Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-14
KUROPATKiN'S
Continued from Page One.)

..urcn on the evening of March :.
49,, nrhrnyrusl detachment received
.,, the staff OF the first army the or
m retire to positions on the Hun
.,..,. c,si Of Fushun, the officers at
,i,~.t refused to believe that the order
',- authentic. the more so as the Jap
90 tn..ardS evening had begun to
..ir.. .toug the whole front and the
.,,,s .xr..ted from moment to mo-
81, order To launch themselves ir
.,iii 50 bitterly disappointing vas
,,,.I.r To abandon the position on
t,cb about tWo-thirds of the whole
,,,hmart had fallen. that many of
III soldiers sobbing. knelt and kissed
=. bloodstained earth and then gloom
-. md unAiIlingly carried out the Or
:, ,eiire. In the depth of the night
If tIuo1,s moved out of the en-
h,on,t3. leaving the bodies OF their
,r.,dc> buried and unburied behind
,hnn burned the stores and provi-
i,,. ,,hich were abandoned by the un-
.y,ccttI retreat at enormous cost. / ne
o.+ WIS executed in perfect order
+Ec troops. leaving Mad!addny 10
IN, a.,stvArd fell back to the appointed
.iti,r.s On the Hun river. Officers and
.,lihc lclt the blow keenly. Why,
Ill INV sobbrd ore. Did not they lei
-. dj.. in cur positions?
=, Petersburg. Mar"n !:.-1.5J y. VI.
,.iesi;l'S ''g.aud army Is gathering
,.,lr Il, hini the forjitiCatlonS OF lie
pas. which were butt as refuge b.
f,r. III. BATH. OF Lao Yang, and is
t.,..ri.hIv cn5LSed in the work o! re-
,,oapigatiun and further ST. engineering
80 inns. At1ur,iins to the general Stan
80. main body has i;iready completed
-. rnt5cat, ANA the ear guard SOUTH
,r.,J ar. falling, back slowly. Keeping
,.a. Mith IA. pursuing Columns u
1,raftec In :h" COn.plet" absence Oh
ertb.r information yesterday, il rs
,-iainJ.t 10 :av y lcthtr the pursuit has
s,,c..,cG. or is being conducted by on
J.. = lo,l;om Of the Jliai.,se and mill
INV otti, iaIs here hope that Oyama
hrs ua:,s..d to give hi; weary troops Il
.on.t.taiy breathing space, while OK
rr,Iine his ld..i"lG and ether INES 81
..r.niy ~ his l-N po.itiul and prrp.r-
liz far The next bloN.
Gtrrra} klIr,.ALtAin still holds COM
,lai,d. An Officer OF the general stah
slid To-Day. THAI he probably will not
rairc until .;oa" se.rblance of order
has been restored. The question Of his
c:cccgiol is still undecided.
I.i,ssian Correspondents telegraph
that they hayc had Iotning to eat fnr
two days. III" li"ops. however, PROC
ABLY ar feeling better.
kilograms from IL" Russian side,
thou.h inadeuI;i-c as 4 tasis for any
detailed estimate Of the Russian loss
IS show that they haze Eeen extreme
" heavy. enough TO cripple offensive
OPERATIONS for many months. General
Kuro;atkin admits that $4,000 wounded
we're carried eff, but says nothing as
10 hoW NAM were killed.
\ tragic picture OF the retreat is re-
lated in connection with the retire
?cnt of General Rel nc nkainpff ) de-
tlchment from Oubenepusa with bare
IL one third ~ It's original strength.
the brave soldiers; bl caking down and
Snbbi"g ana kissing the bloodstained
ground which they had been ordered
10 rc!inuuish.
The losses OF officers is said to have
been especially heavy. and many of the
higher aud i.lorc capah. officers We're
killed.
Tie Pass. March 13.-The Russians
are nearing thrir Tie Pass positions.
Jlp.tncs-. detachmentS continue in
nurthWard movement from Mukden.