The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1904, Page 2

THOUSANDS OF SLAV DEAD BURIED BY FOE Japanese Commander Reports His Losses Small as Compared With Those of the Army He Defeated| TOKIO, Oct. 16.—Fieid Marshal Oya- | oA estimates the Russian dead left on the fleld, including the fighting of the | 15th, at more than 10,000 A telegram received from the Man- churian head rters late to-day re- ports that the fighting has ceased on 1 of the right and center arm- ut that it continues before the left Phe report is as follows: The front of the right and center armies has become quiet, but on the front of the left ar fierce cannonad- continues. In the direction of Lita- Jentun the enemy is inactive. Qur force under Genera! Yamada captured one| gun and munition wagons dur- | ing the attack on the heights of San- tackangtzu on the night of October 15.” Dispatches from Field Marshal Oya- ma officially designate the entire en- gagement since October 10 as the here- tofore unnamed “Battle of the Shakhe River.” APPALLING RUSSIAN LOSSES. i | s of the great battle continue arrive from the front. The most feature is the terrible record dead. Before the severs October 14 General Oku’s army alone buried 2000, making the total number of Russians buried by the Japanese. with Nodzu's army still to | hear from, 6€500. Applying the usual | calculation and making reasonable 314\ Jowance for the fighting of the 14th and | 15th sian losses exceed 40,000. | ary reports of Japanese cas- | ualties are coming in. General Oku up | to and men including October 14 lost stimates of the total Japanese are not possible, but they are| in comparison with the frightful | losses of the Russians. s dispatched field are ical order: force of the right army, already occupied Chouchia- reached point on the r, but one division of the continues to offer a stubborn ance. The center army reach- | »bjective and has been heavily engaged since the morning of October he morning of October 15 the nt of the left a his positions ne 3500 | late yesterday in the following | ed a stro lumn resistance c is engaged in opo and the main body of | mn is advancing against | -Aamuntun and ttacking that po- €ition. The enemy has six batteries | hetween Shahopo and Sugangtai, which | are vigorously shelling the attacking bu umn nd our position at Linchionpo, the bombardment is not strong ugh to prevent our advance. On Oc- teber 11 the left column of the center army lost 261 killed and wounded. The cai ies to ourselves and the Russians and the number of trophies captured by the left army follows: Dur- ing the five days, from October 10 to October 14 inclusive, our losses were | about 2500 killed and wounded. officers included. During the four days from October 10 to October 13 the number of corpses left by the enemy and buried Ly us reached 2000. The enemy’s dead after the battle of Ociober 14 were very numerous. The prisoners taken numbered eighty. The principal tro- phies were thirty guns and many rifles, uniforms and accoutrements. The lat- ter are still uncounted. “There are some forces of the enemy on the right bank of the Shakhe River, in front of the main strength of the right and center armies, but no battle on a great scale has occurred. The forces of the enemy at Shahopo and Lamuntun facing the left army have been offering a stubborn resistance, but have been distodged and their posi- tions have been captured. On the aft- ernoon of October 15 a force of the enemy appeared near Santaokangtzu and continued to offer resistance until sundown, portions of our center and left armies engaging them.” e Don Jaime Injured by a Fall. ROME, Oct. 16.—News has reached relatives of Don Jaime, son of Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, that he has been injured by a fall from his horse at Russian head- quarters in Manchuria. The last word received from Don Jaime was ciled note to his sister, Princess atri dated at Vladivostok, Be- X and it is inferred that since that note was writ- | ten Don Jaime had returned to head- quarters. kg Nippon’s Warriors Are Tireless. MUKDEN, Oct. 16, 4 p. m.—The Russians were engaged to-day in a heavy rear-guard action southwest of Shakhe. The Japanese, who are in enormous force, have a great ad- vantage in knowing the topography of the country. They evince desperate courage. They have suffered terrible losses, but bear them with perfect equanimity. Their energy seems un- bounded, and they continue the ag- gressive unceasingl. i Russians Driven Across the Hun. LONDON, Oct. 17.