The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-09
3 AFTER LONG AND DESPERATE
I FIGHTING THE CITY FALLS
( COMPLETELY.
SIAKflBtRG's FORCE txIRiCATfD
ESCAPES CLUTCHES OF JAPS
AND JOINS MAIN RUS
SIAN ARMY.

| The only direct news from the
seat of war bearing Sundays date
| came by way of Toxic in report
from Field Marshal Oyama saying
that Liao-yang fell completely into
the hands of the Japanese at 9o'clock
that morning, that the Japanese cas-
| ualties were believed to be heavy
and that nothing was known by the
Japanese concerning conditions on
the right bank of the Taitse river.
StakeIberg Extricated.
The only comfort for the Russians
at home was the news. conveyed by
a report from Gen. Kuropatkin, dated
Saturday afternoon, that Gen. Stalk
.elberg's First Siberian army corps of
$4,000 men, reported Saturday as
having been cut off to the westward
of Liao-yang, had been safely extri-
Gated and that the corps has succeed
ed in joining the main Russian body
on the right bank of the river, but
No Details Of the escape
of Stakelberg are known. Gen. Ku-
ropatkin also reported that the great
er portion of his army was at the
time of filing the report south of
Yentai, ten miles northeast of Lao
yang, and few miles from the Yen
tai mines, where fierce fighting had
been in progress.
1t is indicated that there has been
a cessation of the
Fierce Fighting.
Kuropatkin reported that his men
were not being much interfered with
by the Japanese in the neighborhood
of his army
news is looked upon as heightening
the gravity of the situation for the
Russians. 1t was reported in St.
Petersburg Sunday night that Kuro-
patkin had arrived at Tiehling. which
is ten miles north of Yentai and eigh-
teen miles south of Mukden.
Was Veritable Rout.
Toxic. Sept. Especial dispatches
received here say that the retreat of
Gen. kuropatk;n's force was q verita-
BILE rout. The Russian soldiers be-
came panic-stricken and precipitately
fed, throwing away their equipments
and sometimes even their guns.
Large quantities of stores. arms
and ammunition which the Russians
did not have time to destroy fell into
the hands of the Japanese.
Retreating to Mukden.
st. Petersburg, Sept. Cit is re-
ported here that en-. Kuropatkin has
arrived at Tiehling. twelve miles
north of Yentai, on the railroad. and
eighteen miles south of Mukden.
Yentai is ten miles northeast of Lao
yang.
Emperor Nicholas has received a
telegram from Gen. Kuropatkin ask
ing for the immediate dispatch to the
far East of the Sixth army corps.
The Russian losses before Lao
yang on Sept. 2, as officially COM
puted, were 1900.
Japanese Now Occupy Lioa-yans.
Toxic, Sept. G. - Field Marshal
Oyama, telegraphing at o'clock yes.
terday morning, says:
After the fighting Of last night and
this morning Liao-yang fell into our
to be very heavy. No report has
been received concerning conditions
on the right bank of the Taitse riv.
err"
Russian Loss Over Thirty Thousand
The Japanese have driven the re-
naming Russians from Liao-yang at.
ter desperate fighting lasting from
Saturday morning until o'clock yes.
terday morning. The enemy's cas-.
ualties are presumed to be more than
10000.
Lose Faith in kuropatkin.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-There is
bitter disappointment here, probably
the keenest of the whole land cam
paign, over the situation at the front
Up to Liao-yang the retreating from
and the abandonment of positions had
| been expected, and that much the
public and the officials thought they
knew of Gen. Kuropatkin's plan OF
campaign. Had Liao-yang been aban
doned without fight the public al
least would have looked forward pa
| tiently to decisive stand at Muk
den, but after a desperate battle with
victory for the instant apparently In
sight, to find Liao-yang abandoned
its immense stores captured or. de
stroyed, and the retreat continued
under the. most adverse conditions
severely tries public confidence II
the commapder-in-chief.
i Russians Lose Their Heads.
vas ~ i.