The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-09
RUSSIANS TO RE0RGANIZE
ARMY IN MANCRURlA.
Mukdcn. Sept. s.-The terrible rains
hinder the movements of 10th armies.
but there is an Interesting movement
toward Ticlin. north Of Mukdeni.

toward Telling north Of Mukdeni.
st Petersburg. sept. .. 2.i5 =. r..-Ee-
| siies the formation or t1O fresh army
| corps as the first answer TO the japanese
| success at Liao-Ysng. the Russian Army
! a; the front will he reorgsnIz.d. probably
in the form ~ two armies In command
~ General ILrcvitch and General baron
KauIbars respectively. with General
| Kuropatkin a. commander in chief
General Ksulhars Will go out with the
two army corps nOw organizing in the
| governments OF hazin. Odessa. Wilma and
! KIefr. General JInevitch has hecn
F! ordered By telegraph from yladivostok to
! Mukdel
| KEROFATKIN ALMOST
| BROKEN Under STRAIN
General KurOpatiin heretofore has han
died every detail OF the vast organization.
| The work 81 too much for one man and
! he Is now almost broken down under the
strain. IL e. thought the General will. In
| all probability. retain chief command ~
the two armies Kuropatkin. however.
has been seriously criticised Ivy some Of
the Emperors close military advisers.
ard IL Is possible that he may eventually
he superseded.
There ia little Information from the
front tonight \ dispatch from Muklen
| bearing Thursdays date. repeats the story
% had roads. which have hamper.d the
transports. and in,imates tina; there is m
! Interesting movement toward Telling
but the nature OF this movement is not
disclosed. So far - revealed. the situs-
ton around Mukden IS lite changed
Il IS understood that the Emperc-'s IN
spection o: the Baltic fleet at Cronstad.
yesterday 6Thgrsiayl ia the last he will
make and that the fleet. when it leaves
L:bsu. will proceed to the far East
A Russian correspondent of the Associ-
ate. Press. !n a graphic description OF the
fighting NJ I.!ao-YanS. says:
SLEEPLE,SS SOLDIERS
BEAR UP STTRDii.Y
only the Russian soldiers traditional
splendid qualities enabled them To support
tho terrible conditions Of which the lack
OF deep was the most unbearab!e. The
japanese awaited themselves to the utrncs.
Of rain ard Darkness and DID no. cease
fighting. their night attacks testing Rus
sian endurance severely. The japanese suf-
.eTed terribly. but made Hight OF their
losses. They continually drafted fresh 70
serves into the ranks 20 replace the worn
out men
Indeed. the numerical superiority OF
the JaTaEese s. astounding and incorn-
ITehcnsible. for. after losing enouei, men
1T Port Arthur and elsewhere 10 form 2
perfect army. their effective strength ap-
pears only To increase. and they stfli are
concentrating fresh bodies OF troops on the
Lao River.
FIELD OF BATTLE
A PERFECT INFERNO
The battlefield was perfect Inferno. !
General Stakelberg vas wounded bu..
despisin2 death. he remained immovabIe a,
his pos; throughout the DAY. regardless o, |
Tn" rain 81 shot around him Several |
officers OF his staff were killed or wounded
In the evening General StakeiberS notified |
General Kuropatkin that he could hold the |
position or take the offensive. II necessary.
Among the incidents OF the day was
the slaughter % two japanese battalions !
which were pursued through the Chinese |
corn and grain To Saitza. and surrounded |
b. the Russians. They resoIGtely refused |
to accept quarter. preferrins death.
JAPS ATTACK
THEIR COMRADES.
Ia another part OF the field the jap /
anese shelled and captured ny assault one \
OF the Russian trenches. only TO find too /
late that Il had beel abandoned By the /
Russians and occupied h. their comrades.
They fell upon the PROSTATE bodies and 1
flooded them with tears.
I'm on" case a party az japanese officers l
found body % their men retiring in dis
order and drove them hack 70 the battle
field al the point Of the sword.
The Russian frontier guards died az
their posts. refusing 10 surrender. II was
the anniversary OF the creation OF their
regiment. which they had celebrated the
previous night. They lost a large proper
ton Of their officers ut many points the
stoned each other.
RUSSIANS LEARNED
TO MASK GUNS
'iOf late the Russians have learned 70
mask their batteries more effectively. and !
thus have gained sensible advantage
over the japanese. The Russians worship
their guns. and 20 quote General Kuro-
,atkin's sdmonition. Soldiers. die fog your
guns as you would for your nag
The pits which the Russians had dug
in the Chinese corn and grass were flied
with japanese corpscS. which were trod-
den over by their coTnrades- Tho ground
was so thickIy r;revn with bodies In one
nELt that the japanese raised white iaS