Evening journal., 1904-10-19
Jams, Len nrlv.n Raok.

NaIt LtIL gfANC1 balks
Biukden. Oct i9.-lt is reported that
the Russian army Is advancing. Rain
Is hindering everything. The rivers
are bank fun and the fords ere impas-
sable. There are no bridges Supplies
ct an sorts are delayed There was
fighting yesterday on both sides of the
great Manchurian road.
Cossacks brought In captured guns
and japanese wounded prisoners on
October II. Russian soldiers surround
ed TIE prisoners and gave them bread
and water and in other ways tried to
relieve their wants
News has just been received that the
Japanese left flank has been driven
back with heavy loss and It's retreat
cut off A Russian regiment is now be-
ing hurried 10 the scene in the hope
OF completing the ront.
The lighting on Monday was con-
fined 10 the Russian center az Shal1he
river, and was mostly artillery fire. the
Japanese using big guns and high ex-
plosive shelc. During the Q days OF
continuous Fighting the losses were
never less than 20e0 rer day. The hos
pitals arc hardly able to handle the
wounded. Nevertheless they have per-
formed wonders.
The Chinese have deserted all the
villages, and the troops are using the
woodwork Of their houses for fuel. The.
country south is desolated The Japa-'
nese still seem to be exerting them
selves TO force the Russians out Of
Mukden. a battle IS assured in the po-
sitions surrounding the town
Il becomes moro and more evident
that the resources Of the country cam
not support q large army. This sea-
sons crops are spoiled.
General Kuropathin remains with
the troops, having abandoned his head
quarters az Mukden.
AS this dispatch IS filed TUESDAY
EVENING" tho Russians arc retaining tho
ground gained at the Shakhe river
Several Maxim guns have been cap
mred. The firing ceased after dark
yesterday.
Lone Tree Hill. by the Russians
after desperate struggle. was the OBJ
feet Of a gallant unsuccessful attempt
Ft recapture by the Japanese. In spite
Of tho awful slaughter with which
they had been driven from the hill.
the Japanese returned to the charge
during the night Of October n. recog-
nizing that the hill was the key t. the
position on the southwest front. Nine
regiments participated, creeping up
through the night and delivering a
furious assault az dawn But the hill
had been bought too dearly by the Rus
slams TO relinquish it, and the Iapa-
nese were driven back with terrible
slaughter
The battlefield Of Lone Tree Hin
presents the most awful spectacle that
can be conceived. Russian and Japa-
nese dead are mingled In heaps in in
extricable confusion The ground is
itrewn with broken rifles that had been
smashed in hand-to-hand fighting.
Everything seems to have been utilized
as weapons. The Russian doctors are
working heroically on the slopes Of the
hill in the attempt TO save those of the
wounded who still survive. but the
Japanese keep up a sniping fire and
render the work Of relief dimcult and
dangerous
The continual vigilance Of the COM
batants, and especially the serious ac-
reptance by the japanese army Of the
Russian advance. promises further
fighting although there has been al
ready ten days Of. unprecedented and
exhaustive conflict. The japanese have
been alternately testing the Russian
Russians in a monotonous and bitter
day to day resistance on the line OF
contact. The Japanese apparently
feared that the Russian advance wouic
develop a superior force of reserves
The duration of the contest already
exceeds by several days The common
prophecies. as It was believed that
neither side was capable Of such ex.
psnditure OF men and munitions. which
already Is IL excess of an the previous
fighting within 25 miles OF Liuo Yang.
The Russians appear to hold posi-
uons in the plain alofN the shakhe
river, extending from the railway 10
Da Pass, beginning at the mountains;
but the bitterness and tenacity Of the
fight indicate certain situations in the
eastern army about which little is
known.