Show ml TI ALL ll NIGHT I T L LIPS LONGI LONGIng Retain Their Position ng 0 I IU e Capture Capturing ing log Six Gun Guns KUROPATKIN TO 10 THE EMPEROR J veil It Is II Lifted and II nd Tra Around fowled baWl batti was re remd u I ft L Oft Orl O and md tho at it ln Ini especially c I n retain Mr thur po river hd have mn attacks upon ItI tile Japanese I six 1111 ot of th Ib lbs latter gun guns Kirn him urmy II M helping the tho west wt Thre There has hal vary viry heavy v J On fire today loda la Ii I now flOW c nl l on thc thi t hr C CZAR An Oct t Unto II w I len sent ent the tho ther thor r r lel to the emperor II night IIlah of or Oct Jet o t 1 18 13 Irs larg forces the drawn ise M attached corp I m It on oil the ir great at Man Mai Manid Maid id d were wre re ye ut put the last 1111 succeeded and the theu u II At that moment mi nfl the tho right Hank flank with a 01 wee wait that thet with the if 1 our oui enter r our whole forma Corm Id be he threatened ned and anil that Ihal tile 1111 jag ing iD tri I rl i might force a re ren rea n a order ID tn ui the trooP rest rent Mandarin road several sewal wore werf rapidly pushed forward orward M pi p were thus enabled to 10 take lalle Jive succeeded In retaking ic e of tile the hy by h reserves the Japan u III from the village ot at the advanced reverses reverie pi 1 u the lie position rf rl reI lilli niter after Mull M I a 1 V tit I WI c In itt h he the Japanese them two kilometers kilometer from I ice I a ur er right wing winE the lie position was s sI if I tinli I Or ry alarming Tho Iho vet ere erl a 8 tanked i from Crom the front frontu 0 u 1 movement on their mk The chief of ot a detachment 4 I 1 thi tha troops let apart for Cor a I ain Idy diy dy in they thc hoving attacked from the th Ih flank In their turn i were retaken by U UM us M ih ht wins Its Us positions p line lin i at f the IIII th positions n on nfl 11 out renter were Ver no In III with WithIn i in the lh Ih position of ot Out one position on our right 4 I I M II holen beforehand arI arIy y I f rort firt rt KM It Erool been hC for tor fort ii Ij t and regiments baru 1 I 1 fur tor thua Ihl HI I lull t In their c ca caI I con tin uc the The Ther r losses IO I must be bo very consider of t r Oft 01 u 14 passed quietly mik fI k thin hue morning a rather rathar of ot the enemy was wasi 18 11 i Ihl I of our positions Nil lem road our Ut bat bRt Ij lire th oil nil them f P c i n a report from the tho thoIN lei IN nf f tIl th left wing wine that the i n lire heen strongly reinforced i I a the th ace alle at Llao latSO ati of f firing caused u 11 t 1 f forth followed by a R tor Th ri road are Ire In very ver lt Ia mil 1111 the t I he level iel h vel oC of the nv 11 for nil troops r rih vs reo ih Ihl h me 1111 no nil before to 10 otter offer nI I have hae jut Just jutI JustI I i i t thaI I a R for c hig haa rol the Ihl thern ml ct to palt I I n VEIl lI I 11 ki t 17 1 lS a I m mui mIJ ui hit IJ I viI wal wa ii lifted today loday from Crom a Hy lIy Iral around hut hilt hiltom om ii t lit CU t r pre pei dUj U M to the theL L 1 out UI of f the fragmentary f I nt At n I hand It II U is POll POllI pa panh I iii nh Illy to 10 inn lude that thaI the ro i anat i from Lien Llao rang Yann re t upon an all oven r lilt ale more r and tl Id Mr cr r Kurr in tOty i Ie s the I till n the this oink ilik k of If th river but bUl butr bUlor l or r i 1 heI t IK ie thai this thin la Is only ii at of ono 1 f r ne the I he greatest mill I try HIM of nr hut end antI the hits In n R n ri I Ii retiring to 10 hll Buffered Itt nt the CW iv II a bee lotts of ot Ii h In n 30 0 0 i 1 let left was wal a one of ot t iwi nt i tHu nt In I n the line lIue nothing Is U heard which leaves lenel tile the th inference that It U Is U not In lii Ina liia a 1 position to communicate with ith the remainder of he the entity urmy All the Bounded are re being will carried to 10 further north It IK Is under stood that the also hate hta beon been to HArbin which t Indicate that Hint the retreat retract will no not nol even oveil to at Tie ww All hop e o othe ot of the Ih advance to Port Tor Arthur have hae hR been abandoned The rim weather veather nr n are even evet cn titan than luring during th the retreat from Litto Yang ang are hunk bank high and ond lire but bUI It la Is Im tn to say IY how that will affect tho final situation It may prove prose HUB Itus elan by preventing n a Jill Jap aner 1111 11 II On Ott the other hand however It Ir the are aro on the wrong side Id the flooded rivers nw IWI may only mib tho the o otho of oC the tho hiester 11 ler Another ulous tart tact that remains undetermined U I 1 the ammunition sup BUp supPly Ply pIp pi Heven Renn of ot furious lighting must lOul have greatly depleted the tho sup ply 11 of ot both Ith circled circle ox ex greet great