—According to the Standard’s Tokio correspondent, | the Russians are being hard pressed over the Hun River and are retreating partly on Mukden and partly on Fushan. RS o Shells Reach Russian Fleet. TOKIO, Oct. 17, 9:30 a. m.—It is sthoritatively reported that the Rus- an fleet at Port Arthur is suffering severely from the fire of the Japanese land batteries. Read the following: ADVERTISEMENTS. We are going to give away a brand new HARVARD PIANO Price $350.00 in a beautifyl mahogany case in even exchange for your old piano or be fairer than that? organ. Can anything READ THE CONDITIONS: Every piano has a number, the organ or piano has a number. If number in or on its back. If it is hunt around under the strings and Put the name and number of your same as every watch. 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There has been great sacrifice of of- ficers. The plain occupied by the re- tiring Russians is covered with burst shrapnel. The gunners shoveled shells | into the breeches of the guns as stok- ers shovel coal into furnaces. Howitzers are used by the Kastern army. The Russian guns have supe- rior range and burst shrapnel at 6000 yards. There is a' scarcity of reliable maps- Two divisional commanders have lost their chief staff officers, one of them ng killed and many commanding ers met death heroically leading thelr regiments. apnel fell near General Kuropat- He showed desperate energy, and in the darkest nour remained | kin. even Japanese must feel the strain. There was a cessation of hostilities on Saturday. Neither side can stand many ch contests, the ferocity of which s frightful. The Russians are now fighting as a matter of pride. Manchuria is forgot- { ten. They feel that they cannot stop; ! | that they must win one battle. This evening the Japanese seem no nearer. Fires are burning to the south. About twelve miles from here the east- ern army is retiring without fighting. RAIN CAUSES BRIEF CESSATION. aturday, Oct. 15.—~Desul- cannonading is heard, but there is not likely to be any important tighting to-day, as both armies are stuck in the mud. | The Russians’ achlevements along the railway yesterday were not suffi- cient to enable them to maintain their position along the line where yester- day fight began anua the Russian forces are now in the plain ten miles north of the point where they attacked the Japanese on October 9. They are fighting hard and stubbornly, but are in retreat. One newly arrived Russian corps | zave a good of itself. The | \panese suc enfiladed three | places where the Russians had made | a heroic, but fruitless, stand all dur- | ing the past week. | On account of the prowess of the \ Jopanese in the mountains the chief | interest will now center there, unless the Japanese should persist in their ef- | forts to insert a wedge in the center | of the Russian lines The infantry, which for two dn.vs‘, has only been supplementing from the trenches the work of the artillery, | is now scattered all the way to Muk- | den and is frequently seen marooned | | in the flooded fields. RUSSIAN LINES BROKEN. | CADQUARTERS OF THE RUS- | SIAN WESTERN ARMY, Friday, Oct. | | 14.—The week's fighting in its bioody | results has exceeded that at the bat- | tle of Liaoyang. There was a tremendous Russian artillery fire to-day on positions which the Japanese took on October 13. An attempt was made to hold Shakapo | and for a few hours there was a blis- | tering fire equal in its fury to zhu; in the battle of the 12th at Tousanpu. | The Russians continue to retire. Their lines, while in contact, are ir- regular and broken, and the Japanese | are now wedging into their center. Japanese hussars made a brilliant attempt to break the center of the| Russian left forces late to‘day, but | failed. The engagement yesterday was du\ artillery duel. Few were wounded. | The Japanese guns began firing along the hills three hours before dawn to- | day. Chinese refugees are pouring up the Mandarin road toward Mukden. The forces east of the railway con- | tinued to fall back to-day, though the Japanese batteries in their direction | almost ceased their fire from 8 o'clock | this morning, giving the impression | that they had been silenced. The Russian guns, from a position across the railway, rained shells un- brokenly for twelve hours, drowning the noisey fusillading in the trenches | east and west. PLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED. A storm of rain and hail broke at ! noon, culminating at 4 o'clock in the | | afternoon, when numbers of wounded | from the trenches were seen passing | the Russian headquarters. The scene is now dramatic in the extreme. Japanese artillerv sent one bomb into a village behind the Russian headquarters at noon and some hours later began to shell with lyddite from the west. Amidst the storm the wounded, wet and cold, arrived either in litters or on foot, struggling through the mud, while at the same time the artillery was seen flashing with an expenditure of ammunition which seemed beyond all reckoning. Ammunition trains and transport wagons, which had been alarmed into TR e ST. LOUIS SYNDICATE BUYS PAN-AMERICAN RAILROAD Finished Portion Soon to Be Opened and Work Begun at Once on Extension. