Show RUSSIAN ARMY STANDS AT BAY Order Restored Out of Chaos at Tie Pass Tass JAPS MOVING CAUTIOUSLY DETAILS OF GREAT BATTLE ARE STILL LACKING Paris ParIL March 15 The corres corree pendent at St Petersburg of the theP P IUt tit says nays S that Gen Geil Gent t eral raI resignation hUt has huhn hn accepted and that Grand Grund Duke Puke Nicholas has bus busI I n to U ke chief command in Manchuria DELAY in iii pressing his pursuit BY B of defeated and demoralized demoralIzed demoralIzed army to Tie pass pasc Field Mar Marf f hU hal Oyama has afforded General Kuro 1 I itkin time Ume to sort out the disorganized units mit of his command and restore his 1 fi r es s to at least lease a semblance of order 5 u c f tr as known there is no consider i force of Japanese nearer Tie pass titan than six ix or eight miles mUes but in Russian carters there is itS i a feeling of nion that some turning movement of If f which there is no definite lion tiri is in progress From Japanese F 1 it is Ie reported that many straggling gling parties parte of Russians cut off of from commands in the retreat from Mukden are surrendering upon the ap 3 c arance arale of Japanese troops troop Th council of war summoned by byl l Nicholas Nichola is ie reported to have yesterday that the war must 1 t forward The U of means mens however Is til iid nd to have reached no solution the being bing complicated by the re j 1 decision of French capitalists Idt to negotiate IH the loan recently of oft off t f rod by St St Petersburg The The probability as a regarded in St Pe Fe Pet t seems sms to be that when General Generl has completed complete the task of j organizing r what is left lef of his army lip 1 w will ill i be permitted to return to Rus Hus Rusa n Fla a i and that the command in iii Man Ian huria will wH be entrusted to General fr whose war Avar apprenticeship under General nas a served erve Generl vho 10 has been regarded as the foremost i 1 Hu as scientific soldiers It I is however that tat the command vill i ill go to Grand Duke Duk Nicholas Nichola Nich Nichi i 1 ORDER RESTORED Defeated Russian Russi n Army Again Fac Facing Facing Facing ing the Enemy I rip Tir ri Pase p Pa March 14 HAs As after aCer the h i it UP of or Liao Yang the advance of the J army against again t the new posit t til ii I of the Russians Rans at Tie ie pass is I v r ry slow Flow The leading columns column are eight ight or ur ten en miles mies southward and in l touCh u h with the Russian van posts but 11 operations at present are not fe te e ei i 1 lous IUS lUi Field Marshal Oyama shows intention of pressing his advant t ie in il an immediate attack atack on onra Tie TieI j I i S x It I is i possible p ble however that a aA aid aiti A j iti id l turning movement of which re 1 pitts itts rt s are ar current is iM in progress In tm h operations the the Japanese have the e advantage of several veral bases a aIl wid id lines lilies of supplies supple to which Is now si Il the road while the theiu iu nu Russian ian army necessarily rny is dependent t a 11 1 Inc ino pie base mid and one line lne of Un t n and therefore may easily be out 11 d Order Out of Chaos f the grand army arm order is being h b br tight l ht out of chaos with remarkable C The plain in front of Tie Tier r rt rk which on March 11 Ii seethed like liken n a I Tir nf t of ant wih with the dense tense and con nines mass mas of transport artillery artier and andt andi t i ops pS corps corp divisions and ad regiments 1 ins mg m scattered stere and parties parte mingled minded min led has been heen cleared deare the reg reorganized stragglers sent ent to th thir ir jr respective commands JA lS have haye taken their assigned post l TI ins 1 and today toi the same soldiers who c C i March 10 became bame a purging disorganized disorganize mass of gray gry at atH att fi H t rw shots from a little detachment or f Japanese Japan e or who even fled fied in panic t l fiig JI indiscriminately In all al directions 1 s they tW ran at the mere baseless b cry cr r f Japanese cavalry are now no gath Tl singing about the camp Imp tires trec with wit wih r t I v courage ready to oppose oppe with wih resistance attack Tie Tiep orn an atack on p Without a Struggle Tt It I IK is il unfair to accuse the entire army of ef f this thi panic General Linevitch en i the Tie pass p with lila his regiment in hi J r F rf ct order with ith music playing and th men singing antI anil scarcely a gl gIr hr r was lost lot in the long difficult rn Tn Other OUter organizations made praiseworthy retreats and es e e pr lally the rear guards of all al the ar U fr who performed their difficult ks steadily and resolutely There IK is 11 much to be said sid also for the panic condition of the troops They fre largely composed of or undisciplined and drivers mingled n en wagon were v ith au the soldiers who for fifteen days frn cr under constant fire fre crowded to toft ft thor in a mass ma whence egress egre was as 1111 ii j Morale Restored It I is I one of the odd facts fact of warfare that the morale of the beaten beten Russian Rusian rl has been ben largely restored while th ti Japanese though Ute time victors ap imp apparently are so broken and have t such heavy hea losses loss that they are lre unable to press pre the advantage Other v IS it is 15 inexplicable why the Japan t have not followed up