Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10
MUST STOP KUROKl
Safety of Kuropatkin's Army
 Depends on Meyendorff.
CONBATANTS HAVE LOST O,OOO MEN
MuIzden Is Being Evacuated, and the March Toward Hnrbin Continues. The Japanese Said to Re Ex-
 hausted With Pursuit.

Vhe Japanese Said to He EEK-
 hnusted With Pursuit.
 LONDON, Sept. 1o.--A late report from St. Petersburg says that the Rus sian army is now divided into five col umns. The first has reached Tie pass, forty miles north of Mukden, and is preparing to defend that place against the Japanese. The second is midway between Mukden and Tie pass. The third is at Mukden. The fourth, con- sisting of 10000 men, under General Meyendorff, is holding General Kuroki in check by hard fighting twelve miles south of Mukden. The fifth, of about 12,oo0, is farther south, exhausted by incessant fighting and is surrounded on three sides by the Japanese, it's posi- tion being one of extreme danger, from which it can hardly hope to escape.
 Everything now depends" says the report, lon Meyendorffs ability to hold Kuroki in check which so far he has successfully done"
 Advices from St. Petersburg say that it is definitely established now that Field Marshal Oyama's tired troops have practically abandoned the attempt to head off General Kuropatkin, and the latter's army has arrived safely at Mukden after frightful experiences in doundering through mud and mire over the Mandarian road.
 Some descriptions of the scenes along the line of retreat are almost in credible. They tell how the men lay down in the mud and slept in drench- ! ing rain and without shelter.
 It is evident that the last determined effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro- patlxin to bay was made on Tuesday, but the Russian commander in chief faced about and two corps with sartil- lery beat off the Japanese while the march to Mukden. After that the Jap- anese could only hang on to the Hanks and try to shell the retreating army columns from the hills.
 The outposts are still in contact, but they are not even exchanging shots.
 The detailed statement of Russian losses, which it is promised will be is- sued on Saturday, is awaited with in- tense interest. The general expecta- tion is that the losses will approximate 10000 as against 3O,000 for the Japa- nese.
 The work of burying the dead was left to the Japanese, who were forced to attempt the task as matter of self preservation, but it was almost tmpos, sible. The awful rains have handi- capped the work of cremation on which the Japanese relied, and only shallow trench burials were possible under the circumstances. Not only is this work one of the greatest difficulty, but 1t is almost valueless from a sanitary point of view, the storms undoing if soon aft CT it is accomplished as 4S' A''"sa -
 The care of the wounded has taxed the hospitals to the utmost. One cor respondent says that 12,OO0 wounded had passed through Mukden hospitals mp to Sunday, and only the most se- were cases could be attended to by the nurses and surgeons. Many, therefore, had to be left to the rough but well meant care of their comrades.
 Advices from Mukden say that the evacuation of Mukden is now nearly completed and adds that the Japanese have not yet crossed the river Hun, which flows a few miles south of Muk- den.
 The viborg regiment, of which the German emperor is commander, before advancing to storm the village of Sky wantun was drawn up in front of the tent of Major von Runckel, the Ger man military attache, and cheered for the German emperor. The regiment in carrying Skywantun lost 2 officers and 50 men killed and 15O officers and men wounded, including the colonel of the regiment It afterward retired in good order
 The Russian retreat to Mukden has been accomplished without losses and with the precision of a review at Kras- noye Selo. The accumulation of wound ed between Liaoyang and Mukden has tested to the utmost the resources of the Red Cross. Most of the transport was carried in the toughest kind of two wheeled carts, but the arrange ments for providing the troops with food along the line of retreat worked magnificently.
 The Russian government has agreed to indemnify the owners of the British colliers Ettvickdale and Frankly, which were captured by Russian tor pedo boat destroyers and brought to Suez, where they were released by or der of Emperor Nicholas
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