The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-13
OVER 100000 ENGAGED q {; E: .
Lack of Official News 4 Causes
Apprehension III St.
Petersburg.
Try Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, October 13--2:2O
A. NI.-No official news Of to-doy's bnt-
tie south Of Mukden Is available at TINS
hour General Kuropatkin doubtless mas
communicated his regular report TO EN-
peror Nicholas at Tsarlsoc Selo, but the
dispatch was not sent back to the gem
eral staff tonight. SO the latest word
from Russian sources Z Is contained III
Il tho Associated Press dispatch from At,lt-
dem AS is natural, the absence OF oifl-
# c!al news is pessimistically Interpreted
& in many quarters: blu, the general stat J,
reticent co,lnsels patience, point
4 ing out that the offensive movement was
planned upon n large scale. and has not
yet reached stage where decisive
result could have been attained The
frontal attack on tho Ycntai mines de-
iveloped a desperate battle, in which prob
II ably 100, 900 men are engaged. but though
@ the dispatches so fur deal almost eNclu-
sve!y with this feature Of tho hattie, J t
ii IS pointed out that there Is "a much
y wider field involved. 3s s8
While It is now asserted that General
Ii Kuropatkin enjoys a considerable nu-i
mcrical superiority. the main fear ScX-s
pressed is that his superiority Is nsutli-
H ficient to enable him to GARY out the
1 bis operations he has undertaken
Russians Apprehensive.
October 1880 p Nit is now mid-a3
night ton the battlefield below Mukd III.
and the failure to receive news that the
Russians achieved decisive results in to-5
days fight north of Yenta;. coupled viii
the Toxic report that Field Marshal
4 Oyana lis gaining ground, increased ap-3
prehe ms on. FIJI. Z, ~
The dispatch to the Associated Press
Il from Toxic was tic first positive infor-
nation that Russian troops in any forcei
were already across the Tnitsc River nl-y
B thought was already known here tina t
some cavalry had Lassed over the river
but the report that another colanln We $
attempting to cut tho Japanese lincBof
communication with the Talu River did Z
mot come MS n surprise, as 1t was known.
although not revealed for strategic roa
sons, that wide turning operations were
proceeding on the Russian extreme left,
screened BY the column operating against
Sllannintaidze. Ell
Battle Raging.
1887 p. M.-The battle below Mukdcn
continues to rage along the entire front
4 and according to General Kuropatkins
latest advices, sent last night, after the
Z fighting OF the day had ended, the Japa-
Il nese were stubbornly holding their own,
Offering a desperate resistance and had
even advanced their positions. After
Il an aM-day's fight above Yentai. where
the Russians sustained their first check,
Il The Japanese Still held that position. The
q infantry practically was not engaged, the
artillery bearing the1brunt of the fight
n ing. The JAPANESE, stuck to their guns
and the Russian batteries were unable to
dislodee them.
According to the advices received by
the War Office here. the Japanese hold
entrenched lines extending III semi
circle north Of Yentai Railroad station
tured by tho Russians. Thence they
i've series of armies covering the
Yentai branch OF the railroad. includ-
ing the mines. whence their lines sweep
southeastward. toward the Taitse River.
thus enclosing the mountainous region
forming the triangle Of their main posi-
tons.
Desperate Fighting.
The lates reports indicate that the fight
Ing Is OF much larger proportions than
was supposed yesterday. The battle has
4 now RACED uninterruptedly for three days
and nights and the Russians have been
unable to make further Roadway since
tho check, which they sustained October
10TH owing to the determined resistance
of the Japanese.
The latest War Office Information saws
The fighting Is OF most desperate char
acter The positions arc constantly
changing hands. Tho Russians innict-
ling and sustaining heavy losses.
The lato news confirms The Associated
Press dispatches, indicating that Kuro.
patkin Is transferring the weight OF his
blow to the japanese right.
SakharoH's Dispatch,
General sakharoff, telegnphing yes
7 terday evening. confirms the reports O!
desperate lighting north OF Yontai, wher,
tho heights were alternately held by III,
Russians and Japanese. &
General DanIeloff, who succeeded Gene.
rails Trousseff and Romnnoff in command
Of the Sixth Siberian Rifles division, wa,
woundtd In the leg, but did not rclInuusI
his command The losses are not stated
4f7 md according to The latest dyces In,
battle is continuing to-day.
THE ADVANCE.
fliy Associated Plcss)
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