Show I CHINESE APPALLED Pen Picture of Mukden Before Its Capture Tie Pass Manchuria Friday March 10 1130 a m Just before sundown Thursday the which had been b tm hanging like a pall over oyer the bat battlefield battlefield lifted lined and the artillery imme immediately Immediately reopened fire the bombardment having died down to lo almost nothing during the day both sides of ot the tired armies having haYing rested while the weird lasted although the Japan Japanese ese eec evidently took advantage of the ob obscurity obscurity obscurity to improve their positions A strange uncanny stillness prevailed in the city of Mukden during the storm All AU noise was hushed the streets were empty and many shops were closed The Chinese were appalled by b the proximity proximity proxImity of ot the artillery fire and the Terri tern Terrifying gloom goom which seemed to forebode the coming of evil General Kuropatkin had held all his positions for tor two days da s actually push pushIng pushIng Ing lag back the Japanese north of the im imperial imperIal penal tombs which were no longer reached by b the shells The sacred ground remained guarded against vandalism by b a few Russian sentries tn Thursday evening General Genera made a counterattack on en the Japanese and took three ma machine machine machine chine guns He then retired from his strong position at and fell fel back making a stand in the hills sev several several severa eral era miles south of Fushun Immediately south of Mukden the Japanese reached the head of the bridge over the Hun river The Japanese left is still stin reported to tobe tobe tobe be working north and the sound of ar artillery artillery artillery tillery fire is increasing In that diree direction direction tion The position of the Russian army arm a at atI I nightfall Thursday seemed good with critical fighting west of the railroad between Mukden and Tie pass imminent neat nent nen t Attacked Superior Numbers Washington March 11 The Japan Japanese ese eec e C legation has received the following cablegram from Tokio I Reports received on the night of March l 10 In the direction of Sing king our detachment is now attacking su superior perlor numbers who hold heights In the north of Fushun In the direction of we expelled enemy to the east and north of Mukden Since noon of ot the a large number of the enemy worn out and in lii complete disorder is retiring northward along the district between Mukden road and md the railway and swarming In the district extend extending extending extendIng ing from the neighborhood of ot Mukden to seven miles north of or Muk Mukden Mukden den while our Infantry and artillery was concentrating fire upon that en enemy enemy enemy emy until nightfall night U Another detach detachment detachment detachment ment reached Puho thirteen miles north of Mukden on the evening of the and is inflicting considerable damage upon enemy |