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 16.—The Pan- American Railroad has passed into the hands of a St! Louis syndicate, the new shareholders being nearly “all railroad men. David H. Doak of St. Louis is the new president and J. M. Neenan, for-. merly general manager, has been pro- moted to the vice presidency of the road. Among the shareholders is How- ard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Rallroad. The 200 kilomettes of the Pan-Ameri- can Railroad now completed will be opened to traffic on November 1. The | finished portion of the line extends from the station of San Geronimo, on the Tehuantepec National Railroad, to the port of Tonola, in the state of Chiapas. Work will be begun to-morrow on the extension of the line to Guatemala. Diphtheria at White Horse. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C., Oct. 16.—A dispatch days that thirty fami- lies at White Horse are afflicted with diphtheria. Several deaths are report- There are no doctors to administer to the needs of the sick. The unaffect- ed portion of the population is quitting the town. FRANCISCO CAL | yang each a double-quick movement, ’ were brought to a walk by shouts from the heudquarlers staff that “Headquarters stands firm.” Chargers were seen careering rider- less and draught horses were plunging in the mud with carts and other ve- hicles that have been almost de- stroyed. The forces at this point| e holding their positions at night- | all. The roads are filled with wounded, who are collecting along the railway, where just now there are no trains to receive them. Many of the wound- ed remained in the flelds until after | dark, lying in the deep mud. i AoS e i, CZAR BLAMED FOR ROUT. Russian Prisoners Say Nicholas Per- emptorily Ordered Advance. t TOKIO, Oct. 16.—According to state ments made by Russian prisoners, Gen eral Kuropatkin was ordered by Em-| veror Nicholas to make a stand at Muk- | den and to assume the aggressive as speedily as possible in order to relieve | the Port Arthur garrison. This order, the vrisoners sav, reached Mukden on September 27, and General Kuropatkin | in obedience to it began his disastrous southern advance movement. An ex- | tended revort dealing with the state- mients of these prisoners follows: “According to statements made to of- prisoners the enemy had received in- ficers of the center army by Russian formation that the strength of the gar- | rison at Port Arthur was being daily | reduced and that the garrison was in a ! disastrous condition. Fresh Russian re- | inforcements were constantly arriving in Manchuria from Europe, and the strength of the forces under Generai Kuropatkin in the neighborhood of | Mukden had reached more than nine | army corps. Thereupon, the prisoners said, the Russian Emoeror on Septem- ber 27 ordered Kurovatkin not to retire a step bevond Mukden, and directed | him, circumstances permitting, to as-| | sume the offensive as quickly as possi- | | ble and to drive the Japanese out of | Southern Manchuria in order to rescue the Port Arthur garrison. “Acting under this command General Kuropatkin advanced with his whole strength to the south of Mukden, divid- | ing his forces into three columns—the | center, the right and the left. “The center column, composed of the | First, Fourth and Fifth corps, under | the command of General Sololeff, ad- vanced toward Tungshankou and Lin- | hua Mountain. The left column, which was composed of two corps under Gen- | eral Stakelberg, advanced against the | Japanese right. The right column, which was composed of three corps, ad- vanced against the Japanese left. Be- | sides these there was one corps held in reserve, which was following the cen- ter column. “‘General Linevitch, commanding the field fighting force in the Ossouri dis- trict, was taking a devious road from the east and advancing toward : the scutheast of Liaoyang, for the purpose of threatening the line of a possible Japanese retreat. General Mistchenke, commanding six regiments of dra- goons, operated on Linevitch’'s right. “The center column