The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14
Plans to Drive Shattered Army
Into Plains and Ami III
I'll hilate II. i3as,ss3s s;;S5
ENORMOUS EN- /: ], z 0ssEs Il
(. IN RE GENT BAIT LEi
Estimated That Cars Army
Must Have Lost il Killed, 81
w ound ed and Prisoners at , 81
Least 5000 Men---Jap-S3
a11ese Casualt les Com 55SS5sS @
s5s parative1y Small. gs "


4l.S The Russian gen eral staff reports that
4. 5..'the main body has already completed
sitsretreat8 and the rear gua ard. sou Inward
are falling back slowly y.1l What ither
the main body he 'renr guard ds'sS
consists OF; has not been definitely lhxed.s
but from tho dspatc hes from the Asso--
3ciatedE Press correspo dent VI th3 the jap
Sanese and Russians. the two comb ined Il
must be but assn1all tpor rtion of the army
which General Ixuro pa tlsin had gathered$sS
along the banks of tile 81 stakhe and = lna
sRlvers. n
$eS And yet those who have reached TiaKs
Pass. worn out from days ghting and
$retreating, are not " out of danger. tho
sJapanes it ~ reported n having illready$s
started 5anot othersturning moyenenta which
will force the Ruas lar 8onls to$ taa plainas
north SSof Tie. Pass, 81 here ii thsir q isor-
for the story -tlush cd h sold efs of
kndo.. ..s he IA N hos 4 esca ned h may
strengthens tho for Il ifeations tns 4 ia Pass
|sbut iit& Is hardly ppaa ibleS that the#
Can bes I'd cid SIN acb o. sth oYerwh
ing forces opp osed to the r ussl lans. ana
~ lis mot TINT oya rest
iisned with Ills tcto torys at Nrukde len a a|s he
didEafter Lido an !. here Will v DO noS
,lnea siness as to the food suppl yB u long,
Bns z! communications y are main to led Ito
the rthwhrd jas la rge band Of ca ttless.
roam tho plains llnd ar Cossack herders1a
and every station on X the rail- Dad #iss sss
hugh comnissarla I departnle lent. z he Rus-55si s5i
sian soldier&is always we'll fed \, the so Up
kitchens on wi heel IS d ways Il keeping 5illS
touch with the m on. VI
81 AS to the losses III General D Kuropa tkin IL
now admits thaV 80, 90 ounoed were q Il
carried off the field .s his, wi til the 26.6 "
dead left on the field 40 900 $prlso
ers and the wounded & lef I'm the hos
tails. comes some ewhat I'll Il carer the la testS
Japanese estmnt te5 that the total Russian M
losses were Isl 1000. III his rate ISuros
8patkin& cannot II have iilno re than 81 100, GOD M
effective fighting men with him. ii \,
THE army Of g General I.lnevl tch seems
to have 1nnde the hes treat but this
no doubt wa 8 due to the stu bborn y llts
made 7 by General Il; ;Rennenknmpff { Il on ,hls u
extrcme5c and the equal fierce res St
nnce OF General ulbars on the 4 RIG h t,ss
the latter general losing % 900 0Emen. Mel h-sf
err tho army OF lbars nor Of Renne1l-sgs
kampff has yet BEEN account ed Il for by
the dispat tches. "a ter his, d defeat around n
the western tombs, ulhars,psfl ding a his A
retreat directly mort tllWarfl n1ndo
az detour to tho eastWprd, i, ere
was still fighting at last cconn v; enTSSss
nenkampff must also still 10 In x llls $sS
to tic eastward as q I took the ASS ociats
Frcss courier three days to- reao oh $E'
Pass Tho Japanese report the. oapturrass&sti &C
OF twenty-four more guns, u six ty-slx & y SS
nil. a rather small number sconslderin m
the decisive defeat and tile nun S!ett fsS
mon captured. The J pane Losses .hayes
been remarkably light in " nm
length and severity OF the r. 81 ting, a $;
rho Associated Press co correspondentssw WI
General SIluroki's army tells how the bat
tie Of A1ukden was won The Russian
general was deceived as TO where the
blow was to be struck, and after ma M IS ss.igSS
Ing his force on the Japanese rig II, found 9 SS
when too late, that his II g ht wa 8 tie Sf
objective OF tho par s BEgE
x Il, all the speculation as to the pea ce,j j83
the ono point that Is coming to- ne iron
Is that Russia would " prefer to set ttle.s
directly with Japan without tho aid .of
any third nation THIS Y Y ia line g,s4
tho natural allies In the far Eust are re II SS
Japan and Russia. they being tho, only 5sl
nations whose domains border on y iS qSl Ssss
and NYanchurla, both having. other inter
ests there besides those OF trade. Il II i M