Arizona republican., 1904-10-19
mUKDEN SEEMED IN SIGHT.
Japanese Believed Last Friday ta.
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 Headquarters of Gereal Cku-s left army .n tae field Oct I4. 9 D. m. via T'irE Isin. Oct 1S.-Tae way eo 8Igk-
 den is app. uendy open The last rem [ noEts of the Russllu forces on the plain, north Of Tensai, are being driven ! o1t Of their position by a heavy shell l Ire
 The Russians appear to have been utterly dominated. at Iasst Oa the lef. ! flank. They are returning hastily and it is hardly likely they will make another stand south of 1IuzGen unless along the Hun river. The strategy of ! the Japanese apparently has been en- { tirely successful and tae cooperation ] Of the left. i-eu-er and right armies has ! been perfect. The bat.le began unex- pectedly on Sunday night Oct. 9sh by I an attack on a hilL five miles north of [ Te1t-I, which the Russians had be- ' gun to fOrtify. The rlgh- column of i the lett army advanced against this ] El!l on tElt nigLt and drove the Rus l sians out after a hand % hand en- i counter.
 On the same night. the center and 1 left columns advanced and took up positions in line of villages -four 1 miles north of YentIi. placing their : artillery and preparing for the con- : fict J1 Monday. On Aondly morning. ! the Japanese began shelIing the post tions- The Russians answered brisk ! ly and a terrific artillery duel was ken- 1 up all day At nisrt. the result was not decisive.
 ] During the night, the Japanese fu- i fantry moved within fifteen hundred ; yards of the Russian lines. takine uo . a position along the line of the viIll-e. i During Tuesday the Japanese re9uIs- ! ed fierce Russian att4cks. the Russians 1 three times dasaing s ross the r1..1 hurliaE two lines against the Japanese | trenches and recoIiug from the shock.
 AT thet day che field guns Of both 1 sides poured slrapnel into the trenches , W.-iie The iufIrcry fired l1n1oa. cor in l u0Gs volieys across the plain. The ! Russians lost heavily in the attacks ! the attackers being almost annf5iiqtAI ] During the night. the Russiars with 1 drew for some two thousand yards and 1 the Jap2nese took up an advanced pn- ! sItion 2- the same time.
 E2r!E on Wednesday, morning. t-ls I Russians made On attempt to drive i the Japanese back, but the atte7lpt | was not successful. During the morn l ing. the Japanese Eontinuad tbef- 1 steady advance forward Al 9 o,clo,l- ] Tn tho afternoon. the. .Js5anesa made bpsir last rush. arriving at the Rus
 slan position in disorder. but c3Df5lr-
 ing full battery of eight guns : whole force Of artillery of the left army ! was turned on the ret~e3fiD- Pms slans. causing much havoc among
 them The left wing cir'cled the Rus
 si2ns extreme night. forcing the Rms
 slail flank back on the center ana can
 turing twelve guns in a desperate m
 Iantry charge. The Russians during
 the day fought 5I5vely and desDar9+e-
 Iy' Going all that men Loud do. but
 tAey were unable to check the advance
 of the Japanese. The loss to the Rus
 slans IS believed to far exceed those
 Of the Japanese as the result of inc
 dnys hSh Sing. The Jaoanese center
 column captured four gvns and the
 left coiul.n took 10.G00 rounds of am
 munition
 The Japanese artillery repeated the
 excellent precision that it has dis
 played in other battles. According to
 their practice. the Japanese used a
 number Of batteries captured from the
 Russians. Wednesday night and
 Thursday morning the whole of the
 left army advanced between two and
 three miles. swinging its flank towards
 the railroad and driving the Russians
 to the hills parallel with the railway.
 In the meantime the right army
 General Kurol1fs) occupied a line in the high hills to the east, cutting off