Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-03-09
OYAMA STEADILY TIGHTENING
GREAT GORDON or MEN
AND STEEL.
THE CARNAGE is TERRIBLE
RUSSIAN LOSSES CONCEDED TO
a. ENoRMoUsJAPs ALSO
LOSE HEAVILY.

st. Petersburg, March THE fate
OF Gen. Kuropatkin and his army
hangs in the balance. depending on
the result of the fighting almost in the
outskirts of Mukden. According to
latest reports this morning the fight
irNg went well for the Russians, who
beat back the wave that threatened to
roll over Mukden as it had over the
Notifications of Port Arthur: but moth
Ing Is known as to what Is going on be
yond the line Of breakers. whether
part of Gen. Nogi's force Is in full
career for Tie pass or whether the
Japanese have staked all in cast
against Mukden. The imminence OF
the peril on the west wing has with.
drawn attention from the operations
on the center and left, where the fight.
ing has been
Extremely Heavy,
and on the left especially where the
Japanese gains are sufficiently great
10 cause apprehension to. themselves.
A feature of all accounts Of the fight.
Ing reaching st. Petersburg is the EN-.
phasis laid on the awful carnage.
There is reference after reference to
dead piled high on the ground over
which the attack was delivered, strew.
ing breastworks, almost hiding abatis
from sight and even being used by the
Japanese to construct hasty intrench.
ments. The Russian losses on both
tanks are conceded to be enormous,
but 1t is claimed that defenders of the
center suffered comparatively little by
the Japanese bombardment and beat
ing OF the Japanese attack.
Drowned by Roar of Battle.
Mukden, March THE rumble OF
carts m the streets OF Mukden is
drowned by the roar Of battle, which
is raging northwest, west and south.
west of the city, few miles away,
between Gen. Nogi's Port Arthur vet
Grams and the hastily assembled army
interposed by Gen. Kuropatkin to de-
fend the city and railroads. The
stroke came like lightning out Of a
clear sky. 1t is reported that the sit
uation has somewhat improved, butt
still is extremely critical. 1t is report
ed that the Japanese have been thrown
beck In the district of Lunfanshan and
are retiring along the Sinmintin road;
but heavy fighting is continuing there.
The Japanese vanguard posts are
about six miles west Of Mukden, where
the
Bursting OF Shrapnel
is plainly visible. A fight also is rag
ing at Suchudsiapu and Lanshanpu.
which on Saturday we're captured by
the japanese after terrific combat,
the villages several times changing
hands.
The Japanese on Friday advanced
on the Russian position at Shakhe vii
lage, but were beaten OF. Twice they
attacked P0ntiloff, but both attacks
were repulsed. At, Oubenepusa a Jap
anese guard Of over twenty battaIions
made thirteen attacks the night Of
March 8 and the morning of March A,
storming the redoubts most furiously.
All these attacks were repulsed with
heavy loss. The ground in front Of
the reaoubts was fairly strewn with
Heaps Of Japanese Corpses.
The Japanese and Russian artillery
are engaged in the heaviest duel Of
the war Russian mortars are fired ait
the Shake bridge and Japanese IL
inch guns are In full play, but the
Russian Notifications, on which the
Russians have been working all win
ter, offer a fairly secure protection for
thar f3nfar d4sxss