Show P K KU HO r T I IT ON T t fr I t Movement has Hns Already Alread Begun atil 1 Japanese J Line Lithe at has lIas Been Broken DETAILS OF RUSSIAN RUSSIA ADVANCE Soldiers Arc GollI Coln Forward rOI In the lien Hea Heaviest lI a Iest New C Phase Of or ThIngs 1111 uliS Bt St t Petersburg Oct a R order of at the Iho day lIay lug his hili determination to take the or of Is I supplemented today toda by b the iwa wi that an movement nt linn hue ill ready be been it b begun gun anti and that the Japa Japanese nese 1 line has lots b been n broken Itt at t eel The Tue Japanese occupied a front of ot about ii 62 in mil miles lien from tom Dentle on the this east t through Venial anti and across Bero the to 10 the tilt hank banks of or life til Hun river Ilver on the west wt The forces tore had begun beun moving south In close touch ti urh with the Japanese advance ad nce 01 it 4 The Japanese outposts w were re driven back hack In tn a 1 Merits eerie of skirmishes end ort oil 01 Oct G U the the eta ala lion tion of ot fifteen toils miles south couth of ot the railway battalion re tor I hl trig nt the Ih bridge the river liver the tile next day In Itt order to facilitate the thead advance ad vance Meanwhile len den Cos COli Cossacks sacks lacks pushed southwestward as far tar an tie the mutes mine defeating the he Julia Japa new nese In a series of warm The most Inot Important nt action however occurred on the tue Japanese right at It Pent Dent Here ne the Japanese held a I strong It rOil and atul Important position but bitt It I seems seem they made the Inexplicable I Ilion lion slen of at fortifying the commanding hill hili which was the key to the whole situa sittia tins tion A portion of ot 0 On isa n J uro force Coree toads made a strong attack on lint and A R leaf leat out of the Japanese book occupied the huh hill from the thi east and flanked linked the tn Japanese Japan out of ot the tite town causing a serious lost loss In Ina Int a t rear tear guard luard tight lIht The casu cau casualties are arc reported to hose have been I moon Incon neon hll hille these thele operations tire are ur progress lug Ing south of ot Mukden It U Is III reported that two Japanese divisions under Gen Oen QUI are re marching west welt up p tIe the Llao Liso river and are now II 23 mItes mile south of oC den Oen I Is expected to tomake tomake make Inake a similar move eastward Tills statement It If accurate leaves leaven the two armies in the Ih anomalous position of or each tach others line of ot com corn communication the Japanese by b a wide touring movement while the pushing south have already Inflicted u a blow hilow on the tn Japanese right and ud are ar crowding back their center along the railway While It Is I understood that Mukden Is I not heavily fortified Gen Oen Kuropat kl kill hip has hu n ii powerful force fore behind him film strongly posted polte nt at TI past Pass and If H as si he assert the th Russians are now power ful enough to assume aume the offensive It Is Ii I PoSsible his hla advance movement will force the Japanese tanking column to withdraw In order to protect their own base On the other hand there seems t to be a possibility Of tt t one or both the th Japanese columns threatening the rail mil milway railway way behind the antI and forcing a It of ot their move moe movement mont ment Tub NT Mukden Oct for Cor forward ward lintel movement moment has begun anti pU Ze has been lie jt captured with a n small am all loss Ions In order to pain a Il clear under tinder standing of or the situatIon It may mil be ex cx explained that two dl ago 1110 the Iho Jopa nt neso o confronted the Russians north of ot the river Their left lort flank consisting of two dl di divisions visions was na on the railway of ot SandIa pu 30 JO miles southwest of ot Mukden and close clow to the hurt Hun river Their of or four tour divisions occupied the railway between bet n Llao UIO Yang and 12 32 miles north Two more divisions occupied the he extreme Japanese right along the this road rORd between bOllen and Their frOnt extended about 52 2 miles mile The position tt It t was strongly fortIfied and Intended to with withstand stand land attack It Is reported that Gen Oen was there In III person pernon Tho The Jap Japanese obese anese hind had omitted to fortify ono one hill hili which was the tho key ke to the position The aware of ot this lila made madea a wide detour eastward and seized Belted the lull hill with little opposition The Th hill bill once