The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-17

terles were vigorously playing in an ef-
tort TO hold them i'm check. The result
OF Saturdays fight has not been Off
cially given, but there is every evidence
that II was Of the most severe charac-
ter
1t was during the Japanese furious
night attack on Wednesday. according
TO unofficial accounts, that the Russians
I lost their guns THURSDAY Witnessed
another furious cannOnade, in which
the whole of the Russian center was
forced back. In the afternoon of the
same day the Russian right began to
give way Toward evening came a few
hours lull, but at midnight the can
nonading was renewed with increased
fury, eye witnesses declaring that il ex-
ceeded in intensity that at Liao Yang.
during the famous fighting of the Goth
and Slst of August
There was much desperate fighting
on Friday, which was carried on
through tremendous storm of rain.
hail and thunder. General Kuropatkin
personally took command of the Pc
tron regiment 1t was in the midst of
this awful war Of man and elements.
the Petroff regiment leading. that the
Russians for the last time charged dog
gedly into Shakhe and took the town
IN the face Of the hottest Japanese
bombardment.
Rear Guard Fight.
The latest reports from the battle are
on Sunday afternoon and evening.
when the Russians were carrying on a
heavy rear guard fight evidently re-
firing on Mukden. General Oku and
Nodzu were concentrating for another
blow on the Russian right. where the
lighting is described as having been
furious. General Nodzu is reported to
have been wounded seriously. but this
cannot be confirmed. Mukden itself
remains quiet, though sounds of bat
tie are plainly heard 20 the southwark.
The railway station is congested with
trains OF wounded proceeding to Har-
hin. The hospital facilities are COM
pletciy overtaxed Six thousand wound
cd arrived at Mukden on Saturday
alone The heroic surgeons and nurses.
many Of whom have been without sleep
for thirty-siX hours, are ready to drop
with fatigue.
Gloom in st. Petersburg.
Although The official account of the
battle does not present the disastrous
picture that many in ST. Petersburg
had resigned themselves to see, the gen
eral feeling here is Of the deepest gloom.
dan. i'm fact the moral and political eff
feet could hardly be worse. The result
VIII render the war and its conduct
more unpopular than ever at home.
while the greatest fears are expressed
that the Chinese population. if not the
government. win be encouraged To
abandon long doubtful neutrality and
openly side with the victorious Japan
csc. From the military point of view
the most bitter disappointment is in
the knowledge that reversal seals the
fate Of the heroic defenders of Port
Arthur. who are now without hope Of
succor from the outside world.
Kuropatkin's Star Waning.
A remarkable feature throughout is
the popular sympathy with General
KUrOpat6in. Viceroy Alexieff is again
charged with responsibility for Kuro-
patNins attempt to take the aggressive.
Pity rather than criticism is awarded
the ill-starred general. but it is felt
among army officers that the military
prestige of the whole of Russia has 50
suffered at his hands that it is impossi-
Die THAI ne can ever be given the chance
TO retrieve the disaster.