The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
and are ready to defend the position or
even to go out and attack the Japanese.
When the End Came,

and are ready to defend the position or
even to go out and attack the Japanese.
When the End Came.
On March both sides began most Wig
orous offensive operations the Japanese
attacking with especial energy the forces
of General Tserpitsky, which were holding
the position from Madyapu as far as the
heights east of Multdcn station, while the
Russians under General Gcrgross assumed
an attack in the direction OF Tatchekiao,
and on the northern front General TaunH
command beat back all attacks. On the
whole the outcome of the fighting on
March was favorable to the Russians.
who repulScd several attacks on their
southern front and assumed, the aefensiv"
on the left where General Linevitch $
army. occupying eastern hill positions, re-
pulsed numerous attacks and took several
hundred prisoners and several machine
guns. The continued extension of the
Japanese lines northward and the concen-
tration which their superiority in numbers
enabled them to effect on the northern ana
northwestern fronts rendered visible
contraction of the Russian lines and with
drawal from the Shakhc river to positions
on the Hun river was determined upon.
This was in no sense the beginning of the
general retreat, and General kuropatkin
and the generals commanding the armies
were far from regarding the battle as lost.
Third Army Falls Back.
The first army to retire from the forth
fled positions east and southeast OF
Mukden was the third army. which fell.
o'.N ~ pos''io'n ,, ~ IL, ITO,
IN W. NV 20 ~ storos nro,,;s-
nv o"' ",,'e VI 49,, ~, pn; 80
I. any. " - I,,',, ,a,,a,,nI n,osn
ly. A confusion In orders and retirement
in mpcnctrablc darkness across the coun-
u! were respo''s'o,e ~, w, ,o,.;,io,s
some ORGANIZATIONS 10 o'tulH ~. p1''''o ~
w "'','i' wy WV c,,., 49,,
MAJ hap'e ous'sto''n Wv ,,,,,, 10y
.'i""e ~ .,''posaiioit " 49, ~ I,nnoso
'''u III 'ne o'''.n.' IA. ~, ~, .,,ii,tr,
were 'uchs thousn " nv
enough 10 turn 10 '..tli '",.n'" sa.,
me RUSSIAN pos '' ,'l NJ" ~ ,oa,
''oo., 'hr zoe az i""Sap" CIV ~
vi, ll'e nun liNel IL. n.s''u ,' "
'''i''o WV an" ~ n't't ~, , -. -.
scr 'h,' 'ne Japanese n''sn' p'uS W ~
ol the ooot Nurola'hin sen. ,"l,"r - ~ ~
'',.ioi'a I'm Wv .o', ,, ,,,,hi, r,
Nieio,' which WI 'e,"''e" ~
''tc s'ioi 'eh'''s VI VIZ my
Japs Were Reinforced.
The Russians began to slowly force the
Japanese back at this critical point but
.he japanese III urn Were reiliio , Gu w
'hc, cAtieii' r'Hh'' an" p'he'a az NV
p"'niH' S'i'e a." az, "pb. $40
az we o.hei Posit!o'lS an" ot'e, INNING "
s'ah' al Oh d uer's'Ne dow 'o''ec'cu t'ie
'.i"a'i'u y, '"e 81 we,
''.ei's 'iie''e'i Wy auNe' al o,n,i NV a,'u
''" ,he'h PEI so''ai's o'' N'"''n " ''ie
'ioi VI iioi'' anu 'hie" 'hc'i' o' ',ie 'l.'i'h
Vi .he JAPANESE VINO were at'ach''s san
n n''a' anu eii'ieas i's " 'u' 'i'e an way
~, ~. st"'e VI weisn' was an vi 'ne nus
aii', 80 ne 'ai'anesI .ion ie.nuu'
ABANDONING pat'erS Oh eieht guns, sue
e ce aplfi'e"'iS CUNNING ''e nuss'ah
~!
~ inns moment three SETS OF reports
were recei'eu' me iirst 'lat coluinh Oh
'apaiicse was moving north arouhu the
''sii, hahk, ana second .hh' me japanese
on the nun river had taken advantage or
we slorh' "hlch was plo"ins lne gust IN
the Russian races ana OF the prccches IN
the operations OF the Hun TO thrust a
column there at Pu pass and kouzan.
"hcre the forts were forced to retire be-
iore japanese cavalry ana -FOUR mountain
guns with the entire Russian strategic
reserve already engaged 1t became imDos-
Side to meet the danger In those two
sources which was imminent and critical.
ana at O'Clock IN the evening the order
TO retire to Tie pass was given.
Plan of the Retreat
Through the narrow bootlop nass,oo
scarcely five miles wide n donso,,, ran,eo4
mass of transnorts nrossod nor+h,,,r,
| coming under Tho fro ~ !, s,,,u go
ron of Jonaneso cavalry ana fo,,r 800
| tan guns which earlier in the hattie had
| manaped IA not ,orn.. no puss,n,, IT,, 10" g
communica tion and conce,1 tho,,sai ,,s T.,
| tho mountains to tho 90 "a IN go, -,
of General Tsnrnitskv hon,n ~ 1870
rotiremcnt fron no hot toa 40 ,i,,,,. ~
March 10 Kuronatl,,n s,ccossfn,i,, h,Ia
BAY tho Jananosn who wnra tr,. .inu q, a.
reach tho railroad Tho n,,ht ~ NJ, n
| Mukden station nrosentnd ua,,a.,, ~, .,
scene shortly before q o,c,oot na,,, n" ~ .
order to comnleto rho evacnation nf tho
| stat;on,and Tho city with d,roat, 49,,
movcments aftorwords ,,,,,st 10 ns e,'a :,
| nv e o,cIock in tho ,,,orntnn NJ .',.
| nous task was comnleted ir ,inn 800, e"v
Including th,. hastv amhar,.otin, ~ ~ .,
| wounded who crondad 10 go " Wv
| 60. -, -, " .'"h Pidt-