was disposed as follows: The First Corps on the right, the Fourth Corps on the left and the “ifth Corps in rear of the center. The | Fourth Corps consisted of the First and Fourth hberian reserve division. Four batteries of quick-firing guns were attached to each division. “The prisoners declared that the war would continue a long time, because the Russians had decided to attain a final victory, regardless of the losses which might be involved, as otherwise a defeat would mean a general revolu- tion and the disintegration of Russian | territory. “During one engagement the Thir- ty-seven division, especially the First Brigade, sustained extraordinary losses. The first company of One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment was annihilated on Sankuaihsi Mountain and many line officers were killed, wounded or captured. The Third Siberian reserve division sustained the greatest loss. “At the beginning of the war the Russian regiments numbered 4000 men each. After the battle of Liao- of the regiments was re- duced to a strength of about 2500, with the exception of the Twelfth Regiment, which, as a result of this battle, was reduced to 800. This regi- ment, after the battle, was command- ed by a captain, the battalions being in command of sub-lieutenants, while the older privates directed the opera- tions of its companies.” -—— KUROPATKIN ON FIRING LINE Personally Commands the Petroff Regiment in an Assault. MUKDEN (Saturday), Oct. 15.—The blow directed by the Japanese against the Russian center on October 11 was heroically repulsed by the troops of Generals Zaroubaleff and Meyendorff. The night attack against the Novotch- kerkask Regiment, and the lack of success attending it, forced the Japan- ese, on October 12, to transfer the welight of their attack to the Russian right flank. CIRL DISPLATS [vsiesnae, SPARTAN GRIT smm Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.—With her thigh fractured and her leg broken below the knee Jessie Gray, a school 8irl aged 19, dragged herself on a sheep herder’s horse and rode two miles to the village of Lahabra to seek help for her friend, Charles Seaman, aged 19, who lay unconscious by the road- side, having been kicked by the same Egm that came near ending the girl's e, Young Seaman and Miss Gray went buggy riding this morning from Whit- tier. They drove to the heights beyond bra for the view. In descending the horse slipped and fell, breaking the harness and throwing the girl out of the carriage. While the horse | kicked her frantically, young Seaman leaped to her assistance. He was kick- ed in the chest and spine and rendered vnconscious. Miss Gray thought him dead. In- stead of fainting she dragged herself to the top of the hill and attracted a o her story, .Bh: \ S0 horse and MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, FRIGHTFUL FEROCITY MARKS THE SHAKHE COMBAT 1904. The whole day a cannonade raged fu- riously, under cover of which the Jao- anese made several bayonet attacks, but were repulsed. During one of these attacks the Japanese killed all the gun- ners of one battery, and the guns were left in the trenches. An attempt to re- take these guns by the Uknobsky and Epifanievsky regiments was only par- tially successful. Toward morning the Japanese ceased | their efforts on the Russian right, and until 3 o'clock in the afternoon concen- trated their efforts on the Russian cen- ter. At 3 o'clock they renewed their attack on the right and overwhelmed it with numbers, forcing it back several miles. At 8 o'clock in the evening the fight- ing ceased along the whole front. From the Russian line signal fires were no- ticed along the Japanese line, where | the Japanese were probably relocating | guns and troops for the next day's ttack. At midnight a violent cannonading began and increased until it attained the intensity that marked the artillery duel at Liaoyang on August 30 and Au- | gust 31. This cannonading continued thrbughout October 14, not ¢easing for a4 moment, not even for the usual mid- day meal. Under the cover of the ar- tillery fire the Japanese infantry cour- agetously assumed the offensive against the Russian intrenched positions, but their courage was unavailing. Toward evening the Russians actu- | ally moved forward, General Kuropat- | kin personally directing the operations on the center-right flank. where the | fighting was the hottest. Taking com- | mand of the Petroff Regiment, he or- | dered it forward. Animated by the courage of their idolized commander. the troops rushed forward with a shout. driving the Japanese from the heights. Standing there, Kuropatkin could see through his field-glasses a group of Japanese officers on the opposite | heights at a distance of three miles and in_their midst a hoisted battle flag. These were probably General Oku and his staff watching the prog- ress of the battle. s OYAMA IS HANMICAPPED. Placed at Disadvantage by Inferiority of His Field Guns. LONDON, Oect. 17.