Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-17
BATTLE IS sTILL on

st. Petersburg, oct ~ i85 p. M
Despite the feeling Of bitter disappolnt-
mont over the failure Of The RUSSIAN
offensive and the complete miscarriage
OF Gen, Kuropdtkn's plans, the batue
continues and his defeat does not APP
pear 10 be- so crushing and disastrous
as the Toxic kilograms led the hussllu
public To- believe. While the tales or dealh
and slaughter have plunged the nation
into grief, and the exact situation Oh
Kuropatkln's army especially the lelI
rs moi clear but probably must be re-
garded as critical, IL Is evident lhat
the wild stories of 70 rout and OF the
cutting Off of % whole CORPS etc. are
baseloss. Kur0patkn Is still doggedly
irving 10 stem the tide and there Is
nothing but admiration for the heroic
figure Of the Russian commander per-
sonally directing the fight 10 save ms
battered legiOns Indeed, the latest
official dispatches almost revive the
hone that he does not consider the pat
Tie TO be irretrIeyaby lost as he mas
personally launched attack after attack
against the strong japanese position on
Lone Tree hill, south Of shakhe' at last
carrying Il by storm ana OBJ
tanning some revenge Tor the
loss of the Third artillery brigade
By capturing II field pieces ana one
machine gun. But whether THIS olen-
slye of KurOpatkin WAS forced in order
To extricate his TANKS rs not revealed.
the war office aHlrmng that IT " I'M
able TO communicate precise iniorma
ton regarding what is occurring on
the left Everything proves That NOT
since the time of the auClenls aud
certainly not within a huutred years
has the world witnessed such deeper
ate fighting The slaughter doubtless
is appalling, but the war Office contends
that the Toxic reports are exaggerated.
Nevertheless "a war correspondent tell
ographs under yesterdays date that
$4,000 wounded had passed through
Mukden on their way north. not count
ing many from the eastern wing who
went through from Fu Shun direct TO
Tie pass. I'm spite of the better tone OF
the official dispatches. however the
public continues pessimistic notWitn-
standing the appeals Of the newspapers
not to despair. the Noyoe Nremya bold
IS announcing iu its issue Of today that
the battle ls not yet decided.
NOT UNFAVORABLE TO RUSSIANS
Berlin. oct IT, liIj q. m,--Col Gaed-
ke the war correspondent of the Iage-
hlau. taegraphs from Mukden that
when he laft the battlefield yesterday
at $3.50 D.. m % general engagement was
in progress which was not yet decisive,
although not uufuvorable for the Rus
slams. The battle opened at o'clock
I'm the morning, ~ miles south OF Muk-
den. Al about p. m. he heard heavy
artillery firing in the mountains east
ward. where ne understood Gen. Stak-
e.berg was attacking the japanese
right An immense number OF wound
ed were arriving at Mukdcn ON this,
the eighth day OF the lighting the wea-
Their WAS fne
CO.. Gaedl,a sent another dispatch
dated Saturday which was detained at
SO. Petersburg. describing the opera
lions ON the Russian right, which he
accompanied He says that after four
days hard lighting, with heavy losses,
the Russians had reached "a point at lhe
base off the preciptous heights Of Tu-
min pass. which was occupied by the
japanese.
The Russians were only ABOUT dVV ~
500 yards distant from the Japanese
positions and intended storming them
the morning of the 18th hut the order
10 retreat arrived during the night.
Thp Russians fought with admirable
perhstence and skill Their artillery
was somewhat greater than that Of the
Iapaucse IN the number of guns ana
Fan superior in effectiveness. The IN
fantry and artillery co-operated with
great success. IN retreatlng from the
pass the Russian force got away with
out firing a shot The wounded Werc
carried away ON stretchers. The IN
cessmt artillery firing heard from the
Russian center and right on the 18th
was considerably stronger than the fr-
Ing at LAO Yang The Russian losses
up 90 the evening OF Oct 10 were estl-
mated 40 $1,000