Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-18
RUSSIANS SHAKEN OFF
Unavailing Assaults on the
Japanese Left.
FIRING ALL LAST NIGHT
ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE IS EX-
PECTED.
st. Petersburg Officials Deny Kuropat-
kin Was Routed, but Claim He is
Conducting Masterly Retreat.

No direct word has come from the Man.
churian battlefield today. but the dispatches
leave little doubt that the Russians and
Japanese are continuing the fight that has
ragged desperately for ten days. Marshal
Oyama reports that last night two fierce
assaults were made on his left army and
several lighter attacks on other portions of
his line. all of which were repulsed, while
st. Petersburg says that heavy cannonad-
ing continued throughout the night, presag-
Ing important movements today Beyond
the fact that the great battle has gone
against the Russians and that there have
been detached engagements almost un-
rivaled in their bravery and desperation on
both sides. no new light is thrown the
general situation.
st. Petersburg officials stoutly maintain
that kuropatkin, far from being whipped
into disorderly rout. is fighting a master
ly retreating battle and while he has been
defeated, he is compelling the Japanese to
purchase the victory at cost of men and
munitions that is exhaustinc.
dispatch from MukGen today says that
1t is cold, that cutting wind is blowing
and that the roads have been ruined by the
torrential rains.
dispatch from Tokyo confirms the re-
port that the Russians broke through an
advanced column Sunday and captured
fourteen guns The dispatch adds that the
Russians are concentrating in front of the
japanese left army, and that another great
battle is expected.
TOKYO October 1S-The Russians fierce
ly assaulted General Oku and attacked
Generals Nodzu and Kurok last night, but
were everywhere repulsed with heavy
losses.
The Russians enveloped Gen. Yamada's
column on Sunday. october 16. and cap
tured fourteen guns. The Russians are
now concentrating in front of the left army
under General Oku and the center army un
der General Nodzu and another great battle
is expected.
Artillery Busy All Night.
MUKDEN, October 1S.-It rained during
the night but the roar of the artillery did
not cease for a moment. The day broke
cold and with cutting wind The roads
have been ruined by the rain.
Sakharoff Reports a Success.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 1s.-The gen.
eral staff has received the following dis
patch from General Sakharoff, dated today:
1.-The Russians repused a Japanese at
tack on their right wing during the night of
October II and seized the village of Sha-
landtzy, on the bank of the Shakhe river
and east of Shakhe. The enemy strongly
bombarded the captured village, but did
not advance to the attack on Lone Tree
Hill. now called Poutiloff Hill
1.-The work of burying the dead proceeded
all night long. Military honors were paid
the japanese dead.
~ considerable concentration of the en-
emy's troops has been observed against our
center. There was no lighting yesterday
on our left flank"
War Office Still Hopeful
The issue of the bloody drama below
Mukden is still in the balance. There is no
attempt to minimize the severe character
of the reverse suffered By General Kuro-
patkin last week. but as yet there has been
nothing absolutely decisive. There GER
tainly is no TOut and no Sedan and the war
office has not yet given up all hope that
kuropatkin may be able to again resume a
genuine offensive. 1t is asserted here that
the tone which the diplomats and newspa-
perS of Tokyo assumed in referring to what
they seem to look upon as the closing act
of the tragedy of General Kuropatkin's
army is certainly premature Both armies
are greatly exhausted and the final issue
probably will depend on which can regather
itself the quicker. The Russian legions are
terribly battered and more or less demoral-
lzed, but the splendid manner in which
they went forward against Lone Tree Hill
Sunday Is sufficient evidence that the tenn
per and courage of the troops are not com
pletely shaken.
No Heart for Merry Making.
This Is the patron saint day of the heir
to the throne as well the fiftieth ami
versary of the bombardment and siege of
SebastopOl, and 1t had been hoped to Sig
nalize it by the announcement of a victory
for kuropatkn. and at the same time an
nounce the definite departure for the far
east of the Baltic fleet, which is now believ-
ed TO be on its long voyage. But tha bad
news from the theater of war has cau#ed a
miscarriage of an the plans and only the
ghost of a holiday remained The tcity
is decorated with flags but in view OF tn.
tremendous loss OF life below Mukden. es-
peciaHy in Gen. Meyendorf's first corps
which is from ST. Petersburg and its neigh,
borhood. and which sustained the brunt OF
the fighting al the Russian center the peo-
pie have no heart for merry making. Be
sides the day was cold and dreary.
The emperor marked the day by appoint-
ing his youthful heir chief of the cadet
corps. and by ukase pensioning the sur
yivors, widows and orphans of the Turkish
Russian war, and promoting all the retired
captains of the Turkish Russian war to the
rank of lieutenant colonel. In The after
noon the crowds displayed more buoyancy
on the strength of special dispatches print
ed In the afternoon papers heraIdng the
Russian victory at Lone Tree Hill, and de
claring that the Russian army is advancing
and capturing many guns.
Recent Russian Successes.
The emperor this morning received Kuro
patkin's and Sakharon's reports of the Rus
sian attack and capture of the village OF
Shalandtzy. half way between Lone Tree
IIill and Shakhe, and simultaneously tn,
storming of the former, thereby gaining
two positions of the highest Importance or
the south bank of the Shakhe river
There was no fighting on the Russian lef
yesterday and the japanese operations or
the extreme right, evidently intended to cu
the railroad below the Hun river have fail.
ed. the japanese being unable to get beyond
Sinchinpu. two miles west of the Shakh,
railroad station. Field Marshal Oyama
seems to be massing troops against the
Russian center and the war office her,
expects that he will make desperat,
effort tonight or tomorrow to retake tn,
two vital positions.
The Capture of Lone Tree Hill.
The general stan believes that the storm
ing of Lone Tree Hill for valor and slaugh
ter will occupy a place by itself In militar,