The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-09
TERRIFIC CONFLICT
Greatest Battle of War Rag
ingin Manchuria'
SLAVS IN DIRE STRAITS
kurooatk;n's Forces are Being Literal
lv crt to Pieces by Furious on
s,auaht of 100000 Victorious
Japanese.

dispatch to The Tageblatt (Ber-
lin, from st. Petersburg says:
General Kuropatkin, in a telegram
which arrived here at Z O'CLOCK Satur'
day evening. said 100000 japanese had
broken through the Russian LETT 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 reac:
"The Japanese are marching on
Mnkden. My position is extremely
dangerous"
In government circles at Berlin there
is conviction that Kuropatkln mas
been fully beaten. that part OF MS
army has been dispersed and that Inc
railroad north of Mukden will PROB
ably be cut.
Reports from Japanese sources
claim that the Russian right nanA'
southwest to south of Mukden, and
continuing to the railway, has been
completely turned by the Japanese
forces under the immediate command
of General Oku. To the eastward
General Kuroki is directing a vlgor'
Gus attack with heavy artillery against
strongly fortified Russian positions.
General Kuropatkin is said to be con-
centrating a strong force in front OF
Generals Kuroki and Nogi. 1t still
seems probable that General Kuropat.
kin will find 1T difficult to retire to
Tie Pass, which appears to be a nec-
essary move. st. Petersburg has
word that affairs latterly have taken
a turn for the Russian arms AID the
tactics of Field Marshal Oyama in
sacrificing many Of his soldiers in
an attack on impregnable positions
on the center as a mere diversion,
while the greatest blows were being
struck on the flanks, Is criticised by
Russian military officers. The critics
also point to the attenuation OF the
Japanese line as an element OF peril
for Oyama and Of hopes for Kuropat-
1,;- hnth 1iHoS hQvS
been heavy, but estimates are lack
ing.
The Japanese, on Friday. advanced
on the Russian position at Shakhe vii.
lage, but were beaten off. Twice they
attacked Pourilof Hill, but both at
tacks were repulsed. At Oubenepusa,
Japanese guard of over twenty BAT
talions made thirteen attacks the
night of March and the morning Of
March 4, storming the redoubts most
furiously. All these attacks were re-.
pulsed with heavy loss. The ground
in front of the redoubts was strewn
with Japanese corpses. The Japahcse
and Russian artillery are engaged in
the heaviest duel Of the war. Russian
mortars are fred at the Shakne
bridge. and the Japanese ?1-lncn guns
are in full play, but the Russian 1or'
tifcations, on which the Russians mad
been working all winter, offer a fairly
secure protection Of their defenders.
There is little news Of General Kuro-
patkins operations on the extreme
east Of the line. The Russians are
holdin~ cir ground and even advanc'
ing but = is reported that the Japan
ese cavalry division, with twelve quick
firing guns, is sweeping far to the east
ward on a rapid turning movement
The carnage at the center and on
both fanks has been enormous. The
Japanese at many places simply threw
away their lives beating against the
Russians powerful Notifications in at
tacks, which in the center apparently
were intended chiefly as a demonstra-
tiou to cover the driving home OF Gen.
eral Nosi's blow.