The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-14

Left-Russian Commander Fesrv
Heavy Losses, but Orders stubbern
Defence to BE Made To-dsy-Reported
TO Have Had 400. 900 Men and LOCO
Guns in Action-Praise for Tonsk
Regiment Censorship Light
Special Gable Dispatches to TIE aSS,
TOXIC, Oct. ls.-Despatohes from F4o
Marshal Oyama say that the Japanese
have repealed the Russians all along the line
in the fighting around Yentai. This IL the
official report
Field Marshal Oyama, from his head
quarters near. Pensihu, reports that the
enemy's counter attacks on Wednesday
were repulsed on all sides, and a detsoh-
ment was sent to shikiatotze. eight miles
north Of Pensihu, to cut Oh the enemy's no
treat.
Columns OF our right army occupied On
Wednesday several eminenoes northeast
OF the Yentai mines and vigorously pura
sued the enemy. The central army COM
menoed operations Tuesday night and On
Wednesday morning swept the ensmy
from the heights few miles east of Yentai,
capturing two field guns and eight aTnmtmi-
ton wagons, and while pursuing the enemy
captured also eleven field guns with am
munition wagons, besides $50 prisoners.
RUSSIANS FLIGHT PANIC STRICKEN.
-our central army successfully attacked
the enemy on Tuesday, twelve miles east
OF Yentai, and during the pursuit on
Wednesday one Of the enemy's detaohments
with artillery being surrounded. bscams
panic stricken while the rest retxeatsd
northwsrd In great disorder. s.
Our left army since Tuesday night
Continuously, attacked the enemy near
the railway, ten miles north Of Yentai.
The central column Of the left army. after
repulsins an attack by strong force Of
the enemy, occupied Lantzchies, fve miles
northwest OF Yentai, Wednesday afternoon,
capturing sixteen guns.
ATTACKS RxPUIsEp, LOSS HEAvz
.Thereupon we Immediately pursued.
the enemy retreating In disorder, and We
captured four more guns during pursuit
The enemy twice made desperate counter
attacks, but each time wore repulsed with
heavy losses. Our right column Of the
loft army, while pursuing the enemy near
shiliho. captured Ave guns and five am
munition wagons"
ZOO 900 RUSSIANS IN RATTLE.
Semi official reports say that the Russian
forces numbered 2o0, 900 men and that they
had 1000 field guns
The Marquis Oyama, telegraphing the
War Once yesterday, said that operations
were progressing favorably in the fight
ing between the Taitse and Hun rivers.
The armies on the centre and right OF the
Japanese line had made substantial gains,
while the left was still struggling des-
perately to envelop the Russian right.
Marshal Oyama reported also that on
Tuesday Major-Gen. Marui had been
wounded and a Japanese Colonel killed.
The relaxation of the restrictions that
were imposed on correspondents Is very
noticeable here, and for the first time dur
ing the war details Of the fighting have
actually in progress Field Marshal
Oyama's cut and dried dispatches in the
early stages Of the battle told little, except
to those having access to the maps in pos
session Of the General STAFF. his reports
consisting largely Of descriptions Of move
ments from this to that position; but he
reports considerable progress for the jap
anese arms, and encourages the hope Of
victory. kilograms from the Manohu1ian
headquarters are constantly arriving.
In the desperate counter attacks Of the
Russians on the Japanese left the valor
Of the Russians excited the admiration
OF the Japanese commander. The japanese
right. it seems. has entirely shaken OF the
Russian turning movement, and Ia pursuing
the enemy vigorously northwsrd. Tho
Russians opposing the Japanese centre
were in continuous retreat Two Russian
counter attacks against the centre Of the
Japanese left were most daring, but were
repulsed with immense loss to the attsckers-
THINK KuRoPATKrN Is BEATEN.
Press correspondents profess that Gen.
Kuropatkin has been decisively beaten.
They say that Marshal oyamas attack
was splendidly timed. He caught the
Russian commander-in-chief before he
had finished making his dispositions and
beat the scattered forces before they could
be rallied. The Japanese yesterday began
their extreme effort to turn the Russian
right
There is no reliable news here Of the
actual happenings since late on wednes-
day. An unofficial report asserts that the
entire Russian line was retreating In dis
order last evening Their losses were
enormous. They were abandoning their
dead and wounded 1t h, however, yet