Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
LOSSES
sCOURGING BY JAPAN
EsE IN MUKDEN FIGHTING.
Fearful Discriminating Effects Upon En-
tire Regiments-Tragic Pictures
of the Retreat-Colors Lost.

General Kuropatkin. in a dispatch to ST.
Petersburg, dated March u, says $4,000
Russians were wounded during the last few
days fighting. He adds:
According to reports from the rear guard
a japanese force, consisting of a division
and half, are within a short distance of
the Russian rear guard.
1.-THE second army is marching continu-
ally under the fire of the enemy who is ad-
vancing from the east and west
General Kuropatkin adds that the rear
guard advanced in perfect order, but that
the movement of the transport along the
Mandarin road was very difficult, owing to
the japanese cannonade The country be-
tween Tie Pass and Mukden is intersected
by rivers and steep banks, and the Russian
wagons were obliged to halt and await
their turn causing much delay.
General Kuropatkin compliments the Jap
anese intelligence department. lie says:
Thanks to the organization OF their in
telligence department and their reconnois-
sances, the Japanese always knew the po-
sitions occupied by our army"
Only q Remnant Left.
.'The first regiment of Siberian rifles had
the most serious fighting. They marched
under the Japanese fire from east to west
almost continuously. Colonel Loesel sue
ceeded in extricating three officers and $50
men of the regiment with its colors and
one battery. In the battle of March the
regiment lost over 1000 men.
Reports are coming in of heavy losses by
other divisions, notably the Yurieff regiment
of the twenty-ffth division, of which only
two officers and 619 Of the rank and file
are left.
Telegrams from the Russian side, though
inadquate as a basis for any detailed esti-
mate of the Russian losses, show that they
have been extremely heavy, enough to Grip
pie offensive operations for many months
Silent Over Number of Killed.
General Kuropatkin admits that $1,000
wounded were carried off, but says nothing
as to how many killed and wounded pris-
oners were eft behind, and from his pic
ture of little handful of two officers and
$50 men of the Imperial Rifles marching off.
led by their gallant colonel. clinging to their
standard, can be derived some idea of the
losses sustained by the regiments that bore
the brunt of the fighting.
The exploit of the 600 at Balaklava pales
beside this Even the losses in the "bloody
angle of the Wilderness and in the battle
of Antietam are scarcely comparable.
Another tragic picture of the retreat IS
related in connection with the retirement
of Gen. Rennenkampff's detachment from
Oubenepusa with barely one-third OF It's
ing down and sobbing and kissing the blood
stained ground which they had been order
ed to relinquish.
The losses of officers is said to have
been especially heavy, and many OF the
higher and more capable officers were KILL
ed.
Veteran Colors Captured.
An official dispatch from Tokyo states
that the columns pursuing the Russians.
working in different directions, yesterday
cleared the enemy out of the district twen-
ty-fiye miles north of Mukden. The Rus
SLAMS attempted to make resistance at many
points, with the result that they suffered
immense losses. One of the colors captured
Sunday belonged to the 162d Regiment of
the Forty-irst Division, Sixteenth Corps.
which was engaged in the campaigns of
1874, 1878 and 1888.
The following report was received yes
terday at Tokyo from the headquarters of
the japanese armies in the field:
Spells Captured.
"It is estimated that the spoils which fell
into our hands in the direction of Sinking
CYenden) since the occupation by us of
Tsinketchen on February "a, have been as
follows: Rifles, 1900; machine guns. 6; small
ammunition, $4,000 rounds; shells, 500;
intrenching tools, 5000; wire, LOO bundles;
materials for light railway of thirty-three
miles: wagons for the latter, $50; garments,
10 carloads; coal mining machinery Tor
eight pits; timber, 1900 pieces
Besides these we took large quantities
of cereals, fodder, tents, beds. stoves and
maps and telephones. as well as great
number of bulIocks and horses.
1.-The enemy left about 1900 dead on the
field. We took 80 prisoners
1T Is estimated that the enemy's casual
ties were about 10000.
Fifteen prisoners say that the Seventy
first Division was almost annthilated.
although the enemy set fire to his stores
at Machuntan and Miulupab. we captured
thousands of bushels of provisions and
enormous quantities of ammunition and
other war supplies at these places.