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Show v MtJKlEN; BOTE FORCES' :' RESTING. ON THE! AIMS " - ' ' . ' ; . . ' ' ' ' : Oyama Fails to Cut Off Retreat of Kuropatkln; i Only Minor Skirmishes Between the Contend-, Inz Armies. . . -W ' ' BULLETIN". SHANGHAI, Sept 9, Night A special messenger of the Tartar General Gen-eral at Jfukden, who escaped from that city through the cordon of Russian Rus-sian outposts, reports, according to advices received here, that the Bus- -slan army is utterly confused and demoralised, especially the remains of the two Russian army corps which recently re-cently joined Gen. XuropatUn's forces.. buixetht. MUKDEN", Sept 9, 12:30 p. m. All anxiety regarding the Russian transport is over. The Japanese have crossed the Shakhe and are now resting. rest-ing. Only the Russian and Japanese outposts are In direct contact. Thousands Thou-sands of wounded are being' sent north. BULLETIN. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 9. A dispatch dis-patch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff announcing that the railroad and telegraph line to Mukden are both uninterrupted. ' ., ---'STjixEtnr. - ---.., BERLIN, Sept 9. A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Mukden, timed 11:40 a. m. today, says the evacuation of Mukden Is now in progress, pro-gress, and, adds that the Japanese have not yet crossed the river Hun, which flows a few miles south of Mukden. dispatches from various sources today to-day establish only the fact that the ' Russian army is safely at Mukden. Kuropatkln having accomplished his retreat re-treat in good order In spite of the harassing ha-rassing Japanese, sodden roads and hampered by more than 12,000 wounded. wound-ed. Beyond this there is no direct news bearing on the military situation. Advices Ad-vices from Japanese sources are sig- nificantly lacking and the exact whereabouts where-abouts of the three Japanese armies is unknown. No word has been re- , celved to indicate the present location of Kuroki's army, which was last r?-ported r?-ported on the Russian left flank snd rteadily pushing northward. But Viceroy Vice-roy Alexieff. reports that railway and telegraph communication between Mukden and Harbin are uninterrupted. European military opinion is that another an-other big battle will soon be fougnt. ST.' PETERSBURG. ' Sept I. 130 p. m. The reassuring dispatch of the As- ' sociated Press from Mukden, filed shortly after midnight is the latest word from the front It disposes of the many sensational rumors and indicates that Field Marshal Oyama has failed to cut off or seriously interfere with th retreating Russian army, which has now safely arrived at Mukden. |