The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13

lOhlO, Mdrcn 12.-fleld Mdfsndi
Oyama's official estimate of the jap
anese losses in the recent battle places
the number at 1900. The Japanese
captured a retreating column Of Rus
slams at the Pu River on Saturday.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 12.-
General KurOpatkin's dispatch, an
nouncing that 1890 officers and 1891
men are missing from roll call, IS
taken to include only the killed and
prisoners, the Commander-in-chi
adding: THE wounded have been sent
north" 1t is believed the Russian
losses will aggregate 100000 men.
While General Kuropatkin appar-
emily has succeeded in saving more of
his artillery than seemed possible, his
losses in men, ammunition and COM
missariat supplies in the battle of Muk-
den are far greater than earlier reports
indicated and even that portion of his
army which succeeded in extricating
itself from the positions around Muk-
den is still in serious danger. The
japanese generals realizing that with
a little more speed they could have in
h.cted a crushing defeat on the Rus
sian army after the battle of Liaoyang,
determined not to allow again an OPP
portunity to pass and are following
after the defeated and sorely tried Rus
sian forces. While a small portion of
Kuropatkins army has reached Tie
Pass, the greater part of those who
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still struggling onward, being at last
accounts between twelve and sixteen
miles from their goal, with the Japa-
nese harassing them from all sides.
Even should the remnant of the army
reach Tie Pass it is hardly possible for
it to make stand there against the
overwhelming force opposing 1T, es-
pecially as the Russians must be worn
out and weakened by the loss of men,
guns and ammunition.
Ii is more likely that General Kuro-
patkin will fall back to Harbin with
what he can save and wait there for
the reinforcements that st. Petersburg
has already promised him. A possible
obstacle to the plan is General Kawa-
Inura s army, which has not yet been
located and which may also be heading
for the northern capital
General Kuropatkin admits that 1190
ing 70 roll calls This is rather vague
II may or may not include the thous-
ands of wounded who have been sent
north. and again it may not include
the losses suffered by the third army
with which the commander in chief
was not in communication for some
time The figures given by the Japa-
nese war office appear more reason
q able namely, 10000 prisoners, $500
dead left on the. field and 10000 killed
or wounded, the latter figure, of course,
including the dead found by the Japa-
pese The Russian losses, therefore,
total about 130 600 men-more than one
third of the whole army.
The fact that the Japanese report
the capture of only sixty guns indicates
that Kuropatkin, at the last moment,
succeeded in sending a considerable
portion of his artillery northward on
the railway.
The Japanese losses up to this morn
ing were reported as II, 1,222, not includ-
ing the army which pushed north be-
tween Mukden and Fushun-
TOXIC. March IL, Z .. n.-The fol-
lowing report was received to-day from
Field Marshal Oyama:
..The number of prisoners. the spoils
and the enemys estimated casualties
against all our forces in the direction
of the Shakhe follow, but the number
of prisoners, guns ana spoils are IN
creasing momentarily:
s'PRISONERS-More than 10000. in
cludine General Nakhimoff:
.aKILLED AND WOUNDED-Esti-
mated at 10000.
"ENEMY'S DEAD-Left on the field,
&c, 800;
FLAGS. two;
"GJJNS-About sixty; rifles $4,000;
1H0. ShaIIS 900 6fl0.
small arms ammunition. 25.000.000
rounds;
"C,ereals-Fifteen thousand koku
(about 75 900 bushels);
"Fodder-F'ifty-f thousand koku:
Light railway outfit. forty-fiv
miles;
.sHorses-Two thousand;
''Maps-Twenty-th three cart loads:
"s6lothing and Accoutrements-On
thousand cart loads:
.'Bread-One million rations:
"Fuel-Seventy thousand tons:
"Hay-Sixty tons.
.sTools. tents. bullocks. telegraph
wire and poles. timber, beds. stoves and
numerous other property.
mo reports have been received
from our forces in the direction of
Singking.'
The battle is officially designated al
the battle of Mukden.
CONTINUING THE PURSUIT.
The pursuit of the Russian armies
continues and a resumption of heavy
fighting in the vicinity of Tie Pass is
expected Tie Pass is naturally strong
position and it has been extensively
fortified 1t is believed that the Rus
slams will rally there and endeavor to
check the Japanese, who are raridly
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