The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-09
RUSSIANS STAND AT MUKDEN.
TWO JAPANESE ARMIES CLOSE
IN on THE TOWN.
st. Petersburg War once Expects Great
Battie-TroOps Being Rushed From
Japan TO the Front-Assaults on
Port Arthur Prove Ineffective.
Special Gable Dispatches TO THE SUN.

Special Gable Dsspatohes TO THE Sun.
BERLIN, Sept S.-Col. Gaedke CORE
spondent of the Tagebiah, telegraphing
from Mukden under date Of to-day says
that the city is still in possession of the
Russians.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept s.-The latest news
from Gen. Kuropatkin was dated $50 p. NJ.
yesterday.
At that time Gen. Kurokis army was
twenty seven miles east OF the railway.
Gen. Oku's army was twenty miles west
The General STAFF regards a great battle
a. inevitable.
Asnews agency despatch says that the
army of Gen Kuropatkin is concentrating
around Mukden, its rear guard stretching
seventeen miles to the southwark.
The rear guard fighting Is continuous.
TOXIC Sept. s.--Evidence OF the severity
of the recent fighting in front Of Liaoyang
IL furnished in the fact that one regiment
of Gen. Nodzu's army lost all of its higher
officers.
One company lost all its officers and a
private had to take command Of his fifteen
surviving comrades.
Private Yasawa's uniform was pierced
by eight bullets and his cap by one. Bull
let's broke his rife in three places and his
bayonet in two.
The Nichi Nichi admits that the Russians
are retreating skilfully and. that II they re-
ceive reenf orcements they will be able to
make another stand. 1t urges renewed
preparations for prolongation Of the war.
Reports from Saigon and Shanghai agree
that the Japanese have occupied Yentai.
BERLIN, Sept. 8A Chefoo despatch to
the Lokdl Anxeiger says that since Sept. 1
all private railway traffic in japan has been
interrupted to enable the lines to carry
70, 900 men to Kobe. Sasebo. Hiroshima and
shimonoseki. 1t Is reported that these
troops are going to Vladivostok, but 1t La
equally probable that they are destined for
Port Arthur and Manchuria.
A report that the Russian army in Man
churia Ia to be reorganized, increased
by two army corps and divided into two
armies under command Of Gen. Kaultars
and Gen. Lnevitch is taken here to mean
that Gen. Kuropatkin ia TO be superseded
bsfore long, although the announcement
adds that he will remain a. Commander-in-
Chief
, LONDON. Sept. s.-Yesterday's reports
from St. Petersburg contain all that is
known of the situation at Mukden. None
Of the dispatches reported to have been
received from Gen. Kuropatdn has been
issued by the Russian authorities. The
report from Paris that q battle had begun
Is not confirmed.
The Japanese officials are silent re-
specting the operations, but tho Standard's
Toxic correspondent says he Is informed
from trust~ orthy source that Gen. Kuroki's
operations against the retreatng Russians
are being successful, and that he Is greatly
harassing the enemy.
The reports from Chefoo, II reliable,
show that the present operations at Port
Arthur are confined to ATTACKS on single
forts. apparently with the object Of weary
ing the defenders by compelling inoessant
watchfulness. 80 far a. can be judged
from the soanty news Of the last few days,
the besiegers are not making very rapid
progress.