Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-06
TOday's Telegraphic News
JAPANESE PRESSING ON.

London, Sept. o. Uo,
chur;an army under Generai huroPa',
t ~" i ananns 10 be thoroughly beaten and
- eli ye,reat before the victorious Japa-
n :" nnder Field Marshal Oyama.
Nj only have the Russians fled from
Iiaoyang. finally leaving Port Arthur
10 its fate, but it looks now as it they
must abandon Mukden, too. According
10 several advices from Mukden received
last night and this morning, the au-
thorities see that that point would not
be likely to prove tenatle and the evacu-
alton has been planned, and will begin
within a day or so. This evacuation OF
Mukden means the abandonment OF the
the whole of southern Manchuria and
the retiring of the Russians to their
final Manchurian base, Hardin, four
hundred miles north of Mukden.
Such a moveImight readily prOvedisas-
trous, as the Russian soldiers are in no
condition to make such march, ex-
cept in the easiest of stages, and, ac-
cording to present indications, they would
be compelled to conduct the retreat fight
ing rear guard battles the greater part
of the way. As a result, it is generally
believed, that even should General Kuro-
patkin be able to make Iukden without
another serious reverse, but shattered
remnant of his magnificent force would
even reach Hardin.
So far as the japanese are concerned,
the evacuation of Mukden would mean
commodious winter quarters for them,
the control of double track railway, and
with everything in favor OF strengthening
their position by reinforcements and sup
plies, and the most thorough preparation
for the reopening of the campaign when
the hard weather is past.
Toxic, Sept. 6, 2 p.m.-It is reported
that the Russians have retired beyond
Yen-Tai, which General Kuroki has
now occupied.
Yen Tai, Manchuria, Sept 6.-Heavy
fighting is proceeding northeast of here
today. The japanese are pressing north
ward along the ridges to the east OF the
railway. Several skirmishes have oc-
Cured within twenty miles south
east of Mukden. The Russians are
holding General Kuroki in check while
the Russian Liaoyang army is proceed
ing northward.
st. Petersburg. Sept. 6.-The Muk
den correspondent of the newspaper
Russ wires that the japanese are now
within Is miles of that town. He re-
peats the report that the Russian au-
thorities are preparing to abandon the
city and adds that the evacuation has al
ready begun. The censorship is being
transferred for the present to Hardin, as
the interruption of the telegraph lines is
believed possible.
London, Sept. 6.-The Hardin cor
respondent of the Central News wires
that Viceroy Alexief and his staff have
arrived at Hardin, having transferred
their headquarters from Vladivostok.
Toxic, Sept. 6.-The latest news OF
General Kuroki's movements are that
his troops are exhausted by the con-
tinuous marching and fighting of the
past week.
Toxic, Sept 6.-An official dispatch,
received this evening, announces that
the bulk of the Russian forces are as
sembled at Van Tai. A small force of
Russians is still south Of that place.
The newspaper Jill reports that the
Russian rear in its retreat toward Mukden
has become dispirited as the result OF its
wearsome journey, and the constant
barrassing by the japanese. The Japa-
nese, says the paper, have seen num-
Der of the Russian soldiers shot down
by their officers for trying to run away.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 6.-According
to a telegram from Mukden, the Japa-
nese forces are now but fourteen miles
from Mukden, and the booming of their
cannon can be distinctly heard in the
stronghold. The dispatch adds that
Kuropatkil is encountering great diff
Guilty in his retreat to that city.