Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-09
SAID RUSSIANS
WILL GET OUT
According to Reports They
Will Retreat from
Mukden,
ARE BURNING THEIR STORES
Said That Left Is Successful But
Right is Panic Rumored
That 100000 Japs Are Between
Right Wing and the Main Body.

Niuchwang, March 5.-According to
the latest reports received here the
Russians are burning Mukden station
and their stores preparatory to re-
treat. There are persistent reports
that the Russian left has been sue
cessful but that their right Is panic
stricken.
General Oku's Headquarters In the
Field, March 6.--Late Friday thI Jap
anese occupied the second line of the
Russian right defenses, two miles
northward.
Their line was taken Saturday morn
ing also on the west bank of the Hun
river, four miles north of Ghangtan.
| This completely turned the Russian
right flank The Japanese fire CON-
pletely demoralized the Russians, who
retreated in disorder Pursuit was
continued during the night The Rus
SLAMS are still retiring and General
Okus army is advancing rapidly.
General Kuroki's Headquarters In
the Field, March 5.-The japanese
have gained a signal victory beyond
the Hun river, defeating in detail two
divisions of the Russian Sixteenth
corps, recently arrived from Europe,
with great slaughter and capturing
huge quantities of ammunition. The
Russians still hold their main line or
! defenses.
The Russians, fighting stubbornly
| between midnight and day break,
made four attacks in heavy forces
against the contingent Of Japanese
which gained their first line in front
of Waitao mountain Thursday night.
| The Japanese maintained their foot
hold and repulsed the Russian attacks.
| inflicting heavy losses on the Rus
slams. The Japanese held the ground
| two nights and one day In weather
| below freezing. The morale OF the
Japanese troops is splendid
Berlin, March 5.-A dispatch to the
Tageblatt from ST. Petersburg says:
General Kuropatkin, in telegram
which arrived here at o'clock last
evening, said 100000 Japanese had
broken through the Russian left wing
and that it was cut off from the re-
| mainder Of the army"
At 10 o'clock came another dispatch
from General Kuropatkin which read:
"The Japanese are marching on
Mukden. My position is extremely
dangerous"
| In government circles here there is
conviction that General Kuropatkin
] has been fully beaten; that part OF
his army has been dispersed, and that
the railroad north OF Mukden will
probably be cut
Niuchwang, March ARRIVALS
from the Mukden road report that the
Japanese are enveloping the city, and
that its fall Is imminent. A strong
force is moving southeast from Faku-
men. General Nogi is advancing north
along the Lao river.
| The Japanese on Friday cut off q
Russian division, four sotnias of Cos
sacks and twenty-six guns, endeayor-
ing to regain Mukden. The Russians
were routed and they retreated to-
ward Tie pass, abandoning their
, wounded.
The Japanese raid on Sinmintin
drew reinforcements from the Russian
stations on the Mukden trial to the
city, which is threatened, and the out
posts had been recalled to strengthen
| its defense. At 10 o'clock Saturday
morning a Russian division encounter
ed Japanese scouts near Laopien,
twelve miles from Mukden..
The Russians slowly advanced two
miles over a scrub covered plain.
They then encountered an increasing
force of japanese advancing in the
face of a drivig dust storm. At close
| range thirty guns began discharging
shrapnel at the Russians, who, becom-
ing demoralized, were ordered to re.
tire to Tie pass. The Russian retreat,
which began at 5 o'clock on the even
ing developed into rout. The wound
ed were left on the field. The Japan
csc were not in sufficient force to
envelope the Russians and a running
fight toward the north followed.
The Russians, it is reported, lost
five officers and 200 men killed. The
Japanese loss is unknown.