occupied o UPI II exposed the tho whole hol Japanese position to heavy h n Hank flank tug Ilig lire 1110 The also turned the Japanese right and the fortified post positions thus thull becoming untenable the Jap Japanese anese ansac alle c were ere forced to withdraw 11 hll rA hurried I ly Iy from Irom lighting a n rear rearguard rt r I guard In UI which they th suffer suffered ml heavily The losses el throughout vere small although severe secre opposition had be been n Gen Oen COH COHo sacks had hall been harassIng the outposts for tor or several days end and were en entirely successful In a n number of on en the southern advance began on Oct Ott O t 4 I with tile the occupation of ot Shako Shak hp Ii h a railway station The next day the tallon which had bon been dismantled by the Ilia Japanese was i stored by the rail railway railway way brigade following Immediately be behind hintS hind the th fighting line lino and the same mime bri brigade gade also restored the bridge across II the river On Oct C G ten Men Ml ico 10 advanced almost to the Venial rental mines driving In the outposts with heavy he bits nt at un lin expense of oC only one on killed and fits Ill Injured The forward movement Is s In Iii Inthe Inthe the heaviest marching One Olle sees gees everywhere whole companies of oC which whichever every ever carries a t large lURe knapsack nn nit his hll back a 1 rifle tine on lila his shoulder and a largo large kettle or ci tea pot slung Ilung to his waist while hanging from Crom rein the belt hell Is the case In front and a n big bl wooden water bottle and an tin axe tuck Illek axe or spade sp de on either side Altogether with overcoats the equipment weighs The soldiers move moo steadily and cheer cheerfully cheerfully fully tull though ho tho column looks moro more like a park pack train than an army orm First alit aid stations of ot the lied Cross are ore being organIsed anti and the nurses are lire working untiringly everywhere Doctors Doctor timid sis ala sisters tors era of ot charity going to 10 the front In ChInese carts at nt the tho rate of ot two miles an nn hour over oer heavy road rends lint hut aru 1111 cheerful find anti devoted as ever eer In spIte pile of ot the thi th Imminent prospect of ot more nore of the difficult and dangerous work under tinder fire firo which won uon them the undying un gratitude of ot the he army of ot Llio Yang Chinese e reports of ot the Japanese e movement nay cay that Fus Pus blunt with two to divisions la lii moving to flank the thC Russians Russian ills His Hl force torce Is already on the Llao river within 22 miles milea or A simultaneous movement It Is III understood Is In being b carried out by hy bydon hyGon lion don to the eastward with he tile object of ot striking the thie railway and flanking the tM out of Mukden uMen ns RR was tune WI done nt at Llao Yo Ye lir a but the eon con conditions on are Me now rather different NEW NEwS PHASE DISCUSSED London Oct 10 The hew tIe Wince of ot the tho war Involved In den Oen stirring address to his hili army Is keenly I l by h military In lii the light of ot tIli un Uta underlying I s lo 1 ishm to luke Uko Ia ke kethe the offensive It Is II not ni how i J I the thO Russian plan plait of oC rl was wu reported to be ii to I lead ad the lu Japan a I northward In order to 10 attenuate theIr I communications Uon and hems hwn hlo e there Is a fl greater at what whitt Is I consider a I order Various arioul ate are al t by b ho tho entIce critic as having possibly actuated Km ICu first that Inactivity led him hInt to suppose that he ht was WAI strong stronger er fr numerically second that connected sith the ur ot a e 1 now hOW may de determined to pu pi matters matteri and third according 10 to 0 the English critics by flu fat Uie he macat t at sw acceptable explanation that thai be he lots has benn overruled from St It Petersburg antI and andIs Is II acting on Imperial orders order He lie H seems seenia to be thrusting t his hll hUla haa Into the lions Jaws says sai 18 the Dally aih under tinder Instructions from HI tet H to 10 give the tsar car victory at lit litany any arty coat COlt Spencer Wilkinson In the Morning Post Poet takes similar views slew HA lie says III that IC mention ot of the re relief reo list lief of ot Port and the fart fact that Illy following fOllOw he the dedsion to toen send en out a second army hu hI Is II about to risk everything every In an attack by the first t army suggest government i re mire If It so iii