Willmar tribune., 1904-09-28
JAPANESE CAPTURE
Strategic SPOT
RUSSIANS AT DALING PASS ARE
ROUTED AFTER REPEATED
ASSAULTS.
ALMOST 800 DEAD LEFT
ON SCENE OF BATTLE

News Causes Deepest Gloom at st. Pc
tersburg-Two Fierce Conflicts Re-
ported-Japs Transfer Headquar-
ters to Yentai.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-Daling pass,
one of the most strategic spots in the
siege of Mukden, has fallen to the Jap
anese, after repeated assaults.
The Russian Cossacks, who held the
pass, were routed and fed in utter de-
feat Friday. They left 2SO dead on the
field.
This is the report which has just
reached the war Office here, and officials
are plunged in the deepest gloom. The
news, while official has not been con-
f1rmed by messages from Kuropatkin,
and until he reports to the car it will
not be known how the Japanese were
able to defeat the Russians at the pass,
which has been considered impregnable.
Japs Assume Offensive.
Gen. Kuropatkin telegraphs that the
Japanese have assumed the offensive,
from Bentsiaputze. on Flu pass, which
is on the railroad between Mukden and
Fushun about II miles from Mukden.
A brief telegram was received Friday
from Lieut.. Gen. Sakharoff announcing
the advance of the Japanese from
Bentsiaputze on the village near Flu
pass, east of Mukden. and the site of the
imperial tombs, which is likely to re-
vlve the fears expressed at Peking that
an engagement may be fought at the
burial place of the Manchu dynasty.
No mention is made of resistance to the
advance, but it is not believed this in
dicates that the Russians do not in
tend to further oppose the march of the
Japanese on Mukden. 1t probably signi-
flies that the Japanese force is using
the small road to Flu pass. between the
highways leading to Mukden and Fu-
shun, with the intention of isolating the
Russian columns guarding Fushun.
The Japanese are still trying to turn
Gen. Kuropatkin's left flank. but there
is no indication of their moving west
of the Hun river. Sinmintin is still held
by the Cossacks.
The admiralty here does not confirm
the report of the departure of the Vladi-
vostOk squadron.
Headquarters Transferred.
Rome, Sept. PA telegram asserts
that the Japanese headquarters have
been transferred from Liaoyang to Yen
tai. Gen. Kuroki, according to the tele-
gram, is gradually drawing his forces
nearer to Mukden. and has now reached
point rs miles to the eastward of that
city.
Cars Troops Routed.
Toxic, Sept. 24.-TWo fierce fights
have just occurred at Telling and San
langku, disclosing the strength Of the
Japanese army farther north than the
Russians had suspected. 1t is unknown
whether or not the men belonged to
the command of Gen. Kuroki.
Hope of remaining in Mukden has
been abandoned by the Russians since
the encounters farther north.
Official confirmation of the battles
has been received here. The Japanese
detachments, according to advices, ad-
vanced through Heiniuchuang on Sep
tember 20, slipping past stronger Rus
sian force. They then attacked the en-
emy, which was strongly fortified at
Telling. The spoils captured were val
liable and the losses of the japanese
slight. One company of Russian in
fantry, troop of Cossacks and ma
chine gun corps were routed at Tie
pass. A whole battalion of infantry was
attacked and put to flight at Sanlangku,
which is eight miles north of Telling.
The Russians were driven off to the
northward and left l9 dead on the field.
British Cruisers May Fight.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Sept. "a.
The British cruisers St. George and
Brilliant have arrived here and have
their guns trained on the Russian cruis-
er Terek, which has put into this har-
Dor for supplies. When ordered out by
the Spanish authorities, the Terek
captain declared his machinery was
damaged and needed repairs
Coal and provisions of all kinds have
been denied the Russian crew. The
Terek has been engaged in intercepting
British merchant vessels, and the ar
rival of the warships is taken as a
threatening movement. A naval en-
gagement may result outside the harbor
should the Terek venture again on her
privateering