The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-08
RUSSIANS GET TO MUKDEN.
NO HEAVY FIGHTING EXPECTED
TILL ARMIES HAVE RESTED.
Estimates Of the Casualties Now as High
as gO.OOO-Trainloads OF Wounded
Going North Through Mukden-C hinese
Forced Under Fire ut Port Arthur.
.spreta, Gable Dispatches to THE SUN.

Special Gable Dispatches to THE SUN.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept beyond the
announcement that Gen. Kuropatkin Is
at Mukden, which he reached to-day. and
that skirmishing is still going on, there Is
no news from the front. The General Stan
is either uniformed or the censorship Is
being enforced.
1t was stated at midnight that nothing
was known of retreat beyond Mukden.
1t Is the impression here that such retreat
is virtually impossible, owing to the physi-
cal exhaustion Of the army, which must
also be the same condition OF the Japanese
forces. This consideration leads to the
expectation that there will be no immediate
renewal of the fighting
Practically nothing ia known as to what
defences have been constructed at Mukden-
1t is assumed that they are strongly de-
fensive and that fighting will follow the
recuperation Of the combatante.
, The General Staff gave out statement at
o'clock this afternoon that there was no
news from Gen. Kuropatkin's army leading
to the supposition that any part OF tho Rus
sian rear guard has been isolated.
This mornings Noroe Vremyd publishes
a pessimstic message from Mukden, OF
yesterdays date, foretelling further losses
/ for the Russians because the enemy pos
sesses the initiative"
LONDON, Sept. s.-The Russian reports
that Gen. kuropatkin has reached Muk-
| den with the bulk of his army constitute
the only news this morning, and what else
has happened in the last two or three days
! is entirely unk nown here. The estimate OF
| the casualties continues to increase, the
| latest being that the losses on both sides
amount to 90 900 or 10000 men.
| A despatch to the Daily Mail from Ku-
| pantse, dated yesterday, says railway cars
at the rate of eighty day. loaded with
| wounded, are passing through the station
| at Mukden. The injuries Of those wounded
| by shrapnel are of a frigftful nature.
! ma ority of the sufferers succumb on the
! way to the hospital. Civilians are hastily
leaving Mukden, which is full OF detected
looking soldiers. Heavy fighting con-
tinues north Of Liaoyang.
The 5tdiPs correspondent says CORE
spondents Of London and New York papers
arrived at Kupantse from Liaoyang on
| Wednesday, They keenly resent their
treatment by the Japanese. They state
that foreign correspondents see nothing
Of the fighting and are treated as spies.
while native correspondents are permitted
to witness the fighting and telegraph their
papers freely.
A despatch from Rome says that, In
pursuance OF Gen. Kuropatkin's orders,
Mukden has since Sunday been prepared
for an attack, though it Is believed that
tue Russians will take up their positions
7 further to the north. FIVE t6onsana China
men are employed in denolishing houses,
bridges, and even trees that might cover
or facilitate the Japanese advance.
The Russians are guarding the passage
Of the Hun River. All preparations have
been made for the abandonment OF Mukden.
! The traffic station has been moved to
Hsingtaitse. and orders have been given to
be ready to move it to Tsehangtu.
TOXIC, Sept. THE populaoe here Is
still celebrating the victory. no omcial
details of which are yet published, nor has
there been official news Of any kind since
Sunday. il is assumed that Gen. huroki
is still conducting important operations
against the enemy. Unofficial reports say
that large force of Russians remains
near Yingsuitze, south of Yentai
There are no reliable estimates as to what
the Japanese captured at Liaoyeng There
are merely vague statements that great
quantities OF guns and ammunition we're
| found thc-s