The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-17
Attack the japanese, Capturing
Important Positions.
Retake Lone Tree Hill With 12
of Enemy's Guns.
STORM THE TRENCHES
And Garry Them After a Des-
perate Resistance.
Japanese Losses Are Reported
to Have Been Enormous.

ST petersburg, Oct. 11.-GeneraI
Sakharoff telegraphs that the Russians
yesterday recaptured Lonely Tree hill
south of the Shakhe and captured IL
Japanese guns and one quick firer.
Lonely Tree hill is situated near
Shakhe, about three miles east of the
railroad. The Shakhe river runs
around its base. The Japanese seized
the hill during the night of October
Is, overpowering the two Russidn
regiments which previously were n
possession of it. Russian reinforce
lnents were hurried up and early the
following morning opened a sustained
artillery fire. Subsequently the Rus
san infantry storned the hill and
fierce fighting at close quarters fol
lowed. Numbers Of japanese were
bayonetted in the trenches and ulti-
mately the defenders were driven out
after several hours of fighting. The
losses were heavy.
General Sakharoff adds:
THE fighting did not cease until this
morning. The japanese defended the
hill with great stubbornness and ac-
cepted bayonet attack in which
many of them perished. Our troops
fought valiantly. The losses have not
yet been ascertained.
AT the present moment o'clock,
this morning, desultory cannonade
position. The troops are very tired
but they are in splendid spirits"
st. Petersburg, Oct. 17.-General SAX
reopened along the whole front this
morning.
A Victory on the Left.
Mukden, Oct. 17.-6:51 p. m.-Yes-
terday the Russians were not only
successful on their right. but carried
hri1l Tho
left where they assumed an energetic
offensive against the Japanese position
at Soukhetung, southeast of Hun pass.
Soukhetung is on the high road which
runs to Bentziaputze, joining the Man
DARN road where the Hun river in
tersects it. 1t is a mile north of Hun
pass which is four miles north of
Shakhe. The Petrovskiy NeushIet and
Wilminstran regiments stormed the
Japanese trenches at Soukhetung and
carried them after desperate resist
ance, capturing ten guns. The jap
anese losses were enormous.
Russians Last Stand.
General Oku's headquarters, via
Fusan, Saturday, Oct. 5.-Evening-
Delayed in transmission.-Lamu
the last stand of the Russians, was
captured at 4:30 p m. The japanese
are now shelling the retreating Rus
slams who defended the town. This
was the most stubborn of the entire
six days battle. All day the Japanese
poured rain of shells on the position
with no effect and finally it was taken
by the infantry. The entire line is
now In possession of the Japanese 1t
is rumored that many Russian guns
were captured today.
Russians Report Gains.
ST. Petersburg, Oct. 17.-1:55 D. m.
-Oficial reports received by the war
office this morning say the battle was
resumed at daybreak today, that the
Russians still hold the right bank of
hn h. L y 1-Srr1 IL
the Russian left has been relieved and
that the contest is continuing on the
right where the Japanese are still
seeking to break through the Russian
center, evidently in order to get pos
session of the railroad and cut off the
Russian army from Mukden.
Unofficial reports says the Russians
had some successes at Shakhe yester-
day, where General Kuropatkin again
took the offensive.
While admitting that the Russian
losses are very heavy but not offering
figures, the general staff declares the
japanese reports of the Russian losses
are exaggerated while their own are
minimized.
The feeling at the war office today is
slightly brighter as it becomes evident
that the Japanse have not cut off any
of the Russians and General Kuropat-
kin is able to stand like a stone wall
The eight wings of both sides are be-
lieved to be greatly exhausted by their
long sustained efforts.
The main fear is that the unexplain-
ed quiet on the Russian left may pres
sage some strategical stroke of which
Kuropatkin has not been apprised.
One of the aides of General Grip
penberger, who is to command the
second army, said to the Associated
Press this morning:
Even if Kuropatkin has been badly
defeated, provided it does not end in a
rout and disaster in my opinion his
offensive movement should be ap
proved. Only by hammering away can
we ultimately hope to smash the Jap
anese.
"Kuropatkin is simply preparing the
ground for us when we arrive with the
second army
Only 12 Miles From Mukden.
Berlin, Oct 17.-11:51 a. m.-Colo-
mel Gaedke, the war correspondent of
den that when he left the battlefield
yesterday at $40 p. m. a general en-
gagement was in progress which was
not yet decisive, alth ough not unfavor-
able for the Russians. The battle
opened at o'clock in the morning, II
miles south of Mukden. At about
D. M he heard heavy artillery firing
understood General Stakeburg was at
tacking the japanese right. An i'm
mense number of wounded were arriv-
ing at Mukden. On this, the eighth
day of the fighting, the weather was
fine.
Colonel Gaedke sent another dis
patch, dated Saturday, which was de-
the operations on the Russian right,
which he accompanied. He says that
after four days hard fighting, with
heavy losses, the Russians had reach