The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-30

ridges.
Toward evening of tina day Gen.
eral Kuroki's troops overlook their
rear guards eight or nine miles. north
of Shahe, and from that time the re-
treat became a scramble for safety
AT h various supply stations huge
piles of grain were fred n smoul-
dered for days. The pursuit contiu-
e through the night of the eighth
and the right division of Kuroki's ar
my came to the branch line of rail
road running from Mukden to the
mines at Fushu On the morning of
the ninth the sand storm began that
threw both sides n confusion and
made orderly retreat or pursuit on a
large scale impossible. All the tele-
graph wires connecting the headquar-
tiers and the different divisions were
were blown down so that each con-
tingent proceeded largely on its owe
responsibility. The left division cross
ed the Hunho under cover of the
thick dust clouds without a battle.
Apparently the Russian commander
was afraid to risk a defense on such
a day even in the elaborate works
which should have made the Hunhc
the most formidable defense, perhaps
mic. Probably this was b decisive
day of the battle, for the Japanese
forces west OF Mukden were being
pressed hard and the brigade on the
extreme left vas almost wiped out.
Had Bildering repulsed Kuroki two
Or three days at the Hunho the Rus
sian reserves might have been able
TO turn the tide at Mukden. Good
generalship and good fortune made
history otherwise. Kuropatkin had
hurried his reserves ON Mukden
east TO Fushun as the Japanese had
planned that he hould and then hur-
ried them back to Mukden, but only
TOO late. The Japanese center army
from KuroAi's left was pushing pas;
Mukden to the north and Kuroki's
left division was marching still fur
Their north projecting its right flank
Having lost the Hunho the RusSiac
central army left Mukden to its fate |
md continued its now d~isorderly re
treat That all their dead were LEFT
where they fell showed what the re |
,reat had become. On the morning
If the tenth the left division again
encountered the Russian rear guarf
n considerable force northeast OF
Aukden, and as the Russians atterp
ed to make a stand they were beat
N in two engagements. and in the
'%fternoon the division arrived at the
own of Sanaten, ten miles beyond
,Eukden and on the main road ron
Iukden to Tiehling.
Until the tenth the army had beer
)ushed forward day and night i'll the
ace of every difficulty to draw the
attention of h. Russians from Muk-
len. and the men were nearly ex
,ansted by their forced march. The
military roads from Fushun to Tieh
ing wound along the plains amonc !
sharp hills n the division foliowef
his to get to the ncrth of Mukder |
while General Linevitch took most !
II HAo Ao'A - HOENH 49, }
mountains with the Japanese right |
army pursuing. Several times the ia |
panese had sharp brushes with the
rea guard, but no important action ,
until the fourteenth when they ap |
preached the range of high steep hilt= |
seven miles southeast of Tiehling |
which was strategically the stronges: |
defense CT the city. There was ?
broad level plain in front of the hills |
and no avenue of approach for an at
lacking force Except to cross this
plain under such ove as could be
found in the gullies and behind occa
sional ridges. Consequently 1t was
decided to attempt the night attack
with bayonets once more. and thus
the first inc of trenches elo the
hills was gained. For the general adj
in the morning OF the four
teenth two battalions were assigned
FOR the frontal attack. one for a ii
version on the right and the largest ,
force of eight. on the left. A direct
charge upon the main trenches was
impossible because the slope before |
hem was almost too steep 10 De ;
scaled wen with no resistance. =
over bill to the west n in from,
vas vulnerable on its west flank, and |
after an artillery engagement rho
main body occupied This. Night stop
oed the fighting and before rorninr |
the Russians had retired IN taste
leaving two hundred dead, while the
Japanese had eight hundred casual
ties. The last stand of the RiissianF