The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-13
RETREAT
OF THE RUSSIANS TOWARD
NORTH POLE.
NOW NORTH OF The HUN
Vast Quantities Of Stores
Captured.

lOhlO, Sept NLOuuOh lmeS'D-
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived from Field Marshal, the Mar
quls Oyama by the war Office:
'The enemy continues to retreat. His
cavalry is now on the line from Shih-
liho to Liasankitse and Hunglingpay
but there are no signs Of the enemy
southwark of Huangehi and Menhulu-
tum. All the highlands eastward Of
PanlSiaopau are dotted with rifle pits
as well as with objects closely resem-
bling parapets, and scouts are posted
near by.
"The main body of the enemy seems
to have retreated north of the Hun
river, but forces Of uncertain magni-
tude are still at Kukiatse, Pakaitse and
vicinity.
"The enemy has destroyed the Shaho
bridge at Tatungshanpau and a force
of his cavalry still holds Sandepu.
"The intelligence department reports
that there were over ten thousand
wounded north of Mukden on Septem-
Der but means are still lacking to
estimate the entire losses.
There are evidences that during the
fighting the Russians continued to car
ry off their dead. Nevertheless, they
left over three thousand bodies in the
vicinity Of Lao Yang. Before retreat
ing from that city the enemy burned
nearly all warehouses as we'll as the
railway station, but we took great
quantities of provisions and other
things.
"The enemy barely succeeded in
leaving the town with his guns, but
was obliged to collect all wagons with
ammunition near the warehouses and
blow them up. Nevertheless, he left,
in the intrenchments and forts so
get the time to determine it's quantity.
We found a store for 1S-centimetre
canet guns, whence we infer that he
possessed heavy artillery but was un-
able to use it."
Field Marshal, the Marquis Oyama
has sent an additional report to the
war Office in which he says: accord
ing to statements made by prisoners
and others, the enemy's force concen.
trated in the Lao Yang region con-
sisted of the Second, Fourth, Fifth,
Tenth, and Seventeenth army corps,
with portions of other army corps.
The whole force was disposed as fol-
lows:
"One army northwest of Lao Yang,
two to the south, one opposing our
right army, and one on the right
bank of the Taitse to the northeast.
General Stackelberg commanded in
the Shoussanpo quarter and General
Mischenko, first in the southwest, but
was afterwards transferred to the east
when our right army had crossed the
Table (Taitse) after which the army
originally posted at the right bank was
added to General Mischenko's forces.
THE Russian casualties from the
battle of Anshan-shan to the fall OF
Lao Yang have certainly exceeded
$4,000.
1T is stated that General Mischen-
ko was killed in the fight east of Lao
Yang on September third
"On the day preceding the battle of
Lao Yang the enemy prepared mum.
ber of cars at the railay station,
whence, foreseeing the disaster, they
transported them northward. During
three or four days, killed and wounded
were also sent towards Mukden.
Weapons and military stores were
burned in great quantities, but the
enemy left large number of wagons
with ammunition for guns and small
arms. There were also some dunn.
dunn bullets.
"Our troops have captured the Yen.
tai coal mines"
Reports from the field hospitals
show that the Japanese casualties at
Lao Yang and vicinity since August
26 number 1883 in the right army,
1896 in the center and 1892 in tn
left army, or a total Of 27,397. The
total includes 1877 officers killed, and
364 wounded.
Johns Hopkins Trustee Dead.