The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-18

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-The gen
eral staff has received the following
dispatch from General Sakharoff dat
ed today:
THE Russians repulsed a Japanese
attack on their right wing during the
night of October IT and seized the
village of Shalandtzy, on the bank of
the Shakhe river and east of Shakhe.
The enemy strongly bombarded and
captured the village but did not ad-
vance to the attack on Lone Tree hill,
now called Dutiloff hill.
THE work of burying the dead pro-
ceeded all night long. Military hon
ors were paid the Japanese dead.
"A considerable concentration of the
enemy's troops has been observed
against our center. There was no
fighting yesterday on our left flank"
Better Feeling at ST. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg, Oct ISIS A. M
The news from the front tonight is
more reassuring, from the Russian
standpoint. The situation is still re-
garded as being critical, but General
kuropatkin is apparently holding the
japanese fiaaaly on his center and right
wing even having recrossed the Shakhe
rtver:and while there are runors of
both on the east and west there is no
evidence they are actually occurring.
General Kuropatkins left wing has
been heard from. The Associated Press
four days fight in front of Tun1i and
Saitchiun passes resulting in the Anal
withdrawal of strong Russian column
which has been sent to turn the Japa-
seems to have actually penetrated a
considet0 bic distance inside the Japa-
nese line. The report of the operation
from the Russians left wing is still
three days old and since nothing has
been received from this column The
situation at this date may be as fol-
lows:
Kuropatkin has slightly advanced
his center, reoccupying Shakhe. Directly
behind him at a distance of nine miles
lies the Hun river and across the
bridges spanning this stream, the Rus
slams must retire in case they retreat
in Mukden. Gen. kuropatkin must con-
tinue to firmly hold his center and
right flank in order to prevent the
Japanese getting possession of the Hun
river bridge, thus he will cover the
withdrawal of his apparently beaten
west wing.
There is still considerable uncertain
ty as to the disposition of this left col
umn. Certainly 1t has not returned to
Mukden; where it is again advancing
after It's first withdrawal is not known.
cit is no longer a question of Rus
sian Sedan). Thought all hopes of re-
lieving Port Arthur must be abandon
Little hope is expected that Kuropat-
kin will be able to continue to ad-
vance.
On October Is when the passes had
been actually occupied came the order
TO Withdraw, probably owing to a criti-
cal position at other parts of the front.
Here the story of the operations of the
eastern wing of the Russian army
ends.
General Grippenberg, who has arriv-
ed at ST. Petersburg, will go to front
ten days hence to assume the COM
mand of the Second Manchurian army
Russians Penetrate Japanese Center.
Mukden, Oct. 18.-The Russian
forces have penetrated the Japanese
center and it is reported captured
eleven or thirteen guns and $50 pris-
oners east of the railway. At another
point the Siberian regiments took "A
guns.
The Russian operations yesterday
were quite successful. The japanese
after a terrif1cally stubborn resistance
were compelled to retire along their
whole line filled with the Japanese
dead. In one not very large trench
there were counted 500 corpses of Jap
anese. In spite of their losses the
Japanese were undaunted. They have
brought up siege guns and have left
no stone unturned to retain the mas
terry of the situation. Every step the
Russians have pushed forward has
been IL, the face of a, superb resistance
that has cost the Russians dear. The
Japanese seem to be willing to hght
until they are annihilated-
l. low of