The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-19
OYAMA REPULSED
Japanese Again Attempt to
Retake Lone Tree ill.
Rain Fell All Night on the Bat
tlefield.
BALTIC FLEET SAILS.
st. PStersburg's Gloom Has
Been Turned to Joy
By the News That the Russian
Advance LIS Resumed.
BALTIC FLEET SAILS.

paIkln, unQeT OdlG VI OSNONSA 49, -
following dispatch:
During the night the japanese at
tackled our advanced positions at Lone
Tree hill. but they were repulsed- Nc
REPORTS have been received of any
other engagements. Everything was
quiet at all our positions up to 10
O'Clock this morning. Rain fell all
night and the roads have been greatly
damaged.
Baltic Fleet Sails
Fakkeberg, Denmark. Oct 19.-The
remainder of the Baltic Russian fleet
Railed this morning for the north.
Roads Filled With Refugees.
Mukden. Oct. 17.-Delayed in trans Sc
xniseion.-The continual vigilance OF
the conbatants, and especially the Sc
rious acceptance by the Japanese army
of the Russian advance promises Iur-
Their fighting although there has oeen
already nine days of unprecedented
and exhaustive conflict The japanese
have been alternately testing the rus
sian center and right HANK hoiolns
the Russians in monotonous ana DIT
ter day-to-day resistance on the me
of contact. The Japanese apparently
feared that the Russian advance Woulo
develop a superior force of reserves
The duration of the contest already
exceeds by several days the common
prophecies, as it was believed that
neither side was capable of expend1-
ture Of men and munitions which al
ready is in excess of all the previous
fighting within 25 miles OF Lao
Yang. .,.
Mukden are filled with refugee native
families trailing homeless toward the
sorry streets of Mukden. The army is
SO near that the environs of the city
have been repopulated. All the roads
are crowded with army traffic
The fighting on October 6 was most
severe. Fifty wounded We're counted
in one hour passing point on one
alties reported are so great as to con-
firm the declaration of the leaders
that the present conflict would be the
bloodiest in history. 1t is not possible
today to make any close estimate OF
the Russian casualties.
The Russians appear to hold posi-
lions in the plain along the Shakhe
river, extending from the railway to
Da pass beginning at the mountains
but the bitterness and tenacity of the
fighting indicate certain situations in
the eastern army about which little
is known. After a threatening day
night of October 16 rushed the viii
lage of Linchenpo on the north bank
of the Shakhe river and west of the
railway, precipitating a laundering
cannonade and fusillade which con-
tInued until midnight, the rifle fire
continuing until dawn. The Japanese
now occupy the raised temple on the
quadrangle near LinchenpO, the only
eminence for miles around, and which
affords an unusual advantage for OBJ
servation and artillery fire against the
Russian right Several attempts to
dislodge them have failed. Today
Japanese shells are falling at Chan
chiapo near Paitapo, showing that the
heavy and continued Russian cannon
ade has been ineffective.
Dead Lie in Heaps.
Fidyatun. Six Miles East of Shakhe,
Oct. leigh ting still continues al
most along the whole front. The jap
panese have made an unsuccessful at
tempt to recaDture Lone Tree hill.
The Russian infantry met several at
tacks and repulsed them all. Heavy
cannonading last night. Every one is
terribly exhausted but full of fight
The battlefield of Lone Tree hill
presents the most awful spectacle that
can be conceived Russian and Jap
anese dead are mingled in heaps in in
extricable confusion. The ground is
strewn with broken rifles that had
been smashed in hand TO hand fight
ing. Everything seems to have been
utilized as weapons. The Russian doc
tors are working heroically on the
slopes of the hill in the attempt to
save those of the wounded who still
survive, but the Japanese keep up a
shipping fire and render the work of
relief difficult and dangerous. The
fighting today slackened considerably
owing to rain and the impossible con-
dition of the roads.
Attempt to Retake Lone Tree Hill.
Mukden, Oct 19--Lone Tree hill.
won by the Russians after a desperate
struggle, was the object of a gallant
and unsuccessful attempt at recapture
by the Japanese. In spite of the awful
slaughter with which they had been
driven from the hill, the Japanese re-
turned to the charge during the night
of october II, recognizing that the
hill was the KEEP to the position on the
southwest front. Nine regiments par
ticipated, creeping up throuSh the
night and delivering a furious assault
at dawn But the hill had been bought
too dearly by the Russians to relin-
Quish it. and the Japanese were driven
back with terrible slaughter.
1t is reported General Mistchenko's
CoSsacks, under command of Adjutant
Gavriloff. were engaged in a hot fight
on October II toward the southeast.
A CosSack horse battery silenced the
Japanese guns and drove back several
battalions, but were unable to capture
the guns, which the Japanese succeed
ed in carrying off
Shakhe station, or what is left of it,
has been recaptured by the Russians,
traffic with Mukden.
Waters Are Out.
Mukden. Oct. 1s.-It is reported the
Russian army is advancing. Rain is
hindering everything. The rivers are
bank full and the fords are impas-
sable. There are no bridges. Supplies
of all sorts are delayed. Cossacks
brought in captured guns and Japan
csc wounded prisoners on October II.
Russian soldiers surrounded the pris-
oners and gave them bread and water
and in other ways tried to relieve their
wants.
News has just been received that the
Japanese left flank has been driven
back with heavy loss and it's retreat
cut off. A Russian regiment is now
being hurried to the scene in the hope
of completing the rout.
An officer Just returned from Mist