Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-01

!. .!oH VI the war oI!lce proves that
II the Japanese losses during the
F siege have been $4,000 killed or
wounded.
st. Petersburg. Sept. 80. - From a
reliable source the Associated Press
hears that sharp fighting has occurred
near Mukden, resulting in the Japan
ese driving in Kuropatkin's outposts.
Russians Still At Mukden.
Important dispatches have been
received and transmitted to the en-
peror. They are believed to confirm
the Associated Press information. The
general staff, however, is unable at
present to go beyond the positive as
surance that the main Russian army is
!still at Mukden.
Japanese Advance Is On.
Mukden, Sept. 80 - The delay in
the resumption of the aggressive by
Oyama. according to the best infor-
nation. was due to the necessity Of
making good the losses which he sus-
tanned at Liao Yang and to bringing
up stores and ammunition
Serious Battle Expected.
But the preparations for the active
&. forward movement of the Japanese
now seen to be completed and seri-
GUS collision is regarded as imminent.
Heroes Are Rewarded.
General Kuropatkin today reviewed
several detachments of troops which
have Just arrived here and conferred
st. Georges cross upon eighteen Off
GERS who distinguished themselves at
the battle of Lao Yang
~ StoesseI Holds Forts.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 80. = The gen
eral staff has received news that in
a general assault on Port Arthur from
September 20 to 26 the Japanese were
everywhere repulsed.
kurooatkin Dodses Battle.
~ London, Sept. 3O-I.atest dispatches
i from the front indicate that General
Kuropatkin has abandoned all idea of
accepting battle in the vicinity of Mulk-
den. Correspondents with the Russian
army declare that in the past week
Kuropatkin has quietly withdrawn the
bulk OF his forces to positions we'll to
the north and eastward of the sacred
city.
Whether this is indicative Of a fur
eAASA ASLii Sl1iChI W IuG uOIlu WlIQ the
object of disconcerting the elaborate
thanking plans engineered by Oyama,
or OF the choice of a battle position ad-
vantageous to the Russian army is not
clear.
Indicates General Engagement.
1t is believed here that the increased
swiftness of Oyama's movement. as
shown in the raid on Da Pass and it's
capture, heralds general engage
I; ment.
An absolute news famine prevails in
Y every European capital. Military ex-
perts find it practically impossible to
keep the positions of the armies de-
fined. 1t is the general opinion, how
ever, that events are rushing more
rapidly than ever toward the inevitable
1 clash in force between the two armies.
Capture of Pass important.
The capture of Da Pass is of the
greatest strategical Importance to
Oyama. Its Importance was well
guaged by Kuropatkin. who intrusted
its defense to strong body of General
Mistchenko's Cossacks. Two previous
attempts to capture this position
were repulsed by the Cossacks. 1t is
believed that it was only captured aft
er an engagement of Importance,
which proves beyond any doubt that
the japanese have taken the offensive
vigorously.
1t is expected that the next fighting
will take place to the southeast of the
city, where Kuropatkiu has stationed
large bodies of cavalry to cover the
retirement of the main body of his
army to the north. Nothing whatever
has been heard of General Kuroki for
several days, except brief dispatch
from Mukden, which stated that his
army in on Kuropatkin's left flank
awaiting the opportune moment to at
:ack.
cossacks Meet Serious Defeat.
st. Petersburg, Sept. go ~ General
Mistchenko's Cossacks have been
driven from Da Pass after offering a.
stubborn resistance to the japanese
The Japanese now contro! all the i'm
portant passes in the Da range, twenty
niles southeast of Mukden.
An attack in force on General Kur-
opatkin's left flank is in progress.
The main body of the Russian army
is retiring gradually to the less noun
famous country northwestward OIL
Mukden, where cavalry operations will
,ot be impeded and where it is be-