Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-16
FIGHTING NORTH OF TIE PASS.
y.,.o,tkins Forces Have Abandoned
their Adyauced Positions on
The Fan River
laps HAVE OCCUPIED SMOKING.
Situation is Very Serious Russian
Army Threatened With Crush.
iug Disaster

santopou, Eight Miles North of Tie
pass Manchuria, Wednesday March
Il Evening The Russians have aban-
doped their advanced positions on the
Fan river. where the desperate attack
N the Japanese yesterday, March IA,
was repulsed, and have fallen back up
IN their defenses on Tie pass Previous
"a the retirement the supplies Of wood,
.e collected there were set on fire.
A desperate bloody battle Is now wag-
lng north Of Tie pass.
JAPANESE OCCUPY SMOKING.
Toxic March l6, p. m.-The Jap
anese occupied sngklng March 10.
sngkng or yenden, Is situated about
80 miles almost due east Of Mukden. A
report received in Toxic March "A, from
The japanese headquarters in the field
said,
In the direction Of Singklng our
forces have been dislodgng the enemy
from Ylngpan IS miles east OF Fushan
and on March II occupied that place"
STRIKING THE RUSSIANS AGAIN.
st. Petersburg, March 16.--The news
again from the front Is very serious
Field Marshal Oyama is striking an
othre blow at the defeated Russian
army. In spite Of the exhaustion OF his
forces, after the long II days struggle
y fOr Mukden, he has been able To or
Eanlse a fresh turning movement in
Ne hope Of completing the victory won
loder the walls OF Mukden. Tues
days attack upon the Russian advance
line at the Fan river It is now evident
was only feint, while japanese col.
emns were being worked around to get
N possession TO fall upon the Russian
rear and yesterday the blow was
struck, a dispatch 10 the Associated
Press from SantOupu bringing TO st.
Petersburg the FIRST word that a bat
We was In progress north Of Tie pass.
That Gen kuropatkin was taken by
surprise Is a fair inference from the
manner IN which Tuesday night he
abandoned the Fan river positions,
leaving so hurrlediy that he again was
ooIlged TO burn his stores to prevent
Mem nom falling into the hands OF
lhe Japanese II Is evident that the
Japanese struck In from west Of the
LAO river
The pass is practically the gate where
ihe mountains and Lao river meet, and
u commands the whole country north
ward With the Japanese In behind
lhe russian army at Tie pass, Gen,
Ion, fa Ill
ilaL once the Japanese are across
as rear In force, Kuropatkin would
nave to cut his way out or surrender.
KURoPATKTN TO CZAR.
81 Petersburg, March 16-The fol-
loving dispatch has been received by
EMPEROR Nicholas from Kuropatkin,
GATED March IS.
me troops are traverslng Tie pass
good order | have inspected the
aVulleenlh division of infantry The
msil seemed In good spirits.
~, w TO The time OF my departure from
az pass hghtlng had not commenced.
Durlhg my progress northward
sah many troops and trains In good
vluet, ! also inspected the regiments
s ,,yennly trom Russia who presented an
NH'Nt appearance
a telegram from the communicating
vl,tl dated March IA said:
l.. received no further reports OF fight
as ai,er the repulse OF the japanese
me Fan river
individual soldiers and bodies OF men
seialated from their units have been
n .pg their commands during the
Esllous Two days, The trains service
bod paftly restored to order, the troops
pso peen .proyisioned again aud are
frdy for fighting"
ci,le commander-ln-ch concluded
h saying he had not received exact
a1Ps,w OF the number Of Killed, wound
ins "nu missing or Of the losses in ar
JAPANESE IN HOT PURSUIT.
% Vnlcaeo March ia special cable
NY NY Dally News from Toxic. says.
a,e pass which was held BY about A
no. OF Russian troops, is now m
sslIlo sA, OF the Japanese. After a
"A 81 resistance the Russians evacuat-
NJ" nllanight the strong positions they
Ia t M prepared months ago, setting Are
hr, ~ rssuWay station and other build
ocen. ne Japanese troops, which hAI
n tp'eu finpoo and East Fushun. ara
Ma pursuit OF the retreatlng Anisco.
I'VE along the Klrin road.