—All reports this morning agree upon General Kuropat- | kin's defeat in what military criti consider one of the greatest battles of modern times, comparable with Konig- gratz and Leipsic. Spencer Wilkinson tonsiders Marquis Oyama’'s conduct of the battle as not marked by the same distinctness of plan and execution as that of General Kuropatkin, whose handling of his army is quite intel- ligible on the assumption that he was ordered to make the attack. Belated dispatches arriving in Lon- don, descriptive of the week's fighting, to some extent bear out this view. For | instance, the Standard’s correspondent with General Kuroki's army testifies that the Russian troops were more skillfully led and more capable and resolute than those encountered in the opening weeks of the campaign. same correspondent remarks the grave disadvantage under which the Japan- ese are laboring, owing to the inferior- ity of their flield guns. He refers to the fighting of October 11, “when our six batteries, though well posted and admirably handled, were compelled to remain silent the greater part of the | day and see the chance of a Hfetime pass by under the very muzzles of their guns. Effective pursuit was de- barred us by the superior range of the Russian artillery.” 2k TP ol SLAVS TAKE THE AGGRESSIVE. Attack Japanese Positions, but Are Compelled to Retire, MUKDEN, Saturdav, Oct. 15.—This morning the Russian right wing took the aggressive. The Velikiluga regi- ment led a brilliant attack against the Japanese positions, all the troops fighting with the courage and stead- fastness exhibited the first dav of the battle. The Japanese had apparently brought up reserves and were concen- trating an enormous force against the Russiang. In the evening the Japanese advanced in overwhelming numbers, forcing the Russians to retire. The whole hospital staff is display- ing the greatest courage and fortitude, working night and dayv. Many, after working seemingly to the limit of human endurance, have gone to the front to continue their labor under fire, replacing those incapacitated on the firing line. Every road converging on Mukden is crowded with vehicles, transporting the wounded, who are being sent north by wagon road as well as by rail. The result of to-day’s fighting is uncertain. e Aoy T Japanese Dig a Canal. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 16.—It is announced that the Japanese have constructed a canal joining the Taitse and Hun rivers, facilitating transpor- tation from Yinkow to Sianchian, Shlrty-!hree miles southeast of Muk- en. FEARFUL DEATH OF CHILD MAY WRECK PARENT'S MIND Mother’s Herolsm Fails to Save Little One Who Played With Fire, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.—The two- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. King of Redlands, while at play in the yard of her parents’ home, plucked an ember from a smoldering bonfire. A moment later the child's dress was enveloped in flames. The mother, at- tracted by her screams, extinguished the fire with a blanket. The child died this morning after.a night of fearful agony. The mother, who held the burn- ed infant in her arms all night, is in a state of prostration that the doc- tors fear may destroy her reason. —_—— Art Treasures Injured by Rain. ROME, Oct. 16.—The Minister of Instruction has taken steps to repair the damage caused by heavy rain to the enormous Cathedral of Assiz. Giol- 1i's frescoes and other notable art treasures were injured by the rain. —_— . rode to Lahabra for help. She insist- ed on accompanying a physiclan back to the scene of the accident. After her urnconscious companion had been lifted into the vehicle she fainted. Hopes afe entertained for the recov- ery of both. s | for The | Russans, 12 Desfiemfw% Fhrow Stvat KURO[’ATKIN egy to the Winds ana Battle Be- cones 0%6 O/ E)Cf€7WZZ%deO%. J 3 | | | and by | sitions. | IS HOPEFUL IN DEFEAT —— Confident He Can Hold Japanese in Check. Army Fighting Dog- gedly to Prevent Annihilation. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 16.