Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-06
BATTLE ALONG
THE ENTIRE LINE
GENERAL ENGAGEMENT RAGING
NEAR MUKDEN.
RUSSIANS SEIZE A BRIDGE
Kuropatkin Alert to Take Advantages
and Reta!iates With Blow for Blow
News More Hopeful in st. Peters
burg-Japanese Losses in Some
Fights Heavy.

Mukden, March Fighting is in
progress along the whole line, the
Japanese attacking everywhere. All
attacks yesterday morning were beat
en- back and the Russians made coun-
ter attacks at many places. On the
right flank the Russians occupied
Boatatzsi, which is close to Sandiapu,
and from that position hurled hand
grenades across the intervening ravine
into the Japanese trenches in Sandal
pu, causing heavy loss and great dis
order.
Russians Take Bridge.
The Russians have seized the head
of the bridge across the Shakhe river
in the center of the Japanese lines, as
sisted by artillery firing of particular
energy from Putiloff hill and Novgorod
hill.
Ten determined attacks opposite
Yansintung and west of Vanupudzi
were all repulsed with heavy loss.
The situation on the Russian left
flank is unchanged as compared with
Monday evening.
The seizure of the railroad bridge
across the Shakhe river was the occa-
son of a sharp combat. The Russians
succeeded in surprising the Japanese
bridge guards and reinforced beat off
all attempts of the Japanese to regain
possession of it.
Japs Using Heavy Guns.
The japanese are using heavy siege
artillery in the bombardment of Pu-
t;,off and Novgord hills and this is be-
loved to be preliminary to an attempt
20 storm them. The losses to the de-
Tending force are Insignificant. The
roar of artillery firing is echoing I'M
ceasingly from the mountains east
ward of the low flats Of the Hun river
valley, the scene of General Grippen-
berg's repulse.
The fight appears to be developing
in intensity along the whole line.
News Hopeful to Russians.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-The news
from Manchuria is of the most import
ant nature the Associated Press dis
patch from Mukden indicating that a
general battle was beginning along the
whole of the 100 miles of front occu-
pied by the two armies. General XII
ropatkin appears to have taken leaf
out of General Oyama's book and re-
piled to General Kuroki's attack on
the Russian left by counter attack
on the Japanese left, in which General
Kaulbar's initial success is better for
the Russians than the best efforts OF
Gripenburg, the Russians vanguard
being established at the outskirts of
Sandiapu. At the same time General
Kuropatkin delivered a blow against
the Japanese center, Selling the rail-
road bridge across the Shakhe river
These reports, therefore, give a more
hopeful aspect to the situation, as the
Russian army, though driven out of
the pass, appears to have succeeded
in stopping, at least for the moment,
the further advance of the Japanese
eastward and have beaten off the at
tack on the center.
The effect of yesterdays develop
ments on General Kuropatkin's report
ed intention to withdraw from the
Shakhe is problematical. The retire
ment in the face Of an enemy, which
is extremely hazardous under any cir
cumstances, is doubly dangerous when
the armies are graphing IN general
engagement; but if General Kuroki
succeeds in rolling up the Russian left
afa 1r%1 +hA nOA6y nr1f
may become necessary. Counter
strokes on the right and center may
possibly be intended to cover the with
| drawing of trains and stores. If, how
ever, General Kuropatkin is deter
mined to stand and fight out the bat
tie on the line which he has held dur
ing the winter and if he should be able
to administer a vigorous check to
General Kuroki, he has secured good
position for his second move in the
great game.
StoesseI Nears st. Petersburg.
Moscow, March 1.-General Stoessel
left here last evening for ST. Peters
burg. Great crowds besieged his hotel
throughout the day and he was obliged
to use the side doors in order to avoid
popular demonstrations. The mayor
of Moscow, accompanied by the off,
Gals of the municipality, presented
him with bread and salt. General
Stoessel, in replying to the mayors
speech of welcome spoke feelingly OF
the necessity that had forced him to
surrender Port Arthur, which he said,
he had only done as the last resort and
in order to avoid all the slaughter
ing of the city by assault He SAID
that until the last moment they had
hoped for relief from General Kuro-
patkin and Admiral Rojestvensky.