The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-10-28
fighting TO Be
RESUMED soon
MUKDEN DISPATCH SAYS DE-
CISIVE RESULT WILL THEN
BE REACHED.
LOSSES DURING THE
TEN DAYS BATTLE
One Estimate Places Number of Killed
and Wounded at 80, o0O-Japanese
Leave Shakhepu to Escape Being
Surrounded.

Surrounded.
Mukden, Oct. 24.-Field Marshal
| Oyama's counter offensive was
definitely checked with the loss OF
men, guns and munitions. Gen.
Kuropatkin's army extends along
line running over 12k miles south
| of Mukden and is supported by strong
Notifications on the Hun river. The
present calm is enforced by the ex-
haustion of the armies on both sides,
which lost in killed and wounded So
600 men during the ten days fighting.
There is every indication that the bat
| tie will be resumed soon and that
decisive result will be achieved
Japs Driven from Shakhepu.
The Japanese hurriedly evacuated
Shakhepu, three miles east of Shakhe
station, on Thursday night, in order
to escape being surrounded. Under
the cover of Thursdays fog they had
tried to surprise the advance guard OF
one corps on the Russian right flank.
The latter repaid them in their own
coin with interest by taking Shakhepu
ON both TANKS and not leaving the
Japanese any alternative except hur-
ried flight. They abandoned quanti-
ty of arms and ammunition. Several
Japanese came into the Russian lines
and voluntarily surredered.
The Army Messenger Saturday an
nounced that the Russian column
eastward advanced October Is and oc-
cupied without resistance Wanfun pass
and the valley OF Huan pass, lying
eastward. Wanfun pass is south of
KaOutou pass and on the same parallel
as Shakhepu, on the road to Fushun
and BentsiaputZe. The Army Messen-
ger also confirms the reports that a
detachment of the Twentieth rifles,
under Capt. Dembosty, raided the Jap
anese lines during the night of October
Is and brought back two japanese
guns minus their breech blocks.
Japs Capture Many Guns.
London, Oct PA dispatch from
TOXIC to the Japanese legation, dated
Saturday, says Field Marshal Oyama
reports that there was no change in
the situation at the front October 81.
He adds that the left army thus far
has captured total of 43 Russian
guns. Japanese scouts discovered 200
Russian dead near Changlianpao Oc-
tober 20.
Estimate of Losses.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 24.-There was
no news of fresh nghting Saturday
Gen. Sakharoff reports that Friday
night passed very quietly. There were
no collisions. The war Office is not in
position as yet to give figures of the
casualties in the long battle below
Mukden, but everything indicates that
the Russian losses reached 10000. An
other correspondent places the losses
on both sides at $4,000 The war Of
flee is convinced the japanese losses,
while below those of the Russians,
were almost as heavy
Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff, in a dispatch
to the general staff, says:
The retreat of the enemy from
Shakhe was precipitate. We found in
the village arms, munitions and pro-
visions which had been abandoned by
the japanese, who also left behind on
our old artillery position one cannon,
four llmbers and a wagon full of in
struments they had previously cap
tured from us. Since the battle of
October 16 we have captured altogeth-
er IA japanese guns, including nine
held pieces and five mountain guns,
and have retaken one of our own lost
guns
Baltic Fleet to Arrive in February.
1t is said that the Baltic fleet will
proceed to the far east at low, eco
nomical speed. There is no intention
to have the fleet arrive there until
February. The admiralty expects the
garrison of Port Arthur to hold out
until the fleet arrives. According to
calculations if the garrison holds out
another six weeks the fierce northeast
gales which then begin will sweep the
Yellow sea and constitute such danger
to the Japanese parships that it will
compel Admiral Togo to relax his
blockade and the garrison will be able
to secure fresh supply of war NUM-
tions and food
The mobilization of the reserves in
certain districts of Moscow. Warsaw.
Kieff and Wilma is largely for the pur-
pose OF filling the gaps in the ranks
of the corps now at the front. It is
definitely stated that Gen. Grippen-
berg's second army will be composed
OF the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth
and Sixteenth European corps. the
Sixth Siberian corps and several bril-
gades of rifles, totaling approximate
ly 100000 men of all arms. Gen.
Skugarevskf has been appointed. at
Grippenberg's recommendation, to
command the Sixth European corps.
Torpedo Boat Sighted.
Possiet Bay, Russian Manchuria,
Oct. IA japanese torpedo boat has
been sighted in Gashkovich bay, in the
extreme northeastern part of Korea,
not far from Possiet bay, and a num-
Der of japanese spies have been arrest
ed in this neighborhood which is be-
lieved to foreshadow the imminence
of JaDoneSe Iandipoc peor pocciet how