The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-17
MAKE VICTORY
MORE COMPLETE
JAPS START TURNING MOVE
MENT AGAINST RUSSIANS
AT TIE PASS.
HUMILIATION Is CERTAIN
WILL FORCE RUSSIANS ONTO
PLAINS WHERE THEY WILL
BE EASY PREY.
ANNlhILATI0N Is CERTAIN

The Russian general staff reports
that the main body has already COM
pleted its retreat and the rear guard
southwark are falling back slowly
What either the main body or the
rear guard consists of has not been
definitely fixed, but from the dis
patches from the Associated Press
correspondents with the Japanese and
Russians, the two combine1 must be
but a small portion of the army which
Gen. kuropatkin had gathered along
the banks of the Shakhe and Hun
rivers. And yet those who have reached
Tie Pass, worn out from days of fight
ing n retreating, are not yet out of
danger, the Japanese. it is reported,
having already started
Another Turning Movement
which will force the Russians onto the
plains north OF the pass, where, in
their d~isorganized state, they would
be easy prey for the victorv-hushed
soldiers Of the Mikado. The men who
escaped are strengthening the fortifi-
cations in Tie pass, but it is hardly
possible that the pass can be held in
the face of the overwhelming forces
opposed to the Russians. and it is not
likely that Oyama will rest satisfied
with his victory at Mukden as he did
after Liao-yang. There will be no
uneasiness as to the food supply as
long as communications are main
tanned to the northward, as large
bands of cattle roam the plains under
Cossack herders, and at every station
on the railway is a huge commissariat
department. The Russian soldier is
always we'll fed, the soup kitchens on
wheels always keeping in touch with
the men.
Russian Losses Were 1856, 900.
AS to the losses, Gen. K~uropatkin
now admits that so, 900 wounded were
carried off the field. This, with the
26, 900 dead left on the field, the 40
600 prisoners and the wounded left in
the hospitals, comes somewhat nearer
h latest Japanese estimate that the
total Russian losses were 155. 900. At
this rate Kuropatkin cannot have
more tina 100, 900 effective fighting
men with him. The army of Gen.
Linevitch seems to have made the
best retreat, but this no doubt was
due to the stubborn fight made by
Gen. Rennenkampff on his extreme
left, and the equally fierce resistance
OF Gen. kaulbars on the right. the
latter general losing 5000 men.
Two Armies Missing.
Neither the army of kaulbars nor
Rennenkampff has yet been accounted
for by the dispatches. After his de-
feat around the western tombs, kaul-
bars. finding his retreat directly north
cut off, made a detour to the east
ward, where he was still fighting at
last accounts. Rennenkampff must
still be in the hills to the eastward.
as it took the Associated Press cour-
Ter three days to reach Tie pass. The
japanese report the capture of "A
more guns, &c in all, q rather small
number considering the decisive de-
feat and the number Of men captured.
The Japanese losses have been re-
markably light in view of the length
and severity Of the fighting.
Deceived tho Russians.
The Associated Press correspondent
with Gen. Kuroki's army tells how the
battle Of Mukden was won. The Rus
sian general Was deceived as to where
blow was to be struck. and after
massing his forces on the Japanese
found, when too late, that his
right was the objective of the Japan
csc.
In all the speculation as to peace,
the one point that is coming to the
front is that Russia would prefer to
settle directly with Japan without the
aid of any third nation. This is in
line with the dream of many leading
Russians that the natural allies in the
Far East are Japan and Russia, they
being the only nations whose domains
border on Korea and Manchuria, both
having other interests there besides
those of trade.
Relentless Japs in Pursuit.
While Gen. Kuropatkin has appar-
entity succeeded in saving more of his
artillery than seemed possible, his
losses in men, ammunition and COM
missariat supplies in the battle OF
Mukden are far greater than earlier
reports indicated, and wen that por-
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