunday against the Russian position near Liao-yang. facing Mo-tien-ling.
The Russian foroe consisted of three divisions.
The Japanese centre took an unnamed town, supposed to be Taowan, and captured the Russian
north-east position.
The Japanese left advanced and occupied a position which jeopardised the Russian right. The Jap-
anese right carried a position against superior numbers of infantry, and finished with a brilliant marcn under the enemy's shrapnel.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 184, 3 August 1904, Page 5
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