The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

 HH5ARA oHH9APA'EsE FollOY. Ing Up Advantage
 Aver Kuropatkin. ANOTHER BIG MOVEMENT
Tie Pass Likely to Prove the
 Last Stand.
Latest Estimate of Casualties Show That Russian Losses Will Prob ably Reach Enormous Ag-
 gregate of 155, ,000.

The Russian general staff reports that. the main body has already com pleted its retreat and the rear guard are falling back slowly What either the main body" or the rear guard" consists of has not been defin- itely fixed, but from the dispatches from the Associated Press correspond ents with the Japanese and Russians, the two combined must be but a small portion of the army which General Kuropatkin had gathered along the banks of the Shakhe and Hun rivers.
 And yet those who have reached Tie Pass. worn out from days of fighting the Japanese, 1t is said. having already started another turning movement which will force the Russians on to the plains north of Tie Pass where, in their disorganized state, they would be easy prey for the victory flushed soldiers of the Mikado.
 The men who escaped are strength ening Tie Pass, but 1t Is hardly possible that the Pass can be held in the face of the overwhelming forces opposed to the Russians and it is not likely that Oyama will rest satisfied with his vic- tory at Mukden as he did after Liao- yang. There will be no uneasiness as to food supply as long as communica- tions are maintained to the northward. as large bands of cattle roam the plains under Cossack~herders. and every sta- tion on the railway is a huge commits ariat department. The Russian soldier Is always we'll fed. the soup kitchens on wheels always Keeping in touch with the men.
 The Enormous Losses.
 s As to the losses General Kuropatkin now admits That 5o.ooo wounded were carried off the field. This, with the 26.500 dead left on the field and the 10000 prisoners and the wounded left in the hospitals, comes somewhat near CT the latest Japanese estimate that the total Russian losses were 155,oO0.
 At this rate Kuropatkin cannot have more than 100000 effective fighting men with him.
 The army of General Linevitch seems to have made the best retreat, but this no doubt was due to the stubborn fight made by General Rennenkampff on his extreme left and the equally fierce re- sistance of General Kaulbars on the right. the latter general losing 2s,oOo men. Neither the army of Kaulbars nor of Rennenkampff has yet been &C., counted for by the dispatches. After his defeat around the western tombs Kaulbars finding his retreat directly northward cut off. made a detour to the east, where he was still fighting at last accounts
 Rennenkampff must also be in the hills to the eastward as 1t took the As sociated Press courier tbree days to reach Tie Pass The Japanese report the capture of twenty-four more guns. sixty-six in all. a rather small number considering the decisive defeat and the number of men captured. The Japa- nese losses have been remarkably light in view of the length and severity of the fighting.
 The Associated Press correspondent with General Kuroki's army tells how the battle of Mukden was won. The Russian general was deceived as to where the blow was to be struck and after massing his forces on the Japa- nese right, found when too late that his right was the objective of the Japanese