The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
0YAMA CAPTURES MUKDEN
Stores, Guns and Thousands Q
Russian Prisoners Taken.
JAPS SURROUND KUROPATKlN

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Fushun Falls Into Hands of Mikado's
Forces - Desperate Fighting ON All
Sides St. Petersburg D~espondentA
Toxic Begins Celebration and All
Classes Rejoice.
Toxic, Japan.-The Japanese occupied
Mukden at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The Japanese have captured many
guns, including practically all the Rus
sian heavy ordnance.
Complete success has thus far fol-
lowed their plan Of campaign.
1t was officially reported that Fushun
was occupied at night by the Japanese
right wing under General Kuroki.
A detachment which for several DAYS
had been engaged near Tita, on the
extreme right of the Japanese front,
succeeded at dawn in overcoming a
stubborn resistance and drove the Rus
slams from their positions, pursuing
them toward Fushun. A detachment
at Machuntan, before whom the Rus
slams south of Fushun previously
broke, also drove them hard.
Tita and Machuntan were both only
advanced defenses for Fushun, which
is a strongly intrenched camp, with re-
doubts and entanglements and a strong
interior keep. Fushun and Mukden
are twenty-six miles apart east and
west, the former thirty-two and the
latter thirty-ive miles from Telling.
The Japanese having cut the railway
forming the western side of the tri-
angle, General Kuropatkin endeavored
to hold FuShun at all costs, as it was
the defense of the double military road
to Telling, his only avenue of escape
to the north.
The Japanese centre, south and east
of Mukden, drove the Russians back
to the Hun River, where the Russians
rallied behind strong Notifications upon
the left bank. This strong frontal at
tack was for the purpose of breaking
the south side of the triangle, along
which runs the Mukden-Fushun Rail-
way.
Marshal Oyama teIegraphed: "We oc-
cupied Mukden at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
"Our surrounding movement, in
which we have been engaged for some
days past, has now completely sue
ceeded.
"We captured a great number of
prisoners, enormous quantities Of
arms, ammunition, provisions and
other war supplies. There is at pres
ent no time to investigate the number
of these"
The fall of Mukden necessarily fol-
lowed the occupation of Fushun, it's
eastern key. Tita, eight miles south
OF Fushun, for possession of which
there was most desperate fighting, was
occupied at 3 o'clock in the morning.
This city is delirious with joy. Even
the army and navy officers have lost
their reserve. The mobiles and men,
bers of the Diet have mingled with
the great crowds in the streets. Wom-
en- and children, the latter dressed in
white, took part in the parades in the
evening. All the trolley ears were illu-
minated and fireworks lit the sky.
Marshal Oyama's dispatch announc-
ing that his ~northerly column had
made its way east Of the railroad. and
that Kuroki's army had gone through
Flu Pass was accepted as the end Of
the Russian army.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-"All our ar
mics began to retreat" telegraphed
Kuropatkin.
The greatest defeat in the history of
the Russo-Japanese war was made
known in st. Petersburg. but only in
the words from General Kuropatkin to
Emperor Nicholas. Two thoughts
formed instantly in the mind Of every
one, and two words were on every lip
surrender, peace-the former dread
ed, the latter hoped.