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 Advantage-Rumor That
a Wide Turning Movement May Be
In Progress.

w FTOgTeSSs
TIE PASS -As after the battle oi
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 i'm.
mense advantage of several bases and
the lines of supply to which is now
added the Sinmintn road. while the
| Russian army necessarily Is depend
ent on one base and one line of com
munication, and therefore may be out.
nanked.
In the grand army order Is being
brought out of chaos with remarkable
celebrity. The plain in front of Tie Pass
which on March II seethed like a
nest of ants with the dense and con
fused mass of transport artillery and
troops, corps, divisions and regiments
being scattered and parties inextric-
ably mingled, has been cleared, tho
regiments reorganized, stragglers sent
to their respective commands. organ.
cations have taken their assigned
positions and today the same soldiers
who on March 10 became terror
stricken, surging, dsorganized mass
OF gray at 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 campflres 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 a straggler was
lost In the long, difficult march. Other
organizations made equally worthy
retreats, and especially the rear
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 undisciplined men and wagon
drivers were mingled with the sol.
diers who for fifteen days were under
constant fire, crowded together in
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 1t is inexplcable
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 struggle. 1t is now too late for
easy success.
The struggle for the possession OF
Mukden cost both sides close upon
100000 men. The Russian loss of Off.
GERS includes large proportion of
the regimental commanders and field
officers.