The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-17
HAVE NOT GIVEN UP.
kuropatkin Tenaciously Holding the
North Bank of Shakhe River.

hlVeT.
81. Petersburg, oct. Il. BIAS a. m
In@ official veil was lifted today from
The CHASTITY tragedy around Sbakhe
bat even the official account. supple
mented by numerous press dispatch
leaves much uncertainty as to the sit
uation. out of the fragmentary mass
OF information at hand il is possible
ohiy TO conclude that the costly with
eraWal and retreat from Lao Yang
is being duplicated upon an even
grander scale, after more desperate
nShting and heavier losses
General kurOpatkin's story leaves the
russians stu te1aciOusly holding the
north bank of the Shakhe river I'm.
the general belief is that this is only
the flnale of one Of the greatest Tnfll-
tary dramas of history and the Rus
sian army as whole is retiring to-
ward Mukden. having suffered at the
most conservative estimate q loss of
over 10000.
or the left flank, which was one OF
the most important points i'm the line
absolutely nothing is heard. which
loaVes the Inference that il is not i'm
position TO communicate with the re-
mairder Of the army.
Wounded Taken to Harbin.
An the wounded are being carried To
Hardin further north. Ii is understood
That the correspondents also have been
ordered 20 Harbin. which Indicates that
the retreat will not even stop al Tie
pass. All hopes Of the world heraIded
advance TO Port Arthur have been
abandoned
The weather conditions are even
worse than during the retreat from Lao
Yang. Streams are bank high and
lords are impossible but il is impos-
siblc TO say how this viii affect the
final situation. Ii may prove Russian
salvation by preventing japanese
pursuit. On the other hand. however.
If the Russians are on the wrong side.
me Hooded rivers may only emphasize
the completeness Of the disaster.
Question of Ammunition.
Another serious fact that remains
undetermined IS the ammunition sun
ply. Seven days of furious fighting
must nave greatly depleted the supply
OF both armies Official circles express
great confidence that General Kuropat
kin is better off i'm this respee-- but at
last accounts the Japanese were bonn
harding as if they were confident OF
an ineXhaustible supply. The official
story Of the battle says that the jap
anese made a determined effort to
break the Russian center Friday night.
nut this, IL seems, NAV be a clerical or
Geographic error for Thursday. Sim
UNANIMOUSLY the japanese already made
heavy assault against the village OF
Snake. which had already been the
scene Of so many furious attacks and
counter attacks. The Russians were
forced TO evacuate the village. but he
roically recaptured the position. This
brought reserves Of both sides into ac-
ton, but whether the whole Of the re-
serves OF either side were engaged is /
not clear In any event the Russians
were again and finally driven out. max
ing i've times that Shakhe had changed I
hands in the course Of the battle. The
Russians then retired 80 4 new position
north Shakhe.
Severe Fighting Saturday.
General KurOpatkin says that Friday
night was passed in comparative quiet, !
but that Saturday saw an immense
concentration of japanese on the great Z
Mandarin road, where the Russian bat