New-York tribune., 1905-01-02

TO point north oukden. The japanese
pressed across these I'm pursuit, and fur
the hampered that but the endurance
! or 0ku's, Nodzu's -uroki's troops was e4-
halsted. The Japhrrnies had been hgnL..
| Ing and marching )urteen days, and res
was absolutely req BY September 3 ths
Russian rearguard, most of its guns anu
ammunition, had crthe Hun, and the PiO
long,tion OF the waa sslIred
Ealy estimates total losses az Llao-
yang varied from TO 10000. OhclahS'
the Rssian easualtte under 1900; those
OF the Japanese, IL, Both attack ana ue-
renee we're so despt according TO all re-
ports rom correspos ut the front. that
there good grOur the belief that the
war Ofces in st. Purg and Toxic mini
nized III extent of tses. There is a sim
liar dlscepancy In 10 the quantity OK
stores an ammunitiotured in the battle.
Both aries were Sin need Of rest, and
| IL was hotlntil Septe2O that definite news
| oL 'aPaIse advancereceived. The inter-
Venihg tim had beenzed by the Russians
10 make gCd their land to build strong
INES ot lut4nchmentthe neighborhood or
mouhoen, Wtch being on the japanese by
| large forces cavalry of the Hun. Oya-
| mas work O. transpo, endorsements and
| supplies IRON New-ChJ was slow, owing to
the neeo OF Changing huge of the railway
ana 10 the lie Of rollinkk. The first Japan
ese traIn a'IVed at lang on October i.
AT that tlmpracticallfhe Japanese troops
| were north the Tai-Ibeir lines extending
! over q trohof about iniIes east and west
OF entail ID their 0sts being In touch
Win the CoSck cavalJparently feeling out
q way Ao5 aeneraI ate, but the Russians
Hustrateo q, such phI5eneral KurOpatkin
| electrified hlarmy or Shar 2 with an an
| houncemehC lat the lians were strong
enough TO Ia the offns and that he would
at once peg an agree campaign. His
forces were In milton October D and
captured Benapudza ohe Japanese right,
almost witnoI struggle
BATT' ON III sHAKHE.
The battle Ghakh, Rj- began ON october
- ABOUT nve lies Drtlof Yentai Station
Genefa4 hurolxin, hos advance doubtless
was ordered hthe npor. had moved his
Iile4M Amy leard ree sections, with
| shaIler iorces' Ter Ger Iinevitch, operat-
| ing we'll eastwl tonttha Japanese line
| OF communicate witlheYalu and to harass
| Japanese retre frorh south bank of the
6n-tse. Ihree Cps aired against General
| IN OA" Mes' VI tLo 1lWs No corps moved on
| the hiliy country stw where General Ku-
rokfs army was tion md two corps, with
! one In reserve, FcherectIv south along
the railway line taeet.eraI Nodzu's centre
army. Haroupaie- co1nded the Russian
| right, Solaieff theentmd StakeIberg the
left General KuatEiirecied operations
| from point betWe thEt and centre The
japanese oH1cla1 tim of the Russian
strength was 2C0C inry, 10000 cavalry
and 9oo guns. Thluns of Marquis Oya-
sumably larger tn ate battle of Lao
| Yang.
Two days Of fight resed in further Rus
| sian gains 10 the ewarGhile the japanese
lett ana centre nelrm. d Marquis Oyama
| decided on a. darin9ve 10 threyy the whole
| weight of General dzuarrnv against the
| Russian centre anrokd General Oku's
| army quickly drov' the2ussfan right. and
| kuropatkin's left, ced a then forced back
Dy huroM from thsitios so recently won,
Il
| force the Russian wa drawn toward the
| centre, and by Octo5 aIthe Russian troops
were on the right of ne Sha or Shakhe-
zen zen nlldes north OF lornlr positions. Every
| foot of the grount ben stubbornlv con-
tested, and there YOUR iavs' more of hard
| fighting to come.
