Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
RUSSIAN FORCES
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EVACUATION OF THE TOWN NJ
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JAPANESE RESTING 7s
THEIR MAIN ARMY
Communication Between Harbin and
Mukden Declared to Be Still Open
Awful Loss Of Life in Fighting
at Liaoyang. 49,
Dispatches from various sources Fri
day establish only the fact that the
Russian army is safely at Mukden,
Kuropatkin having accomplished his
retreat in good order in spite of the
harassing japanese, sodden roads, and
hampered by more than 10000 wound
ed. Beyond this, there is no direct
news bearing on the military situa-
ton. Advices from Japanese sources
are significantly lacking: and the ex-
act whereabouts of the three Japanese
armies is unknown. No word has
been received to indicate the present
location of Kuroki's army, which was
last reported on the Russian left flank,
and steadily pushing northward, but
Viceroy Alexieff reports that railway
and telegraphic communication be-
tween Mukden and Hardin is unin-
terrupted. European military opinion
is that another big battle will soon be
fought.
Russians Evacuating Mukden.
Berlin, Sept. ia dispatch TO the
Lokal Anzeiger from Mukden, timed
l1:4o a. m. Friday, says the evacua-
ton of Mukden is now in progress, and
adds that the Japanese have not yet
crossed the river Hun, which flows a
few miles south of Mukden.
Japanese Forces Resting.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 1O.-Oficia]
news from the front Friday confirms
the reports from Mukden that the
Japanese are still resting their main
forces, but their outposts are in con-
tact with the Russians The latter
continue to hold Sintsintin, sc miles
east of Mukden, and Russian cavalry
is operating over a wide area of Muk-
den tc prevent Japanese column
from slipping through and making it's
way north The reports that six
more army corps are to be modified
are untrue. Only two corps are mob
ilizing, and at present there would be
no object in mobilizing more than
the railroad is able to transport. The
present facilities permit the trans
portation of little over one corps
each month, but this is expected to be
increased with the completion of the
circum-Bakal railroad, which Prince
Hilkoff, minister of railroads, who is
supervising the work, reports is ex-
pected to commence operations with
in few days.
The war Office promises to give out
detailed figures Saturday in regard to
the number of Russian wounded. The
press dispatches place the figures at
over $4,000.
Communication Still Open.
A dispatch has been received from
Viceroy A1exieff announcing that the
railroad and telegraph lines between
Hardin and Mukden are both IN
interrupted.
Says Army Is Demoralized.
Shanghai, Sept. 10.-A special mes
senger of the Tartar general at Muk-
den, who escaped from that city
through the Gordon of Russian out
posts, reports, according to advices re-
ceived here, that the Russian army is
utterly confused and demoralized, es-
pecially the remains of the two Rus
sian army corps which recently Joined
Gen. Kuropatkin's forces.
Massacre Reported.
Toxic, Sept. 10.-A private telegram
received here says that small Russian
expedition from Kamchatka visited
Senshu island, north of the Island OF
Hokaido, and in the absence of the men
killed the women and children and
burned the houses Official confirmation
is lacking in regard to this report,
which seems incredible.
No Losses During Retreat.
Mukden, Sept delayed in trans
mission) The Russian retreat here
has been accomplished without losses
and with the precision of a review at
Krasnoye Selo. The accumulation of
wounded between Liaoyang and Muk-
den tested to the utmost the resources
Of the Red Cross. Most of the transport
was carried in the toughest kind of two
wheeled carts, but the arrangements for
providing the troops with food along the
line of retreat worked magnifcently.
During the Ave days from August 80 to
September 4, 1890 wounded were
treated in Red Cross ambulances, the
sisters of mercy vieing with the doctors
In physical courage and resistance to
fatigue. Much of the Japanese success
is attributed to the millet fields, in
which the Russians were not accus-
toned to maneuver.
The Russo Chinese bank at Mukden
has been closed and the civil authorities
are preparing to leave.
Slaughter at Liaoyang.
Mukden, Sept. (via Picking, Sept, 81,
"A correspondent of the press who has
just returned to Mukden with the Rus
sian rear guard, after. having accom-
panied the army the whole time since
the battle of Liaoyang, says the losses
on both sides were enormous: AS q
moderate estimate he places them at
$4,000. He confirms the reports that the
fighting at Liaoyang recalled in fierce
ness the sanguinary battles of the
American civil war. Gen. Kuroki,s
flank movement east of the Russian po-