Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-14
WOULD MEAN COMPLETE RUIN.
His Official Report Confirms the Loss
Of Artillery Attached to Right
Flank Brigade
LEFT WING COMPELLED TO RETIRE
Issue Of Battle Of Wednesday Was
Unsuccessful for Russians--Japs
Made a Night Attack.

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ST. Petersburg OCT H. d;0j p. MI
I, is now z o'clock az night ON tho
battle ground below Mukden and the
fate OF Gen. Kuropaudns forward
movement ana possibly the fate Of hls
whole army may already have been
decided. bat mo- word he's yet come
regarding the issue Naturally the
city Is filled with countless rumor or
great defaot and victory The public
has been aroused to the highest pitch
Of excitement and anxiety by Kuro-
ratkin's dispatch OF Iost night reveal
Ing the terrific character of the COM
hat yesterday and acquainting the peo-
pie Officially that he was ON the Re-.
lgnsivc That, together with the Toxic
dispatches declaring That the Japanesp
forces wore everything gaining ground
and kuTOpg tkin'a concluding state
ment that DE would give orders toe
morrow 10 obstinately defend the posi-
tions occupied by us' has chilled the
o"'husIasm with which The news Of
tine Russian advance W0s nailed and
Instead has mIsed omir1us fears W
impending disaster The holiday
crowds engaged in celebrating the fas'
tiyal Of the "intercession OF the WV
gin for humanity" ON which occasion
they Usually spend THEN time IN Derty-
making chung ohsiut1tey o. the
bulletin boards. Mngrily awaiting ncW3
of the issue " Inc most cgtlcal day. ~
is lully appreciated that 10 .[te opatkiu's
army "ds irlyen l1ck today he whole
| Dam OF me Russian advance may hove
been wr-l6ed and that " Field Marshil
! Oy0na is nhlo to follow uu she ,ur-
| s.uns theoretically the mtilJ n2y Wd
/ iu .rretriuyIglt ruin lOr huruiRtkiu.
| ON the other hand, NJ OWma. having
! himself met ne RuyvnG advance By
assimiuE the offensive lud throwing
| the weight VI his lWies unOn The BUs-
sian lines today Exhausted ihe energy
OF his troops ana failed 10 break hi3
! opponents lines rcpulse necessarily
must weaken hla resisting power when
hc idlls back on ihc fortified positions
OF his triangle.
LOSS OF GUNS CONFIRMED
81. Petersburg. oct 49, $685. p, me-
Gen. KuropatkIns official report given
out al 1880 p. me-. definitely confirming
| the loss of artillery attached % the
| brigade on his right flank, as the result
of Gen Okus attack on "Wednesday
night, only served to increase public
apprehensiou The number of guns
| lost rs not specifically stated. Each H.
| vision rs composed OF two hrgades.
! with q brigade OF artillery of As guns.
| n sooms that the Russians lost "a guns
which would correspond with The Toxic
| report
RUSSIAN LOSSES HEAVY.
81. Petersburg oct. 1.-THE emperor
has received the following dispatch,
dated yesterday from Gen. Kuropat-
Kin.
"Tvo regiments Of the Russian right
! ON Oct ~ sustained heavy losses, The
commander of one was killed and the
| brigade commander was wounded. 10th
regiments were compelled to withdraw.
| abandoning their artillery. but suisse
Queuty under Col. Nannovsky, who
temporarily assumed command OF the
brigade. they after q desperate assault
! regained possession Of the Guns with
the exception of rs, which remained In
the hands Of the japanese The final
issue NJ the battle Wednesday ON this
flank was unsuccessful Tor us. on ac-
count Of r. night attack " the japanese
who executed n turning movement our
troops were forced not only 10 abandon
their positions but again lost the guns
! previously recovered from the Japanesc
| our forces retired TO the position pre-
yiously recovered from the Japanese
| our forces retired 10 the positions pre-
yiously prepared on the Shakhe river"
JAPs OCCUPIED HILLS
ST. Petersburg. oct l4.-Another dis.
| patch from Gen, KurOpatkin dated
! early ,his morning says regarding the
! hght of Oct 10 ana oct 10 that the
/ Russians ON the right wing defended
! their advanced positions ana also por-
| ti0ns of the different main positions,
particularly In the direction OF Sialiu-
/ pedzy until towards evening when
| Kuropatkiu ordered them to withdraw
short distance, In spite OF the fact
! that the japanese attacks were chiefly
/ directed against these troops they held
the ground % which they retired.
on tho left wing after a very obsu-
nate struggle the Russlnns occupied
| the rocky hills south OF Bentsloputze
and near Benshu ab0u, so miles north
OF Yentai but the arrival OF large Jap
anese reiufOyc0ments prevented them
from proatmg by this success and as
This body was separated from the rest
of the troops KuropatkIn ordered u 10
retire.
The dispatch reitertes that the Rus
slams suffered heavy losses but no de-
tails have yet been given out
RUSSIAN GUNS CAPTURED,
London oct. lL-Advces received at
the japanese legation say that the re-.
port OF Marquis Oyaml giving details
OF The operations below Mukden on
Tuesday and Wednesday which were
previously described in The Associated
Press dispatches from Toxic seem %
make the total of Russian guns capjur-
ed IS and ammunition wagons g. Gen.
Okus army was credited with having
taken % guns.
The report regarding Gen. Nodzus
capture Is not quite clear 10 says he
took two dcld guns ana cight ammunl-
zion wagons on a heigh, q few miles
east of Yental ana while pursuing the
enemy captured also fields guns With
! ammunition wagons numbering u no
Saulauehh mountain besides $50 prls-
u1ors.' The japanese legation Is not
sure whether this means II guns ana II
wagons on whether the guns and wag-
ons together total IL.