General huropatot oily held his posi-
| tIo4IS Oh tile river nee more attempted to
urn the Tue Oh While thousands of
Woundeu men Werg carried to Moukden
, o4-t 11aA otii, nc le-1 his broken army and
| tLi1uo lueSpeIate on the Japanese CEN
1Ie, capturing tue T1dtng position OF Lone
| Tree Hill. Heavy hut an end To the battle
| on October 20.
Inc losses In TINS and the character Of
lno nshIlS give k among the worlds
| e,0oN i51SOHlehlS Russian troops dis
Pc PIaSe4 no less IAN the Japanese. and
t'e -hCscoSlIe cdsuf ufwere far in excess of
tllose VI Ihelr opp owing to many at
1eHlpts 10 regain Aund. Hand to hand
i1eltlls was IIequhd the trenches were
LtCePeu VIII 9ea1: 1:o ding to Japanese off,
I RS ddOV'oOv IN bodies were found
| 81 Out-eu' OVV pIls7Vere taken and forty
three guns were cal The totaI RnSsisD
| losses, st. Petersburt+a5 r,are Ak 500 men
out II seems d Is pFopait the japanese esti-
| quis Oyama placed hi 90 sraItiaa ar TX $40
| but the Japanese maSava yoIrjTo;za5 +haI,.
losses. AT least eleVbs were cantured nv
the Russians.
AO->ihIAHf FLADEPRADATION.
| ng passage OF thAaneIles in July by
/ HuSsIan auxiliary 6 which afterward
I mounted guns and stoIDd seized r,ercbant.
49, a. 80, ~ tIe TNeu sea a storm of protest
/ - - olAta4n ana hints of war. Rus
| go 80, WINE hot adIhlthe British govern
| ments contention regt the status oF IN.
! Black Sea vessels. gralba demand for tht
| release of the captured,-,arS rrba LCniebr
! Commanders sinking tbe seizure Of 3h,
! Arabia, which carried American cargo
! brought from Great E and the ITnite,
| States request for a ION of the Russial
list OF contrahand. Thhy,as+ u-ae propta,
about the middle of Seber Russia admit
ting the contention that NOT destined fo1
military use should be eN f,-1n, SeizI1ra ON
placing the burden of prn c,se of tbe aaten
tion Of such articles upoE C,ntor Gnotha
question which promised t4ofv,ida raacbjn,
consequences was the disr5 r Chinese ner
trality by both beIligerentI1 a. +ba 6a
ginning of the war had o. yiadt,as &c f-on
Doth Russia and Japan to rarthe nentra1it,
on11oinn or 0nina; Several minor ,aes by Russii
Gulninated in the seizure byNJapanese Of ,
Hussian fa destroyer which ha ZEN refuge a
Che-Foo after the battle ofrust 10 Tn
ease Ease is still unsettled JapaHving refuse,
Chlnas demand for the ves restorati
Grave trouble was nenaced bs PI'ssja,, ~,
lection to the disarminy of sI|o1d a,6
Russ1an destroyer at Shanghai Cbi-,aS. g. f
1clals showing vaciIIatio1 beinIassS,eec o-
the sbIns 5 "a 10 enter tlort and seiz
tne snlpS' and the question vdecJdad afta
long delay by orders from ST EsbIIrer 49, ~
which the two vessels were dintIo5 ., o''ue
gust 80. The Russian conver,c,,Iie,,. oiI 1 oAu
badly In need of repairs ente,<a,o i]se
on September IL aud few d. '.rl L rsailciSc 5s
limits. Paioleu I'm the town
Inese were international voc o,,,,-.o
W ~ttI ~ ti1e tempest raised by theack of n mar
0a the Baltic squadron on the fIebjI, . e. -
me : ne Russian warships-seven ttIaships on
tUur cruisers with destroyers, tedo boats an
~, rahHSports-sailed from Lbau tbe Far Fa -.
~ IN Vctober III. The torpedo Sjon nrecede
Of of 6ctaT neaXier yessels which early the mornin
81 81 octoper while some thf' miles ont =
@ Cieli course. fell in with the : Of ira HIar
~ ol the logger Bank Accordito the 6Sba,
men reports, the Russians tuh searcbiioht
two mem m, ana opened fire withdrawing KILN