The San Francisco call., 1904-09-10

llcrc IS SUI n fdCk VI -DCNAhN
formation regarding the exact sitda-
ton i'm Manchuria. The RUSSIAN gen
eraI staff. lacking details. is unable 10
speak authoritatively, while adNlces
from Japanese sources are slgnln-
cantIy lacking. Ii is established that
the Russian army is safely at Mukden
and that the retreat was accomplished
i'm good order in spite of the harass-
ing Japanese, sodden roads ana tnc
fact that Kuropatl1in was hanpered
by more than $4,000 wounded.
There is nothing yet to indicate the
exact whereabouts of the three Jap>
anese armies. When last heard from
Kurokf's forces were on the Russian
left flank and steadily pushing north
ward. but Viceroy Alexien reports
that railway and teIegraphic COM
munfcation between Mukden and Har-
bin is uninterrupted.
General Sakharoff reports that
there was no fighting during Thursday
and while the outposts are still in
contact they are not exchanging shots.
A detailed list of Russian losses Is
promised to-day. and ii is expected
that these losses will approximate
10000. as against $4,000 for the JAP
anese. Ii is officially reported that
Kuropatkin has not been wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 10, 100
a. NIT seems to be definitely estao-
Hshed that Field Marshal Oyamas S
tired troops abandoned on Wednesday
the attempt to head off General kuro-
patkin, whose army has arrived safely
at Mukden after frightful experiences
fioundering through mud and mire
over the Manchurian roads. Some de-
scriptions of the scenes along the line
of retreat are almost incredible. They
tell how the men lay down in the mud
and slept in a drenching rain.
1t is evident that the last determined
effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro-
patkin to bay was made on Tuesday.
but the Russian commander in chief
faced about and two corps with artil-
lery beat off the japanese, while the
remainder of the troops continued To
march to Mukden. After that the Jap
anese could only hang on the f1anks
and try to shell the retreating columns
from the hills. The outposts are still
In contact, but they are not even ex-
changing shots.
A late dispatch sent tonight from
Mukden describes the horrible plight of
the tentless and shelterless soldiers.
The detailed statement Of the Russian
losses, which it is promised will be
issued on Saturday. is awaited with in
tense interest. The general expectation
is that the losses will approximate 20,-
600, as against $4,000 for the japanese.
The work of burying the dead was
left to the japanese, who were forced
to attempt the task as a matter of
self-preservation, but it was an almost
impossible undertaking. The awful
rains have handicapped the work of
cremation, which the Japanese re-
lied on, and only shallow trench burials
were possible in many cases. Not only
is such burial one of great difficulty,
but il is almost valueless from a sani-
tary point of view, the storms un-
doing it soon after 1T is accomplished.
The care Of the wounded has taxed
the hospitals to the utmost. One cor
respondent says that 10000 wounded
had passed through Mukden hospitals
UP to Monday and only the most Sc
we're cases could be attended by the
nurses and surgeons. Many, there
fore, had to be left to the rough but
Well-meant care of their comrades.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 9, 6:2O
p. m.-Official news from the front to-
day confirms the reports from Muk-
den that the Japanese are still resting
Inelr main forces, out Inelr OuIpOSIS
are in contact with the Russians. The
latter continue to hold Sintsintin,
sixty-six miles east of Mukden, and
Russian cavalry is operating over a
wide area east of Mukden to prevent
a japanese column from slipping
and making its way north.
The reports that six more army
corps are to be modified are untrue.
AS stated in these dispatches, only
two corps are mobilizing and at pres
ent there will be no object in mobil-
izing more than the railroad is able
to transport. The present facilities
permit the transportation of a little
over one corps each month, but this
is expected to be increased in a few
days with the completion Of the rail-
road circling Lake Baikal.
The War Office promises to give out
detailed figures tomorrow in regard
to the number of Russian wounded.
The press dispatches place the figure
at more than 1900.