Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-20

| official report shows the battle was re-
| sumed again at daybreak. The Rus
slams are still holding the right bank
of Shekhe, Pressure on the Russians
left has been relieved. The Japanese
are still making desperate efforts to
break the Russian center.
MUKDEN. Oct l7.-The Russians
are slowly regaining their lost ground
today and the duration OF the battle
Is now matter OF physical endurance
and ammunition which is getting
short, on both sides. The tide seems
to be turning in favor of the cars
troops General Skaharoff has retaken
Lonely Tree Hin and captured dozen
guns
LONDON. Oct. lS.--Reuters cor
respondent with Okusar's army re
ports the Japanese in possession of the
| entire Russian line excepting small
| hill at the extreme left. The Russian
| center. he says, re;reated in disorder
NOTE.-At the time this dispatch
was filed it was not known when to-
days fighting began Experts figure
that Oyama's chief object must be to
drive the Russians back over the
Shahke river by attacking their cen.
ter, As each army has three centers
and Reuters dispatch does not make
1t clear that the repulse OF the Rus
sian center refers to the center ol
their central army. its Significance is
ifiicult to determine
ST PETERSBURG. Oct. 1S.-The
first list of casualties at MulSden
shows 2G officers killed. ll3 wounded
and g missing Both armies are now
greatly exhausted and the final issue
seems to depend solely upon which
can hold ont the longest The Russian
legions are terribly battered and the
ranks are demoraized but 1t is not be
lieved the temper and courage of the
troops is shaken The Emperor this
morning received reports from Kuro,
patkin and Sakharof of Russian at
tack and capture of the village oi
Shaland between Lone Tree Hin and
Sakhe and the simultaneous storming
of the former, gaining two positions OF
highest Importance II is known that
| the Russians repulsed "A Japanese at
tack on the right wing and seized the
village of Shalandtzy resisting a
heavy bombardment OF the enemy.
TOXIC. Oct lS,--An Official report
was received today confirming the
loss of fourteen guns which resulted
from the Russians surrounding Colon
el Yamadas division, which was prac
| tically anuihilated
SLAMS fiercely assaulted Generals Oku
Nodzu and Kurold. Monday night but
| were everywhere repulsed with heavy
| losses. Although a heavy rain fell
| all night AT Mukden the roar of the
artillery did not cease and fightinp
kept mp in spite OF the storm This
| morning broke cold with fierce cut.
| ting wind
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 1S.-Gen-
eral Sakharoff reports that Japan
ese attack upon the Russian right
| flank was repulsed last evening The
| Russians pushed forward and occupied
Shalantski There was no fighting on
| the Russian left yesterday The Japan
| ese are now concentrating against
the Russian center This is on the
south bank of the Sakhe river.
| ST PETERSBURG. Oct. ls--It Is
| reported the general stan received a
| telegram to the effect that the Russian
| right yesterday drove the japanese
from six positions The Russians cap
turing sixteen guns including eight
| Maxims. The Japanese are now en-.
gagged attempting to recover lost ter.
ritory
| MUKDEN. Oct lS-The Russian
forces yesterday afternoon penetrated
the Japanese center and captured a
dozen guns and hundred and fifty pris.
ouers. The Siberian regiments at an.
other points captured twenty-four
| guns.
| LONDON. Oct 1S.-The Russian
successes caused considerable slump
In Japanese fours on the stock ex-
change today. wild reports including
a rumor that uKroki has been captured
caused a further downward movement.
When the market closed japanese
| fours marked loss of one and one
half per cent
| LONDON, Oct lS-Oyama Is re
ported to have ordered seventy thous-
and reinforcements to join him imme-
diately. The situation at Port Arthur
Is reported to be such that Stoessel
is preparing to abandon the town and
foriifications for the purpose OF con
centrating his entire force on Lioa
Shan hill whore provisions and am
munition enough to last ten thousand
men six months are said to he con
| centrated.
WASHINGTON. Oct 1s.-The Rus.
sian Ambassador, Herr Count Cassi'
nj, declared with great emphasis that
there is absolutely no opportunity for
Intervention to stop the war He says
Russia proposes to prosecute the war
TO the end and all offers OF peace viii
he raiectad