The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-16
kUROPATkIN AT MUkDEN.
Danger of His Army Being Cut Off Is
Believed LARGELY Past.

st. Petersburg, Sept. general ku-
ropatkin has arrived at Mukden.
From the latest advices the war Of
flee now believes the danger Of Oyama
cutting off Kuropatkin has practically
passed. According to their calculation,
the whole Russian army could reach
Mukden by tomorrow night. Kuroki
and Kuropatkin have been marching
northward along parallel lines. both
armies being greatly hampered by
heavy roads, the Japanese in rough
region and the Russians along the fiat
country, but embarrassed by the high
Chinese corn which prevented march
ing on the side Of the main roads. No
difficulty is being experienced at the
Hun river. a few miles south Of Muk-
den, where bridges had been provided
for crossing the stream.
There has been constant fighting al
the Russian rear and along the east
ern wing, but so far as known by the
war office nothing of Importance has
occurred since the retreat began. The
general staff naturally is reticent about
kuropatkin's plans, especially whether
he intends to stop at Mukden. His de-
cision probably will depend on the in
tentions of the Japanese. Contingent
preparations will probably be made to
evacuate Mukden. and there is consid-
cradle evidence that Kuropatkin, if
compelled to go north. will make a
stand at Telling, where the Russians
Wintered last year.
Telling is forty miles north of Muk-
den. At this point there is q narrow
defile, with Lao river on one side and
the mountains running almost down tC
the railroad on the other.
The report that the sailing of the
Baltic squadron had been postponed
until November is officially denied, as
is also the report that several ships
composing it developed defects. The
squadron will sail for Lipau on Sunday
Although the report that Rear Admira
Ouktomsky, in command of the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur, is TO be court
martialed is untrue, the admiralty has
decided to recall him, probably placing
Captain Wren of the armored cruiser
Bayan in command.
1t has been realized all along thai
Ouktomsky lacked the requisites of
commander of a fleet under such diff
f1culties, but owing to the impossibilit.
Of sending a flag officer to Port Ar
thur he was allowed to remain in com
mand. The admiralty is greatly dissat
isfied with his action in returning t
Port Arthur on August 10 in the fac.
of the orders of the late Admira
Without not to do so, and this led t,
the decision to supplant him.
AS the Russian newspapers begin t.
| realize more fully the cataStroph
which kuropatkjn avoided at Liza
! Yang, and the skiilful manner in which
he upset Oyamas plan to surround tn
Russian army, they take a more cheer
! full view of the result and are begin
ming to bestow upon kuropatkin grea
| praise.
| No further details Of the losses sui
! fered by the Russians during the te
days fighting have been received. Ho,
long the roll of casualties ultimatel
| will be can be estimated by the officia
report of the number of officers kllle
| or wounded between August 1851, in
| single division. This division los
twelve officers killed, thirty-fiv
wounded and one missing.