Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-21
RUSSIAN ARTILLERY FIRING.
japanese Did Not Reply Indicating
A Possible Shortage Of
Ammunition
MAY HAVE HAD ANOTHER PURPOSE
Firing Being DcsnItoW It May Have
Been Desired to Conceal Position
OF Jap Batteries

ST. Petersburg oct %, lt2 p. M
The two armies face each other across
the shakhe river but operations con-
tinue at q standstill The heavy fog
which hung over the plain was burned
up by the sun yesterday afternoon and
there was some desultory artillery firing
from some Of the Russian batteries
but nothing important one OF the AS
ISOLATED Press correspondents says tho
japanese did not reply indicating 4
possible shortage OF ammunition or
desire TO conceal the location of their
guns
The war Office has no fresh news this
morning, except a list Of losses OF Cell
Ekks seyenty-drst division Of the Fifth
Siberian corps,and Gen. Morazons First
division Of Lieut-Gen Dambowskys
corps Each lost half dozen officers
The official lists of officers killed and
wounded between oct n and oct 10
totals li2 including MaI-Gen. Rabln-
SIX. and II field officers killed, Tho
wounded are iu the proportion Of one
To- six. The list FOR the heaviest days
lighting Is SIN unreportcd, aud doubt
less win exceed the losses nj I.lao Yang
when 600 officers were killed or wound
ed. The losses among the men are
not YET reported but they are thought
TO approximate not much over 10000
News from Port Arthur brought to
Chetoo hy "a junk which left there oct
10. says a fierce bombardment begun
Oct. l6 was SIN progressing without
interruption. Many buildings had been
damaged and ships n the harbor had
also been hit By shells, but the charac.
ter and extent of The damage are not
stated The japanese main forces aie
now posted at LludzIatung They have
placed guns OF large callber on lunida
mountain. The Russians continue maxi
ihg sorties successfully and naictiug
heavy losses ON the besiegers. whose
losses since the commencement of the
siege are said to have been $4,000
Gen Sakhoron telegraphs that there
was no fighting yesterday The armies
maintain their respective positions.
There are continual reconnaissance ON
both sides,
RUSSIANS OPEN FIRE.
Mukdeu. oct. ~. ! a. m Towards
evening yesterday The fog lifted and
some of 'he Russian guns at various
points OPENED fire against the Japanese
deienscs bur they did not respond either
from scarcity of ammunition on the de-.
sire not to reveal the location Of their
batteries The weather and the condi.
ton of th eroads have made extensive
operations impossible but the roads are
mo-" drying hard which forecasts
events u the near future. The war COR
respondents On me field are kent no Tho
dark aud 10 is difficult to say when and
how This dreadful slaughter will end.
OUTPOST FIRING.
imauNan Manchma, THURSDAY, oct
gO-tBy courier % Mukdcu, oct 2D--
Wednesday PASSED quietly Along the
Russian center .herc Vas some desul.
tory outpost firing but fothng serious.
Last night also was without Incident
This morniug the plain was covered
with 70 blanket OF fog ls thick as the
darkest night I'm the afternoon the
weather cleared The chief obstacle 20
q resumption OF The advance continues