Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-17
SIXTY THOUSAND.
Russia and Japan Count
the Cost.
TEN THOUSAND FOR EACH DAY
kurOpatkin Forced by the Gar to
Advance. b esMts
RUSSIAN PRISONERS TELL STORY

Beaten Army of Russia Now Across
hakhe In Retreat, but D~oggedIy
Resisting as They withdraw-Jap-
anese Had to Bury thousands of
Russian Dead as They Advanced.
LONDON, Oct. 17.-Adviees from To
kyo say that in the reports of the
great battle which continue to arrive
from the front the most striking fea-
ture is the terrible record of the Rus
sian dead. Before the severe fighting
on Oct. IA General Oku's army alone
recovered and buried 1000, making the
total number of Russians buried by
the Japanese $3.50. Applying the usu-
al calculation and making reasonable
allowance for the fighting of the 14th
and 10th, the Russian losses will ex-
coed 100000
Fragmentary reports Of japanese
casualties are coming in. General Oku
up to and including Oct. IA. lost $500.
men. Estimates of the total japanese
losses are not possible, but they are es-
|timated at about 10000.
The latest advices from Tokyo are
that the Russians left 1850 dead in
front of General Kurokis army alone.
The Russian losses there are estimated
at 10000 men. sGi
The Russian retreat and the Japa-
nese pursuit south of Mukden continue.
north of the Shakhe river, and Shahopu
has been taken by the Japanese left,
which captured ten more guns. Gen
eral Kuroki's columns also reached a
line on the Shakhe, though a detach-
hent of Russian artillery succeeded in
holding a position neal Tai'pass.
Field Marshal Oyama estimates the
Russian losses, killed and wounded, at
more than 10000 men and the dead Mt
10000. Forty-five hundred Russian dead,
he reports, were left on the field aft
er Fridays battle. Unofficial dispatches
from Tokyo express the belief that
General Kuropatkin will be unable to
make another stand south of the Hun.
The fighting continues all along the
entire line, and the end is not hear.
1t seems to be impossible for the Rus
slams to rally, and they probably will
be pressed back across the Hun river.
General Kuropatkin is, . however,
fighting d%oggedly, so as to spare the
Russian army from an utter rout.
Field Marshal Oyamd's triumphant
troops have driven the Russians north
to Il line extending along the Shakhe
river. They are vigorously pressing
the pursuit with their whole force.
Advices from Tokyo dated early this
morning increase the extent of the Rus
sian slaughter in the desperate battles
that have ragged for the past week. The
reports of Generals Nodzu, Kuroki and
0ku are Incomplete, but everything in
1icates that Field Marshal Oyama's
estimate of the Russian loss at 10000
men will fall far below the actual
mark.
Mukden advices say that there was
"a lull in the battle, but fighting con
tinues on the right. The Russian army
IS southwest of Mukden ten miles.
All the wounded are being carried to
Hardin. 1t is understood that the cor
respondents also have been ordered to
Hardin, which indicates that the re-
treat will not even stop at Tai pass.
All hopes of the world heralded adj
vance to Port Arthur have been aban-
Toned.
General Kuropatkin personally took
command of the Petroff regiment at
Shakhe. 1t was in the midst of an aw-
full war of man and elements, the Pc
troff regiment leading, that the Rus
slams for the last time charged logged
" into Shakhe and took the town in
the face of the hottest Japanese bonn
oardment.
The Russians were finally driven out,
making five times that Shakhe had
changed hands in the course of the
sattle. The Russians then retired to
a new position north Of ShaGhe.
There is great depression, but stolid
tenacity among the men. There has
Oeen SreuI SacrlHCe OF OHleerS.
The plain occupied by the retiring
Russians is covered with bursting
shrapnel. The gunners shoveled shells
into the breeches of the guns as stokers
shoveling coal into furnaces. Howitz-
ers are used by the eastern army.
Two divisions have lost their chief
staff officers, n of them being killed,
and many commanding officers have
met death heroically leading their regi-
ments.
Shrapnel fell near General Kuropat-
kin. He showed desperate energy and
eel in the darkest hour remained
hopeful.
A Tokyo report says there is a
strong appeal for peace in the an