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being cOncededly 10000, while 1t
seems not improbable it aggregated
at that time 100000. Japanese official
reports estimate that 10000 Russian
dead were left on the field of battle
up to the night of Oct. IA, and claim
that the Japanese loss was small by
comparison with those Of the Rus.
SLAMS.
Praises Valor Of Troops.
Gen. Kuropatkin's report to Emper-
or Nicholas depicts the desperate
character of the fighting and praises
the valor of the troops, indicating.
however, that he is hard pressed, with
the result still in the balance. AN
hope of succoring Port Arthur this
season has been abandoned. St. Pc
tersburg has an unconirmed report
that the Japanese general, Nodzu, has
been seriously wounded. A question
of interest in st. Petersburg is the
fate of Gen. Kuropatkin as factor In
the Russian military situation.
Strong Appeal for Peace.
Toxic, Oct. 1S.-There is strong
appeal for peace in the appalling
tragedy which is now under enact
ment in Manchuria. Both armies
have fought ferociously for week
and desperate fighting still continues.
It is probable that tho death roll win
b largely increased before tho final
shot is fred.
Sixty thousand FaI's.
The preliminary reports indicate
that about $4,000 men OF both sides
have been either killed or wounded.
the larger portion Of them being Rus
SLAMS, since the armies Of the two bel
ligerents closed In combat. Even the
japanese, to whom the great victory
10 Of paramount importance, seem TO
be shocked by the slaughter Of their
enemies. The Japanese people are r.
eeiving the news from the Rsld Of bat
tic calmly, and there can be heard No
shouts in the streets proolaimins the
victory OF their nation. Few flags are
displayed.
Leaves Much Uncertainty.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 18.-The ofRcial
veil was yesterday lifted from the
CHASTITY tragedy around Shakhe; but
even the official account, supplement-
ed by numerous press dispatches,
leaves much uncertainty as to the SIT
uation. Out of the fragmentary mass
of information at hand it Is possibly
only to conclude that the costly with
drawal and retreat from Liao-yang is
being duplicated upon an even grand
or scale, after more desperate fighting
and heavier losses.
Only Desperate Finale.
Gen. Kuropatkin's story leaves the
Russians still tenaciously holding the
north bank of the Shakhe river, but
general belief is that this is only the
desperate. finale of one Of the greatest
military dramas of history, and that
the Russian army as a whole, is re-
firing toward Mukden, having suf-
fered as the most conservative esti-
mate a loss of over 10000. All hopes
of the world-heralded advance to
Port Arthur have been abandoned.
kuropatkin Forced Into 1t.
Toxic, Oct 18.--According to state
ments made by Russian prisoners Gen.
Kuropatkin was ordered by Emperor
Nicholas to make stand at Mukden
and to assume the aggressive as
speedily as possible in order to re-
Aeve the Port Arthur garrison. This
order the prisoners say reached Muk-
den on Sept. q, and Gen. Kuropatkin,
in obedience to it, began his disas-
trous southern advance movement.
Greatest Of Modern Battles.
London, Oct. Is. - All reports this
morning agree upon Gen. Kuropat-
kin's defeat, in what military critics
consider one of the greatest battles Of
modern times, comparable with
Koniggratz and Leipsic. Spencer
Wilkinson considers Marquis Oyama's
conduct of the battle as not marked
by the same distinctness of plan and
execution as that of Gen: Kuropatkin,
whose handling of his army is quite
ineligible on the assumption that he
was ordered to make the attack.
Belated dispatches arriving in Lea
don descriptive of
The Weeks Fighting
to some extent bear out this view.
For instance, the Standards CORES
pondent with Gen. Kuroki's army tes-
titles that the Russian troops were
more skillfully led and more capable
and resolute than those encountered
in the opening weeks of the campaign.
The same correspondent remarks ~
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