The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Rushing NOrlhward in a
 Precipitate Retreat.
JAPANESE HAVE MUKDEN
Russians May Be Forced to
 Surrender.
Crushing Defeat of the Csar's Com- mander-in.Chief by Brilliant Oyama Causes strong
 Talk of Peace.

The fate of the Russian army of a quarter million and the 1000 pieces of artillery with which it was expected confidently General Kuropatkin and his lieutenants would prevent the advance of the Japanese beyond the Shakhe and the Hun River positions, still is in the balance. The Russians have been driven from their positions and now are rushing northward towards Tie Pass, around which are high hills which were prepared for defenses after the battle of Liaoyang in September.
 The Japanese troops are in posses sion of Mukden.
 That the Russians have lost many guns and large quantities of ammuni- tion and supplies is certain. Immense stores, it seems certain, have been de- stroyed. The Japanese have not yet reported the capture of guns. but it xeems hardly likely that Kuropatkin could have removed all of his artil- lery.
 Depends on Kamamura.
 The result of Oyama's great turning movement Is said to depend on General
  Kamamura's army, which is supposed to be moving from the east toward ku- ronatkin's line of retreat. Should he reach the military road which runs al- most in A direct line from Fushun to Tie Pass before the passage of the Rus sian army, the circle will be complete as Nogis guns already command the railway, and should soon control the Mandarin road which is short distance east of the railway and runs parallel with 1t.
 The army of General Kaulbars, which has been pressed back across the west ern plain. fighting every inch of ground ,s moving northward to protect the line of retreat from the westward at- .acts while General Bilderling Is pro- ,o,+,nz tho rear against Generals oku and Nogi; and General Linevitch Is do- ,nr his best to hold the military road against Kuroki. They have numbers against them, but have succeeded against odds in similar retreats before- The appearance of General Kamamura might render futile all their enorts
 General Rennenkampf's force Of somewhat fewer than 10000 men on the axtreme east is in a precarious position
 .ho %orce is a mobile one, and the oA,cers know the mountain well. with +be exception of Rennempampn all the Russian troops are hurrying north ward and it may take another twenty four hours to decide their fate.
 The army which General Grippen- har1 turned over to General kauloers .,,n.r be left Manchuria and a portion o, which General Bnderling command Al consisted of Gregoffs Cavalry, Mist ..a,,o,s Mobile Division and the 9th, Eth sth. 10th and 17th army corps ex- tending from the Liao River to the Mandarin Road. General LineVl'ch army. which held the important posi- ., Q. the bend of the shakhe, includ- ing Erdagon Hill, comprised the nrst European and the 1st, End. Sd and 4th Siberian corps, Rennenkampffs Mobile D,vison and samsanoffs Cavalry. The +roons which arrived in January and February, probably two corps are not included in this list.
 Peace May Follow.
 Even should Kuropatkin extricate his army, it is believed in some Flu ropean capitals that peace soon will follow this latest Japanese victory. The ealing to St. Petersburg of MT. Iswol- sky, Russian Minister to Denmark, who formerly was in Tokio. is regarded as significant.
 The losses in the operations preced- ing the battle and in the battle proper must have reached enormous propor- ticns, but up to the present neither side has attempted an estimate. They will exceed the Shakhe losses in which the Russians alone lost in killed, wound ed and missing 67,oOo men.
 Field Marshal Oyama arranged his attack so that the Chinese city of Muk- den should not come within the range of battle, rather an easy task, as the Russians had no positions immediately