Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
KUROPATK|N IS At MUKDEN
RUSSIAN GENERAL RETURNS AZ
TER INSPECTING FORTS.
Russians Continue to Retreat North
ward-Chinese Bandits Shooting and
Torturing Russian Patrols-Fighting
at Lioayang Fiercest Possibe-Rus.
SLAMS Retreat Was Mastery.

London, Sept. 13.--The Daily Mails
Sinmintin correspondent, cabling
says:
General Kuropatkin has returned tc
Mukden after inspecting the fortified
lions at Tie pass. work on which is
not we'll advanced, but which is being
hurried along. At the present time
dangerous and costly efforts to delay
the Japanese are being made.
Il learn from the Russian sources
that the emperor peremptorily com
manded Kuropatkin to retake Lao
yang.
There is no abatement in the re-
treat of the Russian forces northward
The noise of a fierce engagement was
heard south of Mukden Friday night.
THE whole line of retreating Rus
slams when within five miles south
east of Mukden was attacked by Jap
anese marksmen, who were invisible
amid the millet. The Russian troops
sent to Tapinshan retreated with heavy
losses.
"CnInese bandits are swarming the
district and have stopped traffic be-
tween Sinmintin and Mukden, shooting
and torturing to death Russian pa
trolls"
Twelve Days of Awful Fighting.
The Morning Posts correspondent,
in the field with General Kuroki de-
accpribac tho onaratinpc oooipc+ 7 ion
yang as II days of the hardest pos
sible fighting and marching on short
rations with a temperature of 100 de-
grees in the shade and frequent falls
of rain. All of this, he says, was
borne splendidly, though the men were
worn out after the tense struggle.
Recounting the general lines of
fighting, the correspondent says:
"On September 2, while the other ar
mics were pressing Liaoyang from the
south, the turning force continued
stubbornly fighting the foe But slow
advance was made, and step by step
was the only advantage gained.
"On September the attack of the
Japanese first army, had been check
ed The enemy were much stronger
than we, they having five divisions
holding the northeastern heights. Our
position for the time was critical in
view of the possibility that the enemy
might have attacked us in force, but
mixed brigade and later the left col.
umn reinforced us, making our posi-
ton safer.
"On September the enemy was in
full retreat, and the first army was
ordered to pursue. General Kuropat
kin's retreat was mastery. He held
the northeastern heights to the last
possible moment and secured safe re-
tirement for his army and his guns"
kuroki in Jeopardy for a Time.
Bennett Burleigh sends to the Daily
Telegram from the Japanese head
quarters long description of the fight
ing. He said in part:
General Kuroki, who was holly at
tackled by Kuropatkin and was for
time in jeopardy, was unable to get
astride the railway, otherwise Lao
yang would have been the Sedan for
the Russians.
What surprised me more than any
thing else was the wonderful manner
in which the Japanese continued for
a whole week their awful lombard
ment of the Russian positions. 1t was
the fercest artillery attack, perhaps,
in history Tens of thousands of shells
were thrown daily, but the supplies
of them seemed ineXhaustible. The
Russians only replied spasmodically,
but their rifle fire was often the
heaviest"