—Un- der date of October 15, General Kuro- patkin sent the following telegram to the Emperor: ‘On the night of October 14 large forces of Japanese attacked the corps drawn up in line at Shakhe, on the great Mandarin road. Several attacks were repulsed, but the last succeeded and the corps was broken. At that moment fighting was begun on the right flank with a neighboring sec- tion. The possibility was that, with the rupture of our center, our whole formation would be threatened and that the neighboring troops might force a retreat. In order to support the troops on the great Mandarin | road several battalions were rapidly | | pushed forward. The troops were | | thus enabled to take the offensive and succeeded in retaking the village of Shakhe, reoccupying the first posi- tions. ‘Reinforced by reserves, the Jap- anese dislodged us again from the vil- | lage of Shakhe. Then the advanced | reserves and troops defending the po- | sition resumed the offensive and after | a stubborn fight we succeeded in re-| occupying Shakhe, repulsing the Jap- anese and driving them back two kilo- | meters from that place. RIGHT WING IN PERIL. | “On our right wine the position was for some time very alarming. The | troops were attacked from the front | a turning movement on their The chief of a detach- | ment advanced the troops set apart a last rally, they having attacked the Japanese from the flank in their turn. Several villages were retaken by us. The right wing maintained its positions on the line of the Shakhe po- The troops on our center | were noticeably advanced in com- parison with other troops in the gen- eral position of the line. One position on our right flank had been chosen beforehand and partially fortified. “Qur troops have been fighting for four days and many regiments have not slept for three nights. Neverthe- less, I have full confidence in their pacity to continue the struggle. The Japanese losses must be very consid- erable. KUROKI REINFORCED. “The night of October 14 passed quietly. Before 9 o'clock this morn- ing a rather marked movement of the enemy was noticed in the direction of our positions on the great Man- | darin road. Our batteries opened fire on them. I have received a report from the commander of the left wing | that the enemy has been strongly re- inforced there. “As was the case at Liaovang, the heavy firing caused a storm to burst forth, followed by a torrential rain. The roads are in very bad condition and the level of the rivers has risen “The general order for all troops | remains the same as before, to offer most resolute resistance. I have just received a report that a considerable Japanese force has crossed the rail- wav line from west to east. i PEACE TALK IN TOKIO. right flank. Belief That Russia Should Now Agree to Reasonable Terms. TOKIO, Oct. 16, 6 p. m.—There is & strong appeal for peace in the ap- pelling tragedy which is now under | enactment in Manchuria. Both ar- mies have fought ferociously for a week and desperate fighting continues. It is probable that the death roll will be largely increased before the final | shot is fired. The preliminary reports that about 60,000 men of both sides have been either killed or wounded | (the larger number of them being | Russians) since the armies of the two belligerents closed in combat. Even the Japanese, to whom the great victory is of paramount im- portance, seem to be shocked by the slaughter of their enemies. The Jap- anese people are receiving the news from the field of battle calmly, and there can be heard no shouts in the streets proclaiming the victory of their nation. Few flags are displayed. Prob- ably later on there will be a proces- sion with the consequent jollification, but there are “~ard many expressions of opinion that no demonstration of any kind should be held. A promi- nent Japanese said to-day: “We have won a sweeping and a decisive victory, which may prove to be the salvation of our country's ex- istence; but we regret both our own losses and the terrible slaughter which our forces have inflicted on the enemy We regret still more the necessity v\hich forced us to engage in this war.” niArl member of the diplomatic corps | “I believe the world will recoil from the sickening slaughter of this battle. | Every interest of humanity demands | the adjustment of the differences be- tween the two nations and the proc- lamation of peace. The situation be- tween the two belligerents is a deli- | cate one, but what a splendid tri- | umph for diplomacy it would be ir peace could b: arranged. It seems to | me that the question of honor is no longer involved. If Russia feels that | such a question Is involved, surely the | heroic and successful defense of Port | Arthur and the valor shown by Rus- | sia’s sons on the fields of Manchuria sheuld forever deternrine the quality of Russian courage. Russia should remember that the distance dividing her strength and the limitations of her railway are historical factors in this war. These factors are generally known. They are appreciated by everybody and are not looked upon as faults.” indicate PRSP S0 Chinese Becoming Restless. LONDON, Oct. 17.