Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-21
THE RUSSIAN LOSSES
St. Petersburg Believes That
TheyWill Not Exceed 10000.
ARMIES KEEP POSITION
DESULTORY FIRING ALONG THE
LINES
Developments May Be Soon Looked for
With the Drying Out Of the
Roads.
ARMIES KEEP POSITION

Fighting has not been resumed In Man
churia, and the Russian General SakharoH
reports that the two armies maintain their
respective positions. There is desultory ar
tillery firing along the lines and reconnois-
sances are continued on both sides, indl-
eating that with the rapidly drying roads,
developments may soon be looked for
While official figures on the losses are still
absent St Petersburg believes from IN
formation in hand that the total Russian
casualties during the battle of Shakhe river
will not exceed 10000. There was heavy
mortality in officers on the Russian side, 1Io
being killed in the fighting of October IL to
13. including one major general and seven
teen field officers
ST. PETERSBURG, October 1.-Gen.
Sakharoff telegraphs that there was no
fighting yesterday. The armies MAINTAIN
their respective positions. There are con-
tinual reconnc:ssances on both sides.
The war office this morning received
list of the losses of Gen. Ekk's list Division
of the 9th Siberian Corps and Gen. Mora
zoff's 1st Division of Lieut. Gen. DEM
how skis corps. Each lost half dozen
officers The official lists of officers killed
and wounded between October IL and Oc-
tober IL total 1T2 including Maj. Gen.
Rabinski and II field officers killed. The
wounded are in the proportion of one 10
six. The list for the heaviest days fighting
is still unreported. and doubtless will ex-
ceed the losses at Liaoyang, when 800 Off
GERS were killed or wounded. The losses
among the men not yet reported, but
they are thought to approximate not much
over 10000.
oIa ,Inl tn, ha
staff late last night that the situation at
the front had been quiet all day.
Along the Russian Center.
HUANSIAN. Manchuria. October 20 (by
courier to Mukden October 2D.-Wednesday
passed quietly Along the Russian center
there was some desultory outpost firing,
bu. nothing serious. Last night also was
without incident. This morning the plain
was covered with a blanket of fog as thick
as the darkest night. In the afternoon the
weather cleared. The chief obstacle to
resumption of the advance continues to be
the bad state of the ROADS.
Japanese Refused to Reply.
MUKDEN October 21.-Toward evening
yesterday the fog lifted and some of the
Russian guns at various points opened fire
against the Japanese defenses, but they did
rot respond. either from scarcity of NUM-
ton or the desire not to reveal the location
OF their batteries. The weather and the con-
dition of the roads have made extensive
operations impossible, but the roads are
now drying hard, which forecasts events in
the near future. The war correspondents
in the field are kept in the dark, and 1t is
difficult to say when and how this dreadful
slaughter will end.
Every man of the 200 Cossacks command
ed by Capt Tourgenieff, who on Tuesday
night reconnoitered the japanese left south
westward and who near Sandopu unexpect-
edly encountered good-siZed japanese
force with machine guns. was wounded,
and every horse, except Capt. Tourgenien s,
was hit by the bullets from the japanese
machine guns. Tourgenieff, though NOR
tally wounded, carried off one man behind
his saddle while others managed to creep
back to camp. But, as already cabled, not
one man was killed on the field. There is
the greatest fear on the part of the Rus
sian wounded of falling into the hands of
the Japanese. the Russians being convinced
that they torture their prisoners.
Both Armies Much Fatigued.
BERLIN. October 21.-Col Gaedke war
correspondent of the Tageblatt, telegraphed
to his paper today from Mukden as follows:
Have been unable to telegraph for two
days owing to the absence of the censor on
the 10Th and Goth. Both armies are much
fatgued. They occupy positions In close
contact. Only an occasional shot breaks
the stiffness. A general Russian attack
appeared to have been planned for the night
OF October 20. but freshet in the Shakhe
river prevented it, The roads and fields
drying slowly. 1t rained again the night
of the Goth. The Russian losses were fright
ful. Single regiments have as few as 800
men left. The Viborg regiment. of which
Emperor William is honorary colonel had
20 officers and 200 men killed The feeling
is accordingly grave. No end is visible of
the CHASTITY slaughter
A dispatch to the Lokal-Anzieger from
Mukden today says the Sth Russian army
corps has ARRIVED there and that Gen. ku-
ropatkin will make new plans immedia tely.