The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-09
RUSSIAN RETREAT.
i1Sulropatkin sSsithdraav%s' l From i
Shake, Beating off Jap-
a1,ese Pursuit
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aa53 anese Pursuit.
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M NfI4E. i;srei kN.. a
ssas,iiI3 lnEthe hands of the = nssinns. hut
IL. iron, the line of Shnkfe River
I. III, NM IN, rress The japanese 2 rs
~ i; strong attack mort of ~ uisne.'
N ,ey% occupied IA right-ansied l9osl
M, ,r.9 Via 4 parallel With tie r:stiroiiu
81 ,,t,ae and half s,silcs :s.','l
], M s,a,e 4 facing Srort i,#ard three ' ,,
mort i, oc the imperial to;rss- ne ne ~,
slams have retired sonewn s8ii WI =
An. t,cc,iTsd yesterday in the
frs..,er of Tatchekino but are i''af ~ -, 8
4 q rnr;r Ste nd i;ins the force here, a ne
& si,sssa,ls also are holding the Hiliae y
II. & t,,.r,,,n whic, at nightfall MAS parry
IN he hands OF Russians ana party ~, y
,tase Of che Japanese At \ Q clochi t .1NF
mo, he E,nssians sneceedea III
Il cop,liete ssseAson of the village WIZ. 1
is $of great irtesical ~.
VI ,ha sful8 accu,nplisfn,e OF WITH VIII
# drawai. gl s% s85 @ III
q 53 Losses Enormous.
Nj attack on lie Pc sition At SMs'a !. ~.
,..ssS. nf he rslilro.ds, has begun at Inns TINS
III, d, ,lests hold the heights 1--we
ss a; l... vest Of Husllatai. though Rnsss,''
~ !, IN, III his region yesterday drove u
X n,,iiwinr parties. Ii is also reported INA.
III ferfs Il a japanese detachment easl y u,
y inc. railroad in he sar1le 4 Ge sloln'
}.reI.sraphc conimuaicat ton NJ #iiaro o..
xs., les troyed by the Japanese earl ,s
norni,g but has since been res y ~
$I, an Tuesday captured 5ooSprison-
~ .l,t, ;lppear 10 be almost #eS hnustcu.
si5 ,,rhnIs losses. on both sides have been
sij8 ,,nrpYfn,s Il The casualties on thegRusslnn
I III 4 flank on 'Tuesd " cxceed WV.
III tri,e burning Of commissioned Wa warehouses; uses
i ana sthe destruction of supplies sou 1s y
s Mu kslen which hus sbcen IN pfesIe = 50,
,a,aj sdays,8is said by Russian Of flceis V
az complete Everything TIA couiu i ho
55 Ee carried away vas "a stroyedf.. 3 y
IL Ms d1y 3thn situation Is more tense.;5.A a
3l rirJcfcannoi,hding is insprogrcss and the
$j rect Is or Mulsten rumble as WITH lo,oUo
$8lrnnis. !, '.
o. A. MA heavy cannollndllng IS ! y 7 4
8progrets northwest Of this cltY,3.ca'lssii !
F5S the walls ofIhouses here to tremble An
y engagement is iniprogressE at the imperial
tombs.
The Retirement. s
SSs Z; a. M -The& Russian3iarmy is leaving
VIZ p,,sftions southland ssouthcastl Of Aiukden.
&5Iirhe sky& & lighted witli8the brilliant glare
als M burnings warehouses, where TONS OF
ii8l cninnissal'y supplies have been given 70
# tho flames. The retirement Is being q q + i
fectedA imperfect order. nc RUSSIANS
ri5Sa ting toff ATTACKS of pursuing Japanese.
observation-disclosures wal was iliecossitated by q
Saass} heavy concentration of Japanese west
S35 and northwest off, N1uEder Sw where they
Ss have transferred ~ largnF share OF forces
Il ofi tho southern3 front 70 lcinforfe the
original striking force Of icncr,l Nogi.
The Russial Still hol{d5ther position pos =
5i Al Madyipu.s where IA strong attack r,
cxniife al at anyf 5flent. a division q.
" ranesc trcopas.s has appeared north ot
Aiiikarll Oil therteia DTS west OF liushatnt
ssintt0n. II
Il Except for fights att ushuntun sana
S Tatchekfao Tuesday WAS duet compared
with the fighting on he previous Gays.
Z THE Japanese evidently were completing
\ their transfer of troops.
THE Japanese arrangement for FURNISH
8 Ing ammunition along tile enormous irons
as5s is acknowledged by Russian officers to
II be admirable "a
Evacuated Positions.
1880 "a. NJ The ri lssia,n army is evacu-
ating its positions aoolutti, Of Mukdcn.
AZ rho Japanese last night attacked the
Russ'in positions. north l.pf tNlusden and
forced the Russians to fall bhcls a little. e
The Japanese arc concentrating the
$ss This may 10 ms tldiis;t dispatch out Of
a1ukden,t rs tile telegraph line is in dan
$sH ser of being DESTROYED, Il The battleSis IN
n q full progress
Record Of a Day.
MS Tuesday, Marcht7--11 r. The chic
objects of the bloody, titanic combat Yves
@ OF Mulsdcn to-day were the villages o
NJ IIshuntun, seven miles west OF Mukdnl
3 station ana Tatchekiao, where the nc
w suItsIpraciically5 were a draw. but n fur
@f thc.s turning movement ns developed.
@ The panese are extending their force
G stiff further toward Tie Pass. Al daw
MI to-day. after a night broken by iraesr
I lar mnslsrtrS fire and rannonadng, III
fight began at Ishnntilp and Tatoheliiac
&Es both Of which are lnrgei villdges nestin
A In groves Of tamarindS. now biire q
!Rif4 Leaves.
t} Thrfhouses are constructed with tho
wills and the villages are surrounded y
5!s high clay ramparts. converting them I'M
H3 Qualifications imperylous 10 rifle bullet
lSi IL WAS most difficult 10 approach thef
s villages, ana each house had to ha take
sEnsiy by hand-tp-hand eombats
The Russians who held llshDntnn for
5 night We're forced n Withdraw AT daw
H The next day by a fearful fire Of sliral
& rel and Shimose shells, under which ii
lF5sB village seethed as il in cauldron.
isnt reinforced hi hrlgades of rifIcmt
l. q . q I - II L.