MI Mr Wilkinson says his II It a n sign of or desperation but if hp hI la is on his hi own Judgment It U is t a 1 bold bohl move and ond lie he Is II a formidable antagonist lit While all nil the morning newspapers comment In a similar vein v the conceit concen sus aus of ot opinion Is III that field Marshal Mashal Oyama lias tins nothing to fear Cear from a It Russian advance nce and that thai he likely will welcome welcom tile the prospect of oC n II decisive bat battle battie tie tle since Ince It Is I after such urh an order further retreat Is III Impound for tor the without demoralisation rt tion and as all Spencer Wilkinson re remark 1 remarks murk marks should be bt beaten fAten now nobody will Ill expect the second cron Russian army arm to succeed any better than the first JAPS JAIS Mukden Oct S 5 via va Oct Od OctA 9 A crossing of ot the tM TAllie river east lIlt of oC by Russian cavalry shows how that the Japanese are Ire retiring on their position at t Llao Yang Tang anti and In the test nest of ot hills east lIt of oC I as If It still desir desiring Ing a decisive action than near Llao UI Yang The Th Japanese Japan e after arter approaching the lion Hun river appear merely to hold Gsa Oen late battle ground where can lion foil tirIng upon U lOtI the Russian n occurred oC during the morning and aOl after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon of ot Oct On 7 1 It was tuna quIet there yesterday The Japanese right Is II un tin to be guarded by a fl Japanese force beyond where outposts of oC oCl Corn Cos snake l are stationed but no action netlon lie IJ bes the Cossacks and Japanese has hils boen been reported within n II week In order to retake lost Joet ground the Russians have hae now a 0 taik tuk similar to that of or the tile Japanese that Is Ie to make a ft I road mail over n a hitherto unmapped 1 re me region glen gion Ion but hut the reason being bellig dry dr IB is high highly ly favorable to lo the task tuk of ot In ing Thin Tho Inactivity of the Japanese l Is not unusual It recalls their retirement front from the vIcinity of oC Kal Ial Chou before the tho battle of ow It U also recalls Gen Con strategy throughout the tho fighting In MotIon Mollon pass pasa The Tho Japan co fe north front has hall been located on a 11 aline aline line extending from to thus the Ih coal coni mines and ald bending banding north In the center toward line Hua paw pass 1 N RUSSIANS DRIVEN flACK BACK BACKField Field Headquarters of ot the Second Japanese Army Arm Oct Ort 9 0 noon via la F I lul l I Ifan mn sail Oct skIrmishIng Is III oc ot along the advance line On Omi Japanese cavalry at lit attacked tacked tac od two companies of ot Russian nuelan In Infantry Infantry fantry and two of or cavalry with machine guns on all the right bank hank of ot the river rh r Hun HUll northwest of ot Choran Choren The Russians were werf driven back to the northwest The Russian were IS IG The flue Japanese III no nn low lose On Saturday the lie Japanese M ad advance o advance vance anco Infantry drove buck back cavalry C at It The Russians lost from fern 20 0 O to M 30 men JAP JA FLEET ACTIVE Oft Oct 9 The Increased activity ity It of ot the Japanese Japan fleet tifft blockading Port Arthur In the stopping of at moor mer merchantmen Is ts due to K is t lookout which Is tl being kept fir tor three ships shill which It I Is Intend to enter eater JOlt Arthur with tinned meats I II ta nd vegetables blea The Tite Ite liD Vii Vic Victoria VI toria torin was Wa AI stopped l near W Vel IWI this title evening and the th above e woe wits matte to 10 her hem by 11 the Japanese boarding Field Headquarters 11 18 I 11 of the ii Second J II Army A Im Oct 9 1 p in via 1 Fusso Oct to 10 Chinese reports the this Russian are entrenching ami tutu building heavy heay earthworks south soul oC It r Mukden len U It Ill U is believed b that hit they In Intend intend tend lend to make mak a It strong stand They Ther tire also ilso fortifying Iron Mountain near nar Titling TIding Many Marty Russian soldiers are tire mild laid 1111 to bo be lo wearing Chinese clothing In iii Indicating that their winter clothing cloth In has ha riot not arrived POINT IK I TUB WAR WAn St Oct Ot 19 1 TW TI a I in inThe inThe The Tho news of ot Gao Oen l south southern luth ern enn rn movement II la greeted by the Ih press 1 of Bt St Petersburg with deep thankful hess niSH nn n fl expression of 01 confidence that It II marks the turning point paint Int In the te theus war us it r |