their victori victorious ous 1 lM pursuit wih with an attack on Tie pass they might have taken the p pit tion ion almost almot without a struggle It I is JI too to late for tor an easy esy success The Te struggle for the possession o or of Mukden cost COlt both bot sides close upon O men mn The Russian loss 10 of of CrTS included Include a a large proportion of ot the ther r commanders and field feld oil of Officers Are Surly AH All Al the newspaper correspondents sith ih ith the exception of three or four have lav left for the north because beaMe there thereSi Js Si here nowhere to live and nothing t ii to eat pat Ripped Hipped Hip by defeat many of I tho th Russian Russia officers are in iii a surly mood nm much of their grudgingly given in information formation is colored wih with Jealousy and the rampant spirit of cabal It I Is however r possible now to give a a gen general genral genera eral era ral view of the battle the connected story emerging out of the confusion in incident to the te evacuation of Mukden and the forced retreat to te Tie pars m Order Was as Canceled On nfl Feb 24 all al was waa wa ready redy for an ant t attack on the westward Various atack por portions portions of ot the army arm had been disposed for br an advance advance on the right flank fank Sud Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly denly in the te evening of ot that tat day the order to advance was cancel cancelled and t a second order was Wa given ghen for tor th t te a trans Continued on on Rage Paa a RUSSIAN ARMY 1 STANDS AT BAY aAY Continued from Page 1 fer for of General Generl first fr Siberian corps and several other oter or organizations organizations to the left lef Hank flank fank Which was being pressed presed heavily by a large force of Japanese From that time forward the Japanese who were well wel informed as to all al the Russian move movements movement merits ments ment began heavy attacks atack along the whole front CronL The Russians generally held their ground grund doing well wel until Feb 28 25 when an unexpected attack devel developed developed developed in 11 the southwest before belore which the te Russian right weakened weaken by the withdrawal of almost two corps yield yielded ed e I Became Badly Mixed By March 1 it became evident that I the Japanese were moving around the Russian right in five heavy hea columns j I jand and it i became imperative to withdraw the thin line lne from the te southwest and form a new one from the bridge across the tle river parallel with wih the rail railway rai railway way way The change of front was accomplished I pushed wih with remarkable celerity but the various organizations became badly The Russians on March 4 occupied I their former formel positions on n the river as far fr as the bridge thence to I on the Hun river and thence parallel with wih the railway six six miles mies dis distant distant tant tant the right resting on the tin tn road The Japanese on March 5 j I beginning to turn tur even this position with wih a n view of cutting off the retreat i the Russian right was extended east eastward eastward eastward ward from fron the road to the thic railway Held Their Ground On Match March 7 t both sides began most vigorous offensive operations the Jap Japanese Japanese ap anese attacking with energy the forces of General which were hold holding holding ing lag the position from as far faras faras faras as the heights east of Mukden station while the Russians under General Gener Gerngross assumed an attack in the tle direction of or and on the northern front of General Generl command beat back all al the attacks atack On the whole the outcome of the fight fighting fighting ing on March llarch 7 was favorable to the Russians who repulsed several attacks on their southern front and assumed the offensive On the left Gen General Generl General eral erl army amy occupying east eastern eastern ern era hill bill hil positions repulsed numerous attacks attack and took several pris prisoners prisoner prisoners oner and several machine guns gns Withdrew From The continued extension however of or the Japanese lines northward and the concentration which their superior superiority ity iy in numbers enabled them to effect against the northern and northwestern fronts rendered advisable a a contraction contraction tion ton of the Russian lines Jnes and with withdrawal withdrawal drwal from the river to positions poi tons on the Hun river was vas determined upon This was in no sense the begin beginning beginning ning of the general retreat and Euro Kuro Kuropatkin and the generals commanding the armies anies were far from regarding the battle buttle as lost The first fIrt army arm to t re retire retire tire tre from the fortified positions east and southeast of Mukden was wa the Third army which fell fel back to post positions similarly fortified in advance on the north bank of the Hun river The burning of abandoned stores pro provisions provisions provisions visions and forage forge disclosed di the Rus Bus Russian Russian Bussian sian retirement and the Japanese fol followed followed followed lowed closely A confusion in orders and retirement in impenetrable dark darkness darkness darkness ness across the country countr were ere responsible responsible responsible sible for failure of some organizations to occupy