New-York tribune., 1904-10-13
THE BlTTLE DESPERATE.
Positions Taken and Retalten-RuS-
SLAMS Held on Tuesday.

St Petersburg. oct 10 Cs:35 D m).--It is now
midnight on the battlefield below Moukden, and
the failure to receive news that the Russians
achieved decisive results in to-days fight north
az Yentai coupled with the TOXIC report that
Field Marshal Oyama is gaining ground causes
increased apprehension.
The dispatch Of The Associated Press from
Toxic was the first positive information that
Russian troops in any force were already across
the Tei-Tse River. il known here that
some cavalry had passed over the river, and the
report Of another column attempting 10 cut the
Japanese line Of communication with tho YaIu
River did not come surprise. the War
Office was aware that wide turning operations
were proceeding on the Russian extreme left
screened 10y the column operating against Shan
Pin-Taidze
Reports indicate that the fighting Is a much
larger engagement than supposed yesterday.
The battle has ragged unnterruptedy for
three DAYS and nights, and the Russians have
hecn unable 10 make further headway since the
check which they sustained October 10
Information reaching the War ONCE says the
lighting is of most desperate character The
positions are constantly changing hands. the
Russians inhcting and sustaining heavy losses
a mention Of the Tomsk Regiment as being the
worst sufferer indicates that the Second Siberian
Division General Gavnom's corps. is engaged.
GENERAL DANIELOFF WOUNDED.
An official report from General Danleioff. com
manding the Sixth Siberian Rife Division. who
IS wounded. shows that General Stakelberg's
corps is also ia the fgh..
Late news confirms dispatches indicating that
kuropatkin is transferring the weight Of his
blow 10 the Japanese right.
The extreme Russian left extends to the Tai
Tcp RfxrG- rv-f,rV
miles above Lao-Yang The line includes The
villages Of Uitzy and Tantziapudza. three miles
south Of Bentsapudza. and then bends north
ward to Sialiuhedzy, on the Upper schiii. a few,
miles northwest of the Yentai mines
There is no mention in official dispatches Of
operations Of the railroad
Intense public interest is manifested in the
fighting at the front. Everybody is awaiting
/ eagerly news of definite results Some nervous
ness is displayed at the War Ofice.
General Kuropatkin's advices. sent last night
after the fighting Of the day had ended showed
that the japanese had even advanced their nosi-
lions After an all day fight above Yenta,
where the Russians sustained their first check
the japanese still held that position The in
fantry practically was not engaged. the artillery
bearing the hrunt of the fighting The japanese
stuck 10 their guns and the Russian batteries
were unable 10 dislodee them
THE POSITIONS OF THE JAPANESE.
According TO the adyices received by the War
cf.oe here. the Japanese hold intrenched lines
extending in a semi-circle north OF the Yen,a,
station. Thence they have a series ar orcs
covering the Yentai branch railroad. incIudina,
the mines. whence their lines sweep southeast
ward toward the Tai-Tse River inclosinr the
mountainous region forming the triangle OF their
main positions. General Kuropatkin's right is