Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-22
Mpkden, Oct. et.-The Eighth
Ruaslaa army corps has arrived
here aad General kuropatkin will
make new plans Immediately.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 81, T. News
! from Port Arthur brought to Chez
: Foo by juNll which left there octe-
her 10 says a fierce bombardment
which began October 16 was still pro-
crossing without Interruption. Many
buildings have been damaged and the
ships in the hGrber have been hit by
shells, but the character and extent
OF the damage is not stated.
Heavy Guns Work Destruction.
The Japanese main forces are now
posted at Liudzia Tung. They have
placed guns ef fssge calibre on Iunjida
Mountain.
sorties BY RUSSIANS Effective.
Tho Russians continue making sor.
ties successfully and inf1icting heavy
losses on the besiegers, whose losses
since the commencement of the siege
are said to have been $4,000 men and
officers
Fog Hides Exhausted Armies.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 21.-Apart from
skirmishes and exploits Of scouting
parties. Sieysss is almost complete sus-
pension Of operations in Manchuria.
Rain, impossible roads, and exhausted
armies are factors sufficient In them
selves to explain tile cessation Of hos
Utilities, and these conditions are ag-
gravated by a dense fog overspreading
the whole theatre Of war.
/ Behind this pail either side would be
able to change the disposition Of whole
forces in absolute secrecy, but the OBJ
security renders absolutely dangerous
any attempt at forward movement.
When the curtain Of mist Is lifted the
fighting may be resumed under totally
changed conditions.
Correspondents st the Russian front
record successful repulse of night
attack on Russian Outposts in the early
hours of October u. The Russians
pursued the Japanese and captured a
gun, which, under the cover of the fog,
they were able to remove.
Wild Flight Of Rumors.
The wild flight Of rumors continues
in st. Petersburg, the rout or capture
Of japanese division or battalions and
scores of guns alternating with alarm
list stories of Gen. Kuropatkin's re-
treat on Mukden, al! equally untrue.
The war Office declares that there
have been no serious developments
since the capture Of Lone Tree hill
last Sunday, and deEies the report that
Russian battalion had been annihi,
lated in trying to recross the Taitze
river. A prominent general said:
Tt is absurd to suppose that bat
talon was still on the other side of
the Taitze river when the whole OF
the eastern flank he'd Withdrawn six
teen miles north Of the river"
AS to the stories Of Gen. Kuropat-
kin's retreat, it is sufficient to refer
to the energetic scouting behind the
Japanese lines to- show that the Rus.
sian commander Is determined to en-.
gage the enemy as soon as the weather
permits.
Renewal of Battle Expected.
Mrkden. Oct. 21.-Towards evening
yesterday the fog lifted and some guns
at various points opened fire against
the Japanese defenses but they did not
respond, either from the scarcity OF
ammunition or decision not to reveal
the location of their batteries.
Roads Are Drying.
Th6 ROADS are now urylu6 udru
which forecasts important events in
the near future, but it is difficult to say
when or how this dreadful slaughter
will end.
cossacks Fearfully Wounded.
Mukden. Oct. 21.-Every man Of the
200 coseacks commanded by Captain
Tourgenieff who on Tuesday night
near Sandopu, unexpectedly encoun'
tered good sized Japanese force with
machine guns, was wounded and every
horse except Tourgonieff's was hit by
bullets.
Commander MortalIy Wounded.
Tourgenieff, though mortaiiy
wounded. carried off one man behind
his saddle. while others managed tc
creep back to camp. Not one man was
killed on the field.
Fear Torture by Japs.
The greatest 1ea- On the mart of the
Russian wounded is Of falling into the
hands OF the Japanese, the Russians