The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-22
NOW FOR HARDIN
.0YAMA SETS DATE FOR EN-
TERING THE CITY.

,Fakoman Has Been Taken-Rear-
Guard Fighting Japanese Near
Kaiyuan-Rus wreck
Railroad o other News.
ST. Petersburg, March 19.-The-
reports Of the retiring commanders
in-chief and the new commander in
Manchufia, which were Issued here
yesterday, while relieving the i'm
mediate fear Of the Russian people
that the Manchurian army is al,
ready cut off and confirming in
formation already received that the
retirement is in full progress, throw
no further light on the condition of
the losses of the army, and contain
no disquieting information,
n The city Of Fakoman, which is
Well in the Russian rear, has been
seized by, forces given out as Chin
ese bandits, but which may be a
vanguard of Japanese regulars.
From Fakoman one road leads to
Kaiy uan, about - miles north of
Tie Pass, and the great Chinese
road runs northward, paralleling
the railroad and offering to force
there the alternative of striking the.
Russian line or pushing on toward
the Sungari river along the high.
way, which is better, than the road
over which General Linievitch will
have to retreat. The new command
.er will need all the strategic quail
ties of Kuropatkin to effect the
Withdrawal in safety.
How far or how rapidly Field
Marshal Oyama will be able to con.
tinue pursuit remains to be seen,
but the Chinese at Harbin expect
him there April 10, and if this
opinion proves to be founded on q
japanese proclamation, many per-
sons here, remembering the fulfill
ment of Oyama's assurances regard
ing the occupation Of Mukden,
March 10, will be inclined to name
three weeks as the limit.
The lapse of full week since the
beginning OF the retreat from Muk-
den finds Russia in almost complete
ignorance of the details as to the
effect of that reverse. Kuropatkin,
before relinquishing his baton pro-
fessed himself unable to estimate
losses, and no dispatches referring
to the number of prisoners have
been allowed to sift through the
strict censorship. The public SIM
ply knows that the list of killed,
wounded and prisoners is very
great, and is prepared to believe
them enormous, though one Rus.
sian correspondent expresses the
belief that they will not exceed 80,-
600, all told. The full story of the
awful retreat from Mukden to Tie
Pass also remains to be told. Later
reports received confirm the first
statement, that the bulk of the
armies retired in good order, the
momentary panics affecting only
the soldiers who were crowded
among the transports in charge of
undisciplined officers and fleeing
civilians, causing the loss, however,
of a great amount of supplies and a
number of cannon which otherwise
they would have been able to bring
off.
St. Petersburg, March IA dis
patch from Changtufu reports that
General Kuropatkin left there to.
night for ST. Petersburg.
Toxic, March 17.-The Japanese
are still hammeripg away at the re-
treating Russian army and the los.
ses of the enemy are declared at im'
perial headquarters to be simply
enormous. Marshal Oyarna's victo-
oious troops, flushed with success
and determined that not a single
| Russian shall reach Harbin, are
I,eontinually attacking the Russians
from front and rear and from both
hanks ard are given the terror
stricken hordes absolutely no rest
"A number of reports were receiv'
cd last night and all characterized
the Russian retreat as "panic-strick.
en-" It is believed here that Oya'
ma is preparing another trap fol
the enemy, and, when it is sprung
the remnants of Kuropatkin's chat
tered forces will be found caught IL
| Its jaws.
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