THE WAR IN THE EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 12661, 15 September 1904, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

REINFORCEMENTS FOR KUROPATKIN, RECEIVES men AND GUMS. OYAiA 011 JAPANESE RESOURCES, CAN NEVER BE OUTNUMBEREDFRENCH CORRESPONDENTS OPINION. mmm amy should be doubled. Them is" very little news to hand from the seat of war beyond further particulars of 'the battle of Liao-yang. Hie Japanese appear to have fallen 1 Hra the Hun River, and to be preparing for new movement. General Kuronatkin « said to have- received reinforcements. A report of a Russian Expedition into Corea is not confirmed. M. Nordeau, a French war com.ardent says that the Russians lost tlie battle of Liao-yang through thenlack of enthusiasm. __

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MAMOHURIAH CAMPAIGN.

POSITION OP JAPANESE. PREPARING FOR NEW MOVEMENTS. London", September 13. i The Russian correspondents at Tieling report, that the Japanese armies have withdrawn to a point ten versts (between six ana seven miles) from the Russian rearguard, and that they are preparing for new movements. JAPAN'S 11ES0URCES, STATEMENT BY OYAMA. (BecdTed September 15, 1.23 a.m.) London, September 14. Field-Marshal Oyama states that howevei many corps Russia may mobilise, Japan can duplicate them with better troops, and much more expeditiously. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS. EUROPATKIN'S INTENTION. ..

{EeesJvaa Ssptemlwr U, 11 p.m.) London, -September 1 14. The Russian General Staff states that ten corps have reinforced General Kuropatkin since the battle of Liao-yang, and that his army now exceeds 200,000, with 300 guns. It is believed in St, Petersburg that when the Japanese attack Mukden General Kuropatkin will leave a rearguard of 50,000 there, and with the rest retire to Tieling. CAPTURED REARGUARD. ' REPORT NOT CONFIRMED. (Keceiveu September 14, 11 p.m.) London, September 14. The report that General Sassulitch had been severely wounded, and that he had been captured with 3000 men of the Russian rearguard, has not been confirmed.

THE STRUGGLE AT YENTAL ATTACK AND COUNTERATTACK. London, September 13. Further detailed accounts of the battle of Liao-yang show that the failure of General Kuroki to get round the Russian left and cut the railway at Hei-Yentai was due to the foresight of General Kuropatkin in sending a greatly superior force across the Taitse River. Some of the most sanguinary encounters occurred around Hei-Yen-tai, the key of the Russian position. On the night of Friday, September 2, the Japanese stormed the heights at the point of the bayonet and held them all the next clay, despite heavy losses. On Saturday night the Russians, with reckless bravery, gained the summit, but prolonged bayonet fighting resulted in their defeat- They were repulsed with appalling losses. At the same time the Japanese attacked the Russian batteries, but by means of electrical devices the gunners ascertained the exact position of their assailants and mowed them down in swathes. One Japanese battalion was annihilated, the men dying in heaps before the guns. There were 3000 casualties in the fighting at Hei-Yentai.

GENERAL KUROKI'S REPORT,

(Btcetred September 15, 12.8 a.m.) London, September 14. The report of General Kuroki shows that he encountered enormous difficulties in holding the highlands at Hei-Yentai, owing to the constant arrival of Eussian reinforcements, and the very disadvantageous positions occupied by his artillery. The situation was saved, he says, alter two days of desperate fighting, by the opportune arrival of the third Japanese column.

SUFFERINGS OF THE CHINESE.

CAUSES OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT, MEN LACK ENTHUSIASM. FRENCH CORRESPONDENT'S OPINION. (Received September 14, 11 p.m.) London, September 14. M. Nordeau, the correspondent of the Paris Journal, cabling from Tientsin, where there is no censorship, attributes the defeat of the Russians at Liao-yang to lack of enthusiasm in the troops. The Russian army, he says, was very weakened, and the men were dejected. The army, he says, needs doubling, and regulars should replace all the reserve men. He thinks it will be impossible for the Russians to resume the offensive for some time.

DR. WESTWATER'S LABOURS. [London, September 13. •The Scotch missionary, Dr. Westwater, who was reported as having been stabbed by the Japanese soldiers on their entry into Liao-yang, is attending to the needs of 200 injured, aged and children, among the Chinese.

LOOTING THE SHOPS.

BATTLE OF LIAO-YANG.

SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR.

THE TRANSPORT LENA;

THE RUSSIANS, CHINESE AND JAPANESE TAKE PART. London, September 13. The Russian!! plundered the shops of the Chinese and the Europeans at Liao-yang, destroyed the foodstuffs, and drank much liquor. Many excesses were committed by them. After evacuation by the Russians, the Chinese troops continued the work of pillage. The Japanese, who had no food with them, completed the looting of the shops supplying provisionsRUSSIANS AT MUKDEN, OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH CHINESE. London, September 13. The official relations between the Russian authorities and the Chinese Governor of Mukden have been broken.

A REMARKABLE REPORT. DISCOVERY OF A CHINESE ARSENAL. London, September 13. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Cologne Gazette reports that. a secret depot had been established at Sort Arthur before the ChinaJaplnese war in 1894, and that it has been recently discovered. It was found to contain between 00,000 and 100,000 shells and several hundred old Krupp guns, and large quantities of powder, rifles, and cartridges.

A JAPANESE PROTEST. London, September 13. The Japanese Consul at San Francisco has protested against the Russian armed transport Lena remaining in the port beyond the 24 hours allowed by the laws of neutrality. The harbour authorities are awaiting a report as to the extent of the repairs that may be necessary to enable the vessel to put to sea(fiaceivea September 14, 11 p.m.) London, September 14. The Lena is now surrounded by a cordon of American destroyers. It has been found that it will take nearly two months to repair her, and it is expected the United States Government will order her to dismantle or leave immediately*