Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-09
AFTER TEN DAYS OF STUBBORN
FIGHTING THE RUSSIANS
ARE BEATEN.
MUKDEN MAY FALL SOON

Holy City ls on the Path Of the Victor
ious Japanese Army - Man
Wounded are Removed from tn
Field During LuIl In the Fighting
Wires to the Front Still Effective.
kurokl's Headquarters, March
8. - The Russians last night, un-
der cover of darkness, evacuated
the whole line along the Shakhe
river and are now In full retreat
northward. The Japanese infantry
Is pressing them closely. Before
retreatlng the Russians set fire to
great heaps Of supplies which
burned throughout the night.
The fall Of Mukden appears inn
rninent.' The Japanese are push
Ing the Russians hard on the east.
The Japanese are pursuing the
enemy northWard.
The Japanese captured Machun-
tan. southeast Of Mukden, at
O'clock this morning.
.. p...p m
this afternoon the GenoaI staff, al
oa uee.ns 70 9've ue.a,s'
s,S.s .s..s.,., sna. ,.e runlo,s Us - u.sas.e
ina. tne issue is no. yer oeclaed.
Meiener 40 me oHlcials connrm
."e rePo't .nae nennehka.nP't Nd IS
y ,n11n.nen. sanger o. nelns sur
rou..ueo' on tne contrary, .ney
PROFESS sae's.act'on at tne sl.ua-
tlon; Aeeoro.ns 80 Pr,yate lnIor-
.nae.oh .ne nsn.'ns tooay alons
.ne Wio,e ,roI,l was I1ucn iess SO
a.G 81 Pol1ss scols, p,sLs cam
Presa''eu'
O. p..xssr4Sy;;;sss,, 8nass,,,, . 10 /,
=, "a disss+nts' :. 49,. .. I, -t tt,s A.saaI
a+ed A pr.ss sSrss ,,,,,s nv ,xitn ths
arn.v - - kuroL, snno,,noina +hs
,";+hd,sw.I 80 ~. pussisns fron,
+hsir no.itions ~ tha' sbakha
river and that +he russians are in
mi retreat. MAS the first definite
" .sN. q. 1890 La..,s hnI s ~ ~. - 49, az.
T'es.s..LI.. I -. s,l,..s saa La.
ax hJs ,.,su ,,osth,.,.nd @ ~ a.Ssst go
- Kuron.+L;n hsd ha.n ~" sxnsatsd
sin.a orsn. msda HE hriI,;sn+
.trok. ,rsins+ +hs pnss,,n riah+
Mukden. March a-fMidnioht,.
The CHIEF objects of the bioodv "A.
tanic combat west of Mukden "a.
day were the VILLAGES of ushuntun.
where the results nracticaIlv were
draw, but further turning move
ment has developed. The Japan
ese are extending their forces still
further toward Tie pass.
At the close OF fighting this
evening the infantry on both sides
was short OF ammunition and night
was devoted to repienishlng sup
plies.
# Reports received here say the
repeated attacks OF the japanese
on Pouttloff and ,Lovgorod hills
%s W. 's0 W." ee "easees
ST. petersburg March 3. The "A
sociated Press is now in position
positively deny the current rumo
that Kuropatkin's lines of commune
tion have been cut. Within the Ia
hour a cipher dispatch from Kurops
kin to the emperor. containing a r
port of the days operations. have q
rived. 1t is now believed to have bee
to Tsarskoe-Selo. Its CO
tents are unknown except that Kur
patkin at nightfall still held Mukde
Russian I EFT Js Weak
r,a Assao;ataa p,aaa .a..
~ ne Assooia.e ess ~, n.als iiohl !,
nisn ee. soulcs .nae .ne posltlon OF y
sussian ! lei. is crlelcai' Gompellea
lhe = ialluie ol ohu ana Nogl 70 cruf
tne russian rlshI ana hurokl su
ceedea IN arlvlng a Wedge petWee
l4lneViscns l., 5 man army ana Renne
left Tho III latter @ ;s dao1arad 10 eme - "a, he ~
crave dan.ar ~ ho,a - n,,4 ~ ~ De
Founded ine ~ ~ y .