Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
NOW AT TIE PASS
RUSSIAN REMNANTS BEING RE-
ORGANIZED THERE.
ORDER COMING OUT OF CHAOS
Japanese Said TO Be Slow to Follow
Up Their Neutrality-suspicious. That
Wide Turning Movement May BE
In Progress.

TIE PASS AS after the battle of
LAO Yang, the advance of the Japan
csc army against the new positions of
the Russians at Tie Pass Is very slow.
The leading columns are eight or ten
miles southwark, and in touch with
the Russian van posts, but the oper-
ations at present are not serious.
Field Marshal Oyama shows slight in
tentions of pressing his advantage
in an immediate attack on Tie Pass.
1t is possible, however, that wide
turning movement of which reports
are current is in progress In such
movement the Japanese have the inn
mense advantage OF several bases and
the lines of supply. to which is now
added the Sinmintin road, while the
Russian army necessarily is depend
ent on one base and one line of com
munication, and therefore may be out.
ilanked.
In the grand army order is being
brought out OF chaos with remarkable
CELEBRITY. The plain in front of Tie Pass
which on March / seethed like
fused mass OF transport artillery and
troops, corps, divisions and regiments
being scattered and parties ineXtric
ably mingled, has been cleared, the
regiments reorganiZed, stragglers sent
to their respective commands, organ.
i2ations have taken their assigned
positions and today the same soldiers
uhn on
stricken, surging, disorganzed mass
of gray at a few shots from little de-
tachment of Japanese. or who even
fled in panic, firing indiscriminately
in all directions as they ran, at the
mere baseless cry of Japanese cav
airy" are now gathered singing
about the campfires with new courage,
ready to oppose with stubborn resist
ance attack on Tie Pass II is un.
fair to accuse the entire army of this
panic. General LinevitCh entered Tie
Pass with his regiments in perfect or.
der with music playing and the men
singing, and scarcely straggler was
lost in the long, difficult march. Other
organizations made equally worthy
lVNltdNo, anu topCNlilly llt lNhl
guards of all the armies who per.
formed their difficult task steadily and
resolutely.
There is much to be said also for
the panic-stricken condition of the
troops. They were largely composed
of undisciplned men and wagon
| drivers were mingled with the sol
| diers, who for fifteen days were under
| constant fire, crowded together in q
mass from whence egress was impos
sible. 1t is one of the odd facts Of
| warfare that the morale of the beaten
Russian army has been largely restor.
ed, while the Japanese, through the
victories, apparently are SO broken
and have incurred such heavy losses
| that they are unable to press the ad.
| vantage. Otherwise IL Is ineXplicable
! why the Japanese have not followed
up their vigorous pursuit with an at.
| tack on Tie Pass, when they might
| have taken the position almost with
| out a struggle. 1t is now too late for
| easy success.
The struggle for the possession OF
| Mullden cost both sides close upon
| 100000 men. The Russian loss of Off
GERS includes a large proportion of
| the regimental commanders and field
! officers