The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-24
RUSSIANS LOSSES $1,000.
The Figures Cover Battle and Retreat From
Mukden.

Gunshu, Pass, Manchuria, (By Cable).
Some 10 weeks have passed since the
last echoes OF the titanic Mukden COM
bat have died away, but the discussions
and tales of those hard days OF fighting
and retreat have not lessened, but on the
contrary, grow louder and louder. Here
in the army the newspaper articles and
kilograms portraying disastrous rout OF
the Russians. were read with amazement
and indignation. The reality was as
| follows:
The attack on the Russian positions
by the Japanese began February Io.
The first Manchuran army and parts
OF the Third Army repused all attacks,
and as to the character OF this repulse
the best proof is the fact that on March
| 7, after the repuse OF the last attack on
the Gaotu Pass, the Japanese in com
plete disorder, abandoning on their BIZ
vouacs many objects, ammunition, car
| tridgeS, conserves and rice, retired almost
four miles The same thing took place
on The remainder of the front of the
first army. The second Manchurian
army, repulsing all the desperate attacks
on the western front. was unable, how
ever, to throw back the Japanese forces,
which were encircling Mukden from the
north.
This success of the Japanese compelled
the Russians to withdraw the first and
third armies to the fortified positions on
| the line OF the Hun River. On March
| 9 the Japanese succeeded in breaking
through the Russian position on the
! Hun River, which, together with the
armies OF Nogi advancing to the raid
road from the west and with Oku's as
sistance, forced the commander to give
the opler to all three armies to retreat
to Tie Pass In spite Of the extremely
difficult circumstances the retirement of
the troops from the advanced position
took place in good order. The retreat
was rendered more difficult by the
panic in the wagon trains.
One of the rear guards, under COM
mand of Major General Ganefeld and
few battalions, losing the direction
which had been given them for the re-
treat, were surrounded, and after a
furious fight, succeeded in partly break
ing through, with heavy losses. In this
way began the sudden confusion, which
became panic, among the wagon trains,
communicating partly to those batteries
and parks which, owing to the duststorm,
lost their way and got between the
wagons The troops of the line were
almost untouched by the panic, and re-
tired fighting steadily, defending Sue
cessive positions, while the rear guard
had to repulse the Japanese with the
bayonet. Under the protection OF these
slowly retreating. bleeding and worm
out soldiers, work on the railway was
continued until night of March II, and
all the rolling stock and all the wounded
were gotten away. with the exception OF
400 especially seriously wounded, who
were left in several hospitals in Mdkden,
together with 45o wounded japanese.
The Russian losses for the whole
period of the fighting from February
70 to March consisted of killed, wounded
and missing as follows:
Two generals, both severely wounded
and now both prisoners.
Staff and other officers, 1895.
Privates, S7,677.
Dividing the latter figure into classes
there would be in round figures about
$4,000 wounded gathered up, $1,000
killed, 1000 to 5000 taken prisoner and
10000 to $4,000 left on the field and
missing. OF the last two classes the
number OF those taken prisoners must
be calculated at not more than 5000 or
6,ooo. OF guns the Russians. lost 80,
including 20 quick-frcrs. As to the siege
artillery, every gun of it, with the ammu-
nition, was sent north two days before
the retreat began
The blow was a very heavy one, and
the armies passed through period of
severe trial, increased by the warped ac-
counts which have found their way into
the foreign press. The information con-
cerning the losses given. above was re-
ceived by the Associated Press cores
pondent from the staff of the new com,
mander-in-chief and has the authoriza-
ton of the chief of staff, General Karke-
witch.