The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-03-10
FATE OF RUSS l
ARMY IN BALANCE !
DEPENDS UPON RESULT Or
FIGHTING IN OUTSKIRTS OF
MUkDEN.
JAPANESE MAKE HEAVY GAINS
oYAMA STEADILY TIGHTENING
GREAT GORDON OF MEN
AND STEEL.
JAPANESE MAKE HEAVY GAINS
THE CARNAGE is TERRIBLE
RUSSIAN LOSSES CONCEDED tn
BE ENoRMous-JAPs ALSO
LOSE HEAVILY.

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LOSE HEAVILY.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE fate
OF Gen. Kuropatkin and his army a
hangs in the balance, depending on Is
the result of the fighting almost in the n
outskirts of Mulden. According to H
latest reports this morning the fight M
ing went we'll for the Russians, who n
beat back the wave that threatened to r
=, roll over Mukden as it had over the NJ
Notifications of Port Arthur; but moth. n
ing is known as to what is going on be.
yond the line of breakers, whether 4
part of Gen. Nogi's force is in full
career for Tie pass or whether the
i Japanese have staked all in cast
against Mukden. The imminence of
the peril on the west wing has with.
drawn attention from the operations
on the center and left, where the fight
ing has been
Extremely Heavy,
and on the left especially where the
| Japanese gains are sufficiently great
I to cause apprehension to themselves.
| A feature of all accounts of the fight
ing reaching st. Petersburg is the EN-.
phasis laid on the awful carnage.
There is reference after reference to
dead piled high on the ground over
which the attack was delivered, strew-
ing breastworks, almost hiding abatis
from sight and even being used by the
T,no ;otr
ments. The Russian losses on both
/, tanks are conceded to be enormous,
but it is claimed that defenders of the
center suffered comparatively little by
the Japanese bombardment and beat
, ing off the Japanese attack.
Drowned by Roar Of Battle.
| Mukden, March 1.-THE rumble OF
carts in the streets of Mukden is
| drowned by the roar of battle which
is raging northwest, west and south
west of the city a few miles away,
between Gen. Nogi's Port Arthur vet
( Grams and the hastily assembled army
interposed by Gen. Kuropatllin to de-
! fend the city and railroads. The
i stroke came like lightning out of
| clear sky. 1t is reported that the sit
uation has somewhat improved, but it
still is extremely critical. 1t is report
! ed that the Japanese have been thrown
back in the district of Lunfanshan and
are retiring along the Sinmintin road;
! but heavy fighting is continuing there.
| The Japanese vanguard posts are
about six miles west of Mukden, where
| the
Bursting Of Shrapnei
! is plainly visible. A fight also is rag
ing at Suchudsiapu and Lanshanpu,
| which on Saturday were captured by
the Japanese after a terrific combat,
the villages several times changing
hands.
The Japanese on Friday advanced
! on the Russian position at Shallhe vii
/ lage, but were beaten off. Twice they
attacked Poutiloff, but both attacks
were repulsed. At Oubenepusa Jap
anese guard of over twenty battalions
made thirteen attacks the night of
March and the morning of March 4,
storming the redoubts most furiously.
4 All these attacks were repulsed with
heavy loss. The ground in front of
the redoubts was fairly strewn with
Heaps Of Japanese Corpses.
The Japanese and Russian artillery
are engaged in the heaviest duel of
the war. Russian mortars are fired at
the Shakhe bridge and japanese IL
inch guns are in full play, but the
Russian Notifications, on which the
Russians have been working all win
ter, offer fairly secure protection for
their defenders.
There is little news of Gen. Kuro.
patkin's operations on the extreme
east of the line. The Russians are
holding their ground and even advanc-
ing, but it is reported that japanese
cavalry division with twelve quick
fire guns is sweeping far to the east.
ward on rapid turning movement.
The carnage at the center and OH
both tanks has been enormous The
japanese at many places simply
Threw Away Their Lives.
beating against the Russians power.
full Notifications in attacks which, in
the center, apparently were intended
chiefly as demonstration tn cover
the driving home of Gen. Nogf's blow.
| 1t is believed now that the operation
to the eastward was in part in the ma
ture OF feint. with the design to
draw reinforcements thither. If this
was the design it was successful Gen.
kuropatkin having sent the First
corps to the assistance of Gen. Line.
witch.
As the result of the weeks opera.
lions the Russian right IS benz sharply
backward instead of paraAeazg the
Shakhe river, and now runs northwest
and southeast. passing eight miles
from Mullden, covering and crossing 4