HOW THE JAPANESE CAPTURED LIAOYANG.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5374, 6 September 1904, Page 5

HOW THE JAPANESE CAPTURED LIAOYANG.

, o CLEVER MANOEUVRES. A SERES OF GREAT AND BLOODY BATTLES. BIG' DEATH - ROLL SLOPES AND PLAINS STREWN WITH JAPANESE CORPSES SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR.

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LONDON, September -i. Field-Marshal Oyama reports as follows;—“After fighting all night the engagement iva-s resumed this morning, and Liaoyang fell entirely in our hands. Tho casualties ■were heavy.’ STOREHOUSES AT LIAOYANG BURNISD. SMART WORK BY KUROKI. AN ENVELOPING MOVEMENT. (Received September 5. 10.44 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. Prior to reporting the occupation of Liaoyang on Sunday morning, i ieldMarsiuil Oyanut telegraphed that the Russians on Saturday burned the storehouses near the railway station. General Kurcki, leaving a force at Satzpags to protect his right flank, swung sharply westward in order to reach the railway and envelop Liaoyang. The “Standard ” says that up to 9 o’clock on Saturday night General Kuroki had not succeeded in completely occupying the heights commanding the railway.

The enemy in that quarter was steadily reinforced from Mukden. The “ Standard ” considers the bulk of General Kouropatkin’s troops would possibly escape north. REJOICINGS AT TOKIO. LONDON, September 4. An immense procession is parading the streets of Tokio, shouting “Banzai ” (“ Good Luck”). THE FEELING IN RUSSIA. CONFIDENCE IN KOUKOPATKIN SHAKEN. (Received September 5, 10.44 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg states that the evacuation of Liaoyang has greatly shaken confidence in General Kouropatkin. The military authorities, however, still consider tho Russian Commander-in-Cliief did his utmost under tho circumstances. A DESPERATE FIGHT. . RUSSIANS CAPTURE HEIGHTS. AND FIND THE ENEMY IN GREAT FORCE. LONDON, September 4. General Sakharoff reports that the Russians on Friday assaulted the heights of Skywantun (between ten and eleven miles east of Liaoyang). After a desperate fight they captured the whole chain, and then discovered that tli© Japanese had a great force extending from Yeutai (fourteen miles north-east of Liaoyang) to the river Taitse, winch runs east of Liaoyang.