The Red Cloud chief., 1905-03-17
ARMY AT TIE PASS
SOLDIERS IN RETREAT ARRIVE
FROM MUkDEN pEMoRAL,zED.
Reported That Japanese Army is
Making Wide Turning March Nortn'
ward-Correspondent Tells How
Battle Of Mukden Was Won

W
London, March 1.-THE Russian
general STAFF reports that the main
body has already completed its re-
Jrcat and the rear guard southwark
are falling back slowly" What eth
or the main body" or the rear
guard" consists of has mo- been defl'
nitely fixed, but from the dispatches
from the Associated Press corresponds
ents with the Japanese and Russians,
the two combined must be but a small
portion of the army which General
K%ouropatkin had gathered along the
banks of the Shakhe and Hun rivers.
And yet those who have reached Tie
pass, worn out from days or hShtlng
and %retreating, are not out of danger.
the Japanese, 1t Is reported. having
already started another turning move.
ment which will force the Russians
onto the plains north of Tie pass.
where, in their d~isorganized state,
they would be easy prey for the vic.
tory-fushod soldiers of the mikado.
The men who escaped are strengthen
ing the Notifications in Tie pass, but
1t Is hardly possible that the pass can
be held in the face of the overwhelm-
ing forces opposed to the Russians,
and it Is not likely that Oyama will
rest satisfied with his victory at Muk-
den, as he did after Lao Yang. There
will be no uneasiness as to the food
supply as long as communications are
maintained to the ~northward, as large
bands of cattle roam the plains under
Cossack herders and every station on
the railway is a huge commissariat
department.
AS to the losses, General Kouropat-
kin now admits that $4,000 wounded
were carried off the field. This, with
the 26,500 dead left on the field, the
10000 prisoners and the wounded left
In the hospitals, comes somewhat
nearer the latest Japanese estimate
that the total Russian losses were
$4,000. At this rate K%ouropatkin
cannot have more than 100, 900 effec.
tive fighting men with him. The
army of General Linevitch seems to
have made the best retreat, but his
no doubt was due to the stubborn
fight made by General Rennenkampfr
on his extreme left and the equally
fierce resistance of General Kaulbars
on the right, the latter general losing
$4,000 men. Neither the army OF
Kanlbars nor of Rennenkampif has
yet been accounted for by the dis
patches. After his defeat around the
western tombs. Kaulbars, finding his
retreat directly northward cut off,
made a detour 10 the eastward, where
he was still fighting at last accounts.
R~ennenkampff must also still be in
the hills to the eastward, as It tool
the Associated Press courier three
days to reach Tie pass. The Japa,
nese report the capture of twenty.
four guns, siXty-siX in all, a rather
small number considering the de
cisiye defeat and the number OF men
captured.
The Japanese losses have been re.
markably light in view Of the length
and severity of the fighting.
The Associated Press correspondent
with General Kuroki's army tells how
the battle of Mukden was won. The
Russian general was deceived as to
where the blow was to be struck and
after massing his forces on the Japa,
nese left, found, when too late, that
his right was the objective of the
Japanese.
AL IENE OEANE iC MEAD