—Bennett Bur- leigh reports from Shanghai to the Daily Telegraph that the Chinese are becoming restless and anxious to at- tack the Russians. | south 1 of heart, | stored me to -— EXHAUSTED ARMIES IN DEATH GRIP Five Times Shakhe Is Taken and Retaken. PE—— Continued From Page 1, Columa . main Japanese force on the hills be- yond. In the fighting around Hamna- tung a few Japanese prisoners were en. ll’llshe Russians followed the Japanese across the valley, taking positions in the foothills, from which the artillery shelléd the Japanese force, while the infantry advanced through the deflles. On October 10 the artillery duel con tinued, the Russians advancing slowly During the night the Japanese changrd their positions and at daylight en- filaded the Russian trenches, pouring a terrific shrapnel fire on the infantry, composed of one regiment, only a rem nant of which was left. From this on the Japanese took the offensive the entire day of the llih, throwing shrapnel and Shimose powder shells among the Infantry and artillery The Russians held tenaciously to their positions. KUROKI'S FLANKING MOVEMENT. Early in the day the Japanese com- menced to work around the Russian left and succeeded in dropping a few shells on the road and in the villages where the transport and reserves were gathered. The Japanese had the range of the road and village perfectly. They compelled the men and wagons to take to the flelds. This shelling did little damage, beyond disconcerting the men and horses Additional guns were sent forward to protect the left, while the batteries withdrew across the plains to the hills on the north side. This gave the Jap- anese possession of a high hill on the side, from which they shelled the valley through which the Rus- sians had advanced during the even- ing. The Japanese apparently suf- fered greatlv from the Russian fire. The morning of the 12th found lit- tle change in the positions of the two { armies, except that the Japanese had worked further around to the left. Probably the greatest artillery fight of the battle took place on October 12. Batteries were placed on every avail- able hill and at the same time regi- ment after regiment of infantry was poured into the plain by both sides, only to be thrown back shattered and | torn. It is impossible as yet to estimate the loss of life. During the night a heavy rainstorm occurred, in the midst of which the artillery continued to boom, and at one point the Japanese infantry charged. It was met by Russian in- fantrymen in the darkness, which was lightened only by the flashes of the guns, the bursting of shells and the streaks of lightning. The men fought hand to hand, the Japanese regiment finally being driven back. RUSSIANS RETIRE SLOWLY. The thunder and rain continued through the morning of the 13th. Notwithstanding this, the guns opened fire promptly at daylight. The Rus- sians fought stubbornly, but retired slowly. The Japanese continued to threaten the Russian left. Toward evening the Japanese opened with all their guns on the Russian positions, the shells dropping like hail in the fleld and on the hills. The morning of the 13th found the Russians with their backs to the Shakhe River, across which the trans- port had been withdrawn during the night. Fighting continued from these positions all during the day of the 14th. while the Russian reinforcements took up positions on the hills to the north of the river. Another thunderstorm broke shortly after noon. flooding the streams and turning the roads into seas and by evening the main Russian force had withdrawn across the Shakhe River Japanese shells were dropping within a short distance of the river on the left. The fighting recommenced at daylight to-day The thunder of guns is dis- tinctly heard in Mukden. The whole Russian army is slowly retiring and fighting every inch of the way. When the writer came north to-day there | appeared no danger of any part the Russian army being cut off. In an informal talk which the writer had with General Kuropatkin in th field just before the battle commenced he spoke in glowing terms of the brav ery of the Japanese, g that they were a gallant foe, and also that the were most correct in the observance of the rules of war. 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