The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-13
Battle in Progress More Desper-
ate Than LiaO Yang.
Russians Reported Retiring
Along the Entire Line.
LOSE THIRTY GUNS.
Fourth Day of Battle Begins
With Unabated Fury.
Each Army Is Trying to Turn
the Others Flank.
Results Appear to Be Favorable
TO Marshal Oyama.
LOSE THIRTY GUNS.

While containing no positive infor-
nation regarding specific results the
days dispatches from both Russian
and japanese sources seem to indicate
that the tide of the general engage
ment now in progress between the Hun
and Taitse rivers is favorable to Mar
shal Oyama A Toxic dispatch filed at
O'Clock this afternoon says the latest
reports from the front tell of contin-
ued japanese successes. while st. Pc
tersburg confessing that no reports of
today's developments have been re-
ceived. admits that in the previous
fighting the Russians had not been
entirely successful in defending their
positions.
1.-The atmosphere at the war Office, -
adds the dispatch. lis by no means
cheerful
The lack of advises from the front
is regarded as significant. Oyama, re-
porting on yesterdays results express
es satisfaction and says that his CEN
ter and right armies made substan-
tial gains The key note of the battle
seems to be a counter attack delivered
by Oyama to offset Kuropatkin's blow
at the Japanese right. AS soon as
the weight of this movement on the
part of the Russians became appar-
ent, the Japanese commander respond
ed with an attack in force on his oppo-
nents right, evidently with the hope
of crumpling Kuropatkin's western
columns back and diverting some
strength from the Russian assault
upon his own eastern position. Con-
cerning this fanking movement
Oyama reports that it is progressing
favorably toward the attainment of
our first object.'
Oku reports the capture of 25 addi-
tional Russian guns. making a total
of thirty that have fallen into the
hands of the japanese.
Toxic. Oct. 10. p. NIT is re-
ported that the Russians are retiring
along the entire front, and that the
Russian force at Penhzuhu is prob
ably enveloped. Eight more guns
have been captured by the Japanese.
Mukden, Oct. 13.-The battle south
of this place continued throughout
Wednesday with ever-increasing fury
In respect of desperateness, bravery
and blOodshed, it far exceeds the bat
tie of Lao Yang. Towards evening
the japanese repeatedly assumed the
offensive. The fight continues today
with unabated fury and determina-
ton 1t is now the fourth day of the
battle.
Began Before Sunrise.
st. Petersburg. Oct. ia dispatch
from a correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press dated Mukden, morning.
October IL. says
THE fight opened today before sun
rise, when the sound of guns was
heard from the southwark. l am Ieav-
ing now for the front. The Russian
station, but the Japanese continued to |
hold the Yentai mines, though a |
furious fight had been in progress !
there all day. The Russians also cap /
tured BenZihu after severe fighting, !
and thus found themselves in an i'm |
portant position on the japanese |
flank.
There are many contradictory re-
ports of the general results of Tues |
days engagement afioat in Mukden,
and 1t is hard to arrive at an actual /
conclusion. 1t is not even known, on
the whole, whether the Japanese or
the Russians are gaining the most
ground" /
Russians Fell Back.
Field Headquarters of the Second
Japanese Army, Oct II. p. m, via
Fusan, oct. 1S..During the night the
japanese occupied the hills held by
the Russians on the right and center
of the line. the Russians falling back
a distance of three miles. The Japa-
AACSC AiAdiANAN advanced WlInln I,0UO
yards of the Russian lines at noon
and defeated the Russians in fierce
counter attack, almost annihilating
the attacking force, who made three
charges. The Russian artillery was
not silenced, despite fierce shening
all day.
Fourth Day of Fighting.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 13-1:53 o. M
The Russian and japanese armies
wrestling below Mukden seem now 10 |
be definitely locked in a death strug-
gle for the mastery. Field Marshal !
Oyama is countering General Kuropat-
kin's thrust at the japanese right bv an
q advance against the Russian right The |,
situation on a much larger scale re-
sembles that of Vafangov, where Cen
eral Stakelberg in essaying to turn the
Japanese right had his own right
turned.
The Japanese assumed the offensive
yesterday against the Russian right
forcing the latter to give ground. But
along the center. stretching from Yen
tai station eastward, where General .
Nodzu also attempted desperat.s
counter attack and where the fightins
was hottest, the Russians held theif f.
own. The result at nightfau was a |
draw. This is the latest word received
by the war office from Kuropatkin but ;
according to the dispatch of the Associ-
ated Press from Mukden the japanese
the offensive again this morn
Ing. No word has come regarding the
operations of the Russian turning :
on Oyama's right on which
the success of Kuropatkin's plan of
hattie seems to deDend- the war office |