Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-13

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sltlons.
Japanese detachments continue q
northern, movement from Mukden,
MAY BE A SEDAN.
ST. Petersburg, March 10, 1880 p, m.--
No further news was received from the
front this morning, but the magnitude
OF the catastrophe is now apparent to
all here, Where the curtain has been
slightly lifted the picture Of the awful
retreat makes the flesh creep recall
ing the scenes depleted In Tolstofs
War and Peace or zola's lie Deba-
Gle"
The war office admits that even the
remnants OF the army are still In dan
ger Field Marshal Oyama holds a mag
nihcent strategic position. II is report
ed that Japanese thanking columns are
In touch above Tie pass. and that there
may be a Sedan there, No adequate
estimate Of losses has been furnished.
but with the units captured on the left
unaccounted for the killed and wound
ed already total $4,000 The war office
does not even know accurately what
units were captured
JAPANESE ADVANCING NORTH.
Toxic, March 10, II a. m.--Army head
quarters makes the following an
nOuncement.
IAN our forces have advanced north,
pursuing the enemy I'm all directions
and intiictlng heavy damage and they
have defeated the enemy who attempted
resistance at various places.
our forces have completely cleared
the enemy out of the districts Is miles
north Of Mukden and on Sunday were
still pursuing him.
THE Russians abandoned countless
carts Of supplies and ammunition IN the
district f0r thirteen miles from the
vicinity Of Kaolltun, south Of Chiull-
kotzu, west Of the railway and l6 miles
north OF Mukden.
NO time has yet been had to count
them
One OF the colars captt.y,d belonged
to the One Hundred Slxtyisecond regl-
ment from the wilma district, which
had been engaged in three previous
wars.
"Our Sinmntin garrison has arrested
a paroled Russian officer from Port Ar
thur who broke his parole at shang-
hal and proceeded to Sinmlntin.
Additional stores Intended for the
Russians have been seized at smln-
tin"
JAPANESE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Washington. March Minister Girls
com has cabled the state department
from Toxic under yesterdays date as
follows.
"Onicial report Japanese army cap
tured 10000 prisoners on the nth"
Another official report dated today
from Toxic reads:
Russian losses over 155,0OO 10000
prisoners 26500 dead on the field and
about 10000 other casualties"
JAPANESE STILL PURSUING.
Washington. March tS.-The follow
ing advice has been received at the
Japanese legation:
"A report received on the morning
Of March l3 shows that our forces are
continuing the pursuit northward from
all directions, meanwhile lnnictlng
heavy loss on the routed enemy and
had expelled him northward entirely
on the 18th Of March from the district
20 miles north OF Mukden and was still
pursuing In the district extending 10
miles north Of the railway north OF
Mukden, an enormous amount OF carts
laden with ammunition and war ma-
terials was found abandoned, A re-
port received on the afternoon of
March ~. says that one Russian officer,
who surrendered at Port Arthur, came
to Hsinmntun from Shanghai. break
ing his parole, and was captured by our
garrison"
Another telegram says:
According to a report received
March 10 the enemy's losses In the dl-
rection OF Slngking are not yet ascer-
talned; over 500 Russian corpses al
ready have been found on the field
According To the statements Of prison.
ers, their seyenty-hrst division was al
most annhilated. Although the Rus
SLAMS burnt their store houses at Ma
chuntan and other places. still large
quantities of folders, ammunition and
war materials fell into our hands"