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Show MY 11 . FJM1 S1ASH MISS WW ' - . - - - ' - - - ,' HAVE JAPS TURNED TIBE OF BATTLE : ' IN THEIR FAVOR? RUSSIANS NOW FEAR DEFEAT OF KUROPATKIN'S BIG ARMY - i g ' Battle Yet Raging South of Mukden; Heavy Losses Are Feared on Both Sides in Hotly Contested Conflict. . , BTJTXETHJ". I ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12, 8:35 p. m. It is now midnight on the ' battlefield below Mukden, and the failure to receive news that the Russians achieved decisive results in today's fight north of Yentai, coupled with the Tokio report that Field Marshal Oyama is gaining ground, oauses increased in-creased apprehension. BTJT.LTCTTJJ. TOKIO, Oct. 12, 8 p. m. A battle (south of Mukden) raged uninterruptedly uninter-ruptedly all of Tuesday and into the night. It was continued today. The results have not been decisive. The Russians have a heavy force on the Japanese right, toward the Taltse river, but It Is believed that the Japanese Japa-nese have checked the Russian turning movement. BULLETIN. - - TOKIO, Oct. 12, 6 p. m. Field Marshal Oyama reports that there was fighting along the entire front October 10, that the Japanese are gaining i ground, land that the Russian attack on Sien Chuang (Si an Chan), on the Hun river, thirty-five miles southwest of Mukden, was repulsed. ' BULLETIN. TOKIO, Oct. 12, 5 p. m. The British steamer Fu Ping, belonging to t the Chinese Engineering and Mining company, carrying munitions of war, was captured by the Japanese oft Port Arthur today. BULLETIN. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 12. Gen. . Sakharoff, telegraphing yesterday evening, confirms the reports of desperate des-perate fighting north of Yentai, where the heights were alternately held by the Russians and Japanese. The losses are not stated, and, according to the latest advices, the battle is continuing con-tinuing today. TOKIO, Oct 12.-8:30 p. m. A general . Japanese advance along a broad front toward to-ward Mukden is progressing. A brigade of Russian infantry with 2000 .cavalry and two guns, having the object , . of striking Gen. Kuroki's flank, crossed tr Taitse river October . The Japanese tL the retreat of this force and pos-' pos-' iY will capture it Wa Russians are attacking Slen Chuang, thirty miles northeast of Saim-- Saim-- eitaze (southeast of Llao Yang and almost ' due north of Feng Wang Cheng), evidently evident-ly with the object of cutting off Japanese communications with the Yalu river. iRUSSIAN ADVANCE MET BY VIGOROUS FIRING FROM JAPS SHANPINTAIDZE (a mile south of TBentsiaputze). Monday. Oct. 10. With the Russian left flanking column (be- lop, unlimbered and opened fire on the Japanese artillery. This duel was continued con-tinued until dark. The Russian fire was accurate and eventually silenced the Japanese battery. The Russians lost ten men wounded and had one man killed. This morning the batteries opened fire at 10 o'clock, the Japanese replying. To the right the fight was proceeding , simultaneously, apparently In favor of the Russians. The latter were using about ten miles of telegraph and telephone tele-phone lines abandoned by the Japanese It is rumored here that the Russians have occupied Yentai. JAPS HOLDING OWN IS ADMITTED; BATTLE OVER ENTIRE FRONT ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 12.-1:87 p. m.-The m.-The battle below Mukden continues to rage along the entire front, and according to Gen. Kuropatkln's latest advices, sent last night, after the fighting of the day had ended, the Japanese were stubbornly holding their own, offering a desperate resistance, and had even advanced their positions. After an all-day fight above Yentai. where the Russians sustained their flret check, the Japanese still held that posi-! posi-! tlon. The Infantry practically was not engaged, the artillery bearing the brunt of 'the fighting. The Japanese fetuck to their guns and the Russian batteries were unable to dislodge them. lleved to be Gen. Mistchenkow's), by Way of Mukden, Oct 12. The. Russians have been advancing in force for sev- ral days. Upon reaching Taidlamowze, a mile south of Kaoutou pass, on the Fushun-Bensihu road, they began hearing hear-ing sporadic artillery Are on their right . where the Russian advance was in contact con-tact with the Japanese. The movement of the main column was Immediately accelerated. The Russ4ar.s were then two days' march from hanplntaldxe. Desultory skirmishing was constantly proceeding on the right and left and the Japanese steadily retired. The firing ahead became heavier yesterday, yes-terday, and wounced n.en from tne scouting detachments began to pass through the Russian lines. The Russians Rus-sians pressed forward with Increased speed, the Infantry advancing at the double. The spirits of the men were high, due to the fact that they were actually assuming the offensive. They arrived at the village of Shanpintaldze at 5 o'clock this morning. The Japanese Japan-ese had hurriedly abandoned the place the night before, paying the Chinese big prices to carry away their stores, amounting to 4000 bags of rice and barley. bar-ley. There were two divisions of Japanese ' In front of the Russians. The General commanding this (Russian) column, up-, up-, en reaching Shanpintaldze. deployed a portion of his forces, with a battery of artillery sent out left flank supporters, land went personally to his right flank, 1 rTnere his skirmishers had already en-t en-t lagged the Japanese. An artillery duel (hen opened on the left with the Japan-' Japan-' se mountain guns, brought up from Chow San pass, which were shelling the v Russian scouting detachments. The Japanese projectiles; however, fell wide the Russian guns came np at a gal. |