Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-03-16
ARMY AT TIE PASS
SOLDIERS IN RETREAT ARRIVE
FROM MUKDEN DEMoRALlzED.
Reported That Japanese Army is
Making VIDE Turning Ma C.. North
ward-corresponcert TETS HOW
Battle of Mukden Was Won.

London. March 1.-THE Russian
general staff reports that the maiL
body has already completed its re-
treat and the rear guard southwark
are falling back slowly. What e:....!
er the main body or the rear
guard consists OF has, not been GAd,
nitely fixed, but from the dispatches
from the Associated Press cores pond
ents with the Japanese and Russians
the two combined mus. be but sma..
portion of the army which General
kouropatkin had gathered along the
And yet those who have reached Tie
pass: worn out from days OF fighting
and retreating, are not out of DANCE:
the Japanese. 1t Is reported, having
already started another turning mcve-
ment which will force the Russians
onto the plains north OF Tie pass.
where, in their d.sorganized state,
they would be easy prey for the vic.
tory-hushed soldiers of the mikado.
The men who escaped are strengthen.
ing the Notifications in Tie pass bat
it is hardly possible that the pass can
be held in the face of the overwhe!m.
ing forces opposed to the Russians,
and it is not likely that Oyama Wi.
rest satisfied with his victory at Muk-
den, as he did ate. Lao Yang. There
will be no uneasiness as to the food
supply as long as communications are
maintained to the northward. as large
bands of cattle roam the plains u1Ger
Cossack herde:s and every station on
the railway is a huge coMm:ssaria.
department.
AS to the losses. General kouropat.
kin now admits that $4,000 wounded
were carried off the field. This, with
the 26.500 dead left on the field, the
10000 prisoners and the wounded left
in the hospitals. comes somewhat
nearer the latest Japanese estimate
that the total Russian losses We're
$4,000. AT this rate kouropatkin
cannot have more than 100000 effec.
tive fighting men with him. The
army Of General Linevitch seems TO
have made the best retreat. but this
no doubt was due to the stubborn
OF his extreme left and the equally
fierce resistance OF General kauibars
on the right, the latter general losing
$4,000 men Neither the army Of
kaulbars nor of Rennenkampff has
yet been accounted for by the dis.
no tcl, y; 5ofN
western tombs, Kaulbars, finding his
retreat directly northward cut off.
made detoUr to the eastward, where
he was still fighting at last accounts
Rennenkamptf must also still be in
the hills to the eastward as 1t took
days to reach Tie pass. The Jara
nese report the capture of twenty
four guns, siNty-slx in all, rather
small number considering the de-
cisive defeat and the number of men
captured.
The Japanese losses have been re-
markedly light in view of the length
and severity Of the fighting.
The Associated Press correspondent
with General Kuroki's army tells how
the battle of Mukden was won. Tie
Russian general was deceived as TO
where the blow was TO be struck and
after massing his forces on the Japa-
nese left. found. when too late, that
his right was the objective of the
Japanese.
In all the speculation as to peace
the one point that is coming to the
front is that Russia would prefer to
settle directly with Japan without
the aid of an third nation.