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JAPANESE REPULSE
RUSSIAN ASSAULT
A TOXIC REPORT SAYS HEAVY
LOSSES WERE INFLICTED
ON CzAR's TROOPS.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
DURING transform


Declared at st. Petersburg That Final
Issue of Present Battle Is Still I'm
decided-Terrible Bayonet Fight on
Lone Tree Hill.
Toxic. Oct. 10. - The Russians fierce
ly assaulted Gen. Oku and attacked
Gems. Nodzu and Kuroki on Monday
night, but were everywhere repulsed
with heavy losses.
The Russians enveloped Gen. Yama-
das' column on Sunday, October 16, and
captured IA guns.
Battle Continues in Rain.
Mukden, Oct 10. - 1t rained during
the night, but the roar of the artillery
did not cease for moment. The day
broke cold and with a cutting wind.
The roads have been ruined by the rain.
Hope Not Yet Given Up.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 10. - The issue OF
the bloody drama below Mukden is still
In the balance. There is no attempt to
minimize the severe character Of the
week, but as yet there has been moth
Ing absolutely decisive. There certain
ly is no rout and no Sedan, and the war
Office has not yet given up all hope that
Kuropatkin may be able to again re-
sumo genuine offensive. 1t is asserted
here that the one which the diplomats
and newspapers of Toxic assumed in re-
ferring to what they seem to look upon
rs the closing act of the tragedy of Gen.
kuropatkin's army is certainly prema-
lure. Both armies are greatly exhaust
ed and the final issue probably will de-
pend upon which can regather itself the
quicker The Russian legions are terribly
battered and more or less demoralized,
but the splendid manner in which they
went forward against Lone Tree hill
Sunday is sufficient evidence that the
temper and courage of the troops are
not completely shaken.
Two Important Positions Taken.
Theemperor Tuesday morning received
Kuropatkin's and Sakharoff's report
of the Russian attack on and capture of
the village of Shalandtzy, half way be-
tween Lone Tree hill and Shakhe, and
simultaneously the storming of the for
mer, thereby gaining two positions Of
the highest Importance on the south
bank of the Shakhe river.
There was no fighting on the Russian
left Monday and the Japanese opera
tions on the extreme right, evidently in
tended to cut the railroad below the Hun
river, have failed, the Japanese being
unable to get beyond Sinchinpu, two
miles west of the Shakhe railroad
station. Field Marshal Oyama seems to
be massing troops against the Russian
center and the war Office here expects
that he will make desperate effort
Tuesday night or Wednesday to retake
the two vital positions.
storming Of Lone Tree Hill.
The generals believe that the storm
Ing of the Lone Tree hill for valor and
slaughter will occupy place by itself
IN military annals. Kuropatkin, un-
der whose eye the assault was made, re-
christened it Poulitoff hill, in honor of
the man who led the attack at the head
of the Second brigade of the East ST.
berial rifle division and who was subse-
quently decorated on the field with the
st. Georges cross. The hill is pre-
cipitous rocky height, and although the
Japanese had occupied it only a shorl
time they had thrown up very strong de.
lenses. The river running at its foot in.
creased the difficulty Of the task, but i
was scaled and carried successfully
against the unprecedented opposition O
Japanese division, $4,000 men, witt
many guns The Russian losses wer,
terrible. The fighting on the crest of th'
hill was altogether with cold steel. TIL,
Russian officers, with swords aloft lead
ing the scaling column, were literally
lifted in the air by the Japanese bayo
nets and the Japanese then bayonete,
the first the Russian soldiers who pile,
IN the trenches. All the dead in tn
trenches were bayoneted, their weapon
bearing the marks of the dreadful com
bat
The Russian line, according to tn
war Office, still extends eastward alon,
the Shakhe river to Uindiapu, where /
crosses the Mukden-Bentsiaputze road
Further east the roads leading nortl
from Bensihu and Fushun, whence
there is direct road to Tie Pass, arr
also strongly held, 1t being feared tha
Oyama might shift the weight to hi
right, thus reversing the situation a
the opening Of the operations, with Ku
ropatkin pressing the japanese left, II
other words duplicating the strategica
disposition at Liaoyang.
Odds Against Kuropatkin.
While the war Office holds out hope
that Kuropatkin may resume the gen
eral offensive, it is privately admitted
that the chances are against him unles.
there is some fortunate DEVELOPMENT
1t being explained that his assumption
of the aggressive at Shakhe and alons
the railroad was vital, as the Withdrawal
of his left must be made under the shell
ter of his right.
A dispatch from Mukden, filed early
Tuesday morning and announcing tina
the artillery fire continued increasingly
throughout Monday night, indicate!
doubtless that there will be importan
Developments during the day. No in.
dicat1cn was given. however, of the OBJ
ject OF the firing CT which side was thu
aggressive.
Some OF the newspapers, notably the
Russ, boldly hail the Russian success.
ut Lone Tree hill as complete evidenc,
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