Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-16
RUSSIANS IN
FULL RETREAT
ABANDON POSITIONS AND BURN
EVERYTHING THEY CANNOT
CARRY.
JAPS AT GATES OF MUKDEN
RUSSIANS READY TO EVAcUATE
AND CHANGE POSITION TO
TIE PASS.
GREAT VlCTOTY FOR oYAMA
GREATEST MASTER OF OFFENS-
I'VE STRATEGY SINCE MA
POLEON.

Gen. kurOpatk1n is giving GROUND
before the armies of Japan, and yes
terday he abandoned positions south
and southwest of Mukden, burning
such of his supplies as he could not
carry with him. The Japanese ar
tillery is laundering at the very gates
Of Mukden, which position the Rus
SLAMS still hold, but which they are
admittedly prepared to evacuate,
changing their base to Tie pass, which
is forty miles north of Mukden. So
far as the retreat has progressed it
has been orderly. What the Japanese
may have in store for
The Defeated Army
on it's retirement northward remains
to be disclosed. There are reports
that Gen. Rennenkampff, the foremost
cavalry general Of the Russian army
in Manchuria, has been cut Off on the
east from the main fOroce, and Japan
csc troops in considerable numbers
are said to be already in the vicinity
of Tie pass. The retirement unques-
tionably cost the Russians dear in the
matter of supplies and heavy guns.
Neither commanders nor correspond
ents have yet ventured to estimate
the number killed or wounded in the
eleven days of fighting. The Russian
casualties in the fighting Tuesday on
the left flank are said to have been
fully 1000.
Japs North of Mukden.
Mukden, March 10.-The Russians
are retiring from the line of the
Shakhe river and the left flank to the
line of Notifications on the Hun river.
Japanese are north of Mukden and
advancing against the railroad at
Unguntun. A fight is raging two miles
west of the railroad and projectiles
reach the railroad.
Bloodiest Battle Of War.
Toxic. March 10.-Advices received
here indicate that Gen. Kuropatkin is
badly beaten in the bloodiest battle OF
| the present war.
Greatest Since Napoleon.
ST. Petersburg, March 1O.-The bat
| tie of Mukden has resulted in a Rus
sian defeat.
| Field Marshal Oyama has once
more proved himself one of the great
est masters of offensive strategy since
Napoleon, while Gen. Kuropatkin is
| now engaged in endeavoring to defend
his title as master of successful re-
treats and bring off his army. with its
immense train, safely to Tie pass,
where position was long ago pre-
pared with this contingency in view.
The problem before the Russian COM
mander-in-c chief is
Much More Difficult
than the one he met successfully at
Liao-yang, since now he is threatened
on both flanks. his LEFT wing being en-
tangled in a mountainous region fal
from the railroad. Nevertheless Rus
sian military men here express a fail
degree of confidence in Gen. kuropat
kin's ability once more to eXtrlcate
his army and avoid Russian Sedan
Besides his skill in rear guard action
they base their hopes on the phSsica
condition of the japanese soldiers
who. though they are conceded to be
the greatest marchers in the world
are well nigh exhausted by theil
strenuous endeaVors of the last fort
night.
Japs Are Reckless.
All reports indicate that the Japan
csc were utterly reckless of sacrifices
making attack after attack. especial.
on the center and westward agains
machine guns and infantry fire which
literally moved down the advancing
columns, making human flesh s.
cheap that the survivors could basuol
; themselves behind piles of corpses.
After this action Gen. Kuropatkin'
deposition may be regarded as Gel
tain. War Minister Sakharon
picked as his. probable successor.