the positions to which they the had lUd been assigned and a remarkable dust storm stor the following day day made it impossible imposible to verify the alignment and which the Japanese fill rm the breaches breR hes however were lucky enough to find and skilful enough to turn to their ad advantage advantage vantage Shaped Like a s Boot The Russian Rusian positions now formed and the a boot the toe at heel on the Hun river at Fusan about five miles mie wide aM to meet the ap apparent apparent parent danger danger that that the Japanese might plug the top of the boot Kuropatkin sent thither forty battalions from the command of General which were rendered available hy by the shortening of the line lne The Russians began to slowly force the Japanese back at this thio thi critical in turn cal al point but the Japanese were wele reinforced on their extreme right and General Kuropatkin seeing all al ap apparently apparently going goin well veil wel at the other post positions and determining to stake till all 11 on a decisive cisle blow collected the remainder remain er of the strategic ic reserves strengthened by several other units unis and led them personally on March Mach 9 0 to the north front and threw trew them on the tue flank of the Japanese Japan ed who were attacking San Sau I and endeavoring to cut the tile rail railway rai railway I way wa The scale of weight was on the thet t Russian side I Japanese The Japanese then retired abandon abandoning ing a battery batery of eight guns success ap apparently apparently parenty crowning the Russian arms At this moment two to nets of ot reports I were received the first that a column of Japanese was moving further north around the right flank and the second that the Japanese on the thc Hun river had hud taken advantage of the storm which was blowing the dust in the Russians races faces aces and of the breaches in inthe Inthe Inthe the positions po on the Hun H n river to thrust a it t column through at Fu pass and Ky By K on the instep of or the boot Here I on the instep instep of th e boot Here the fords were defended by h only three companies of the regiment and anda a company p of the regiment which were forced to retire before the which were forced force to retire before the Japanese cavalry and four mountain N guns Danger Became Critical With the entire Russian strategic re reserves reserves serves already engaged it became im impossible impossible Impossible possible to meet the danger in these two sources which was imminent and critical and at S fc in the even evening evening ing ng the order to retire to Tie pass was as given Through the narrow bootleg passage ge scarcely five miles mies wide a densely packed mass muss of transports pressed northward coming under the lire fire fre of a small smal squadron of Japanese cavalry cava and four mountain guns which earlier emIer in the battle batte had managed to dart the Russian Rusian line lne of corn com communication COO and conceal themselves In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mountains to the tw eastward The i forces of or General began an orderly retirement froth from the boot toe and during Marca 10 General Kuropat In successfully held at bay the Japan Japanese ese who were trying tr ing to reach the rail railroad rai railroad road Order to Evacuate The night of March 9 0 Mukden station staton presented a remarkable scene Shortly after 9 came the order or er to com coin complete the tile evacuation of the station staton and nd city C ity with directions that movements of trains northward must be completed by b 5 In the he morning The enor enormous enormous task t k was completed in nine hours including the hasty flaty embarkation of the tho wounded who crowded the station staton platform 1 and occupied the hospitals Many had already alread left heft lef in the morning moring when hen the private trains trins of Kuropatkin Kaulbars am and departed but thousands re remained remained At 9 40 p m the first string of eight trains was dispatched and an a al tail call l was sent to Tie pass vass for tor thirteen locomotives Delicate Piece of Work The e forwarding of or these th q Io s sWI WI the northward rd n nv e n tu Sf trains w asi a delicate e piece ri pi c ce of train dItching but b t the tho ocer cr dt h l it t successfully S fl At 3 a m in the second I was started stated northward ard and af at a 45 a m the te last train trin of the te third string stIng of sixteen departed All AU Al the I trains traina trin had two to cars Three trains containing the ammunition lion tion ton of the park of or artillery artier which had been dispatched the evening before In cars car another train carried warm waru clothing one was coal laden la en and one was loaded with wih red cross supplies supple one with wih engineers depot supplies pupates three thre with wih commissariat freights and the re ye remainder with wih wounded The he last train out was wa the service train with wh till all nI the empl yes of the railway ra property and station papers papErs Heroic Civilians The skill exertions and devotion of this little band of civilians rendered service ervice the Importance of which cannot be overestimated for the future of or the theR Russian R army Jl H 1 1 saved sayed thousands of wounded soldiers 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