confidence that Ion Oen Kurop 1 ii 18 better off ort In this re is reP P ct but at It last aCcounts the Jap Japanese anile anese were bombarding as If It they th were confident of at an Inexhaustible supply The o story atory of ot the battle bAtlle says nay that the made a determined effort to break the center Friday night hut but this it seems may be bit a or telegraphic error for Cor Thursday simultaneously the ne Incas anew launched a heavy hlay assAult against th Ih the village of oC which had already been the scene of oC M so many nany and counter at It hicks The This were forced to amou evacuate ate at the village hut but recap recep toted the Title This brought re reserves serves linos of oC both Bides Into Inlo action but bUl whether the tho whole of ot the reserves mervon of oC either cither side Ide were vere Is not clear In any An event the were vere again end and finally driven out tanking making five 11 tithes times that had changed chans hands In the coune of 01 the buttle The then retired to n It new lieI position north of ot Oen Gen says nays that hat Friday night WAS wan a r ed In III comparative quiet jull hut that Ihal Saturday saw an 1111 Im mme meme concentration of ot on Oil the Great areat Mandarin rondo rend where tim tho batteries were vigorously Playing in an In effort to 10 hold thorn theta In Incheck incheck check The result nt III Saturdays tight light has hal not nol been lall given hut but there U ut every IIer evidence that It was vae of ot the tha most mOlt severe character It wa was during th Ih the Japan e t furious I night HArk attack on Wednesday according i to tl I accounts that the HUll flue I niana lost their Runn una flu nil Thursday Thur wit another furious cannonade In which the whole of ot the center AI M forced back In the afternoon of or the lie same day dav da the right began to give way wY Toward evening came caine a I lull hull of oC n f few rew ft hours bourn but hut at mid night the cannonading was wall as renewed with Increased 1 fury ei de declaring d claring that it n In Intensity that at lit Lian JIAo Yang fling during the famous fighting lighting of Aug All 30 80 and 31 There was wan much flinch fighting on Friday which was VU carried un on through a tremendous storm of ot rain hall hail and thunder lea Oen personally took command of ot the regiment It was waR in n the midst of oC this awful wai ini of at man and the petroff regi ment leading that the nUlan for lor the Iho last 1111 time charged doggedly Into Inlo end ami 1011 took lok the lown own in lii fl the face of oC the hottest Japanese bombardment The latest reports report from the bottle battle are Art nn nil Sunday afternoon and all evening when the were lre carrying on a II heavy y rear guard light fight t hl evidently on oti Mukden lens Oku and wore vore woe for another blow on 01 the lug right rl hl where here the tho lighting Is I described us HI having been furlou Oon Oln In is I reported to In have hae been hlen wounded but this cannot ho bo confirmed Mukden ll Itself elf remains remain quiet nl al though the tho sounds of ot battle are ore plain ly I hoard to the southward 1 rd The rail railWay Way 1 Is 8 congested with lh trains of ot wounded wound proceeding to 10 Harbin The facIlities ire ure r over overtaxed taxed la Six thousand wounded arrived at It Mukden on Saturday alone The heroic surgeons and Ind nur nurses p M many of o whom hol have hlo been ben without sleep Bleep for 34 36 3 tito IlC randy rendy to 10 drop with ith fatigue Although the 11 account of oC the battle bf te does doe do not present the disastrous Picture that Iha t many In St fi t Petersburg hail had resigned themselves to see gee ep tin th ha general here her IB is II of ot the deepest de gloom It If Ihl lii battle has hia not nt been Sedan In fuel the moral and rd political pol I I I effect t could hardly be II worse wore The Tue result resul will wi render the tho war and Its Ia conduct more unpopular titan than thal ever eer at lt home while the greatest IM test tears are cx tX pressed that tho the Chinese population If It not nol the lie government will l 1 be bo encouraged to 10 abandon a I long doubtful neutrality and openly smile side with tho the victorious Japanese From the mIlitary point of oC view Ic tho the most Ino 1 bitter biter disappointment dl In Is I In the tho th knowledge knowle e that thai reversal seals the fate Cate of et tho the heroic defenders of oC Port PorI Arthur who io are now without hope of or succor from the tho outside world A feature throughout Is Ie the Iho popular sympathy with wih hen den Kuro Kuropatkin Viceroy is again charged with responsIbIlity for tor Kuro attempt to take the aggressive Ily rather thou than criticism Is 18 awarded tho the Ke erl but hut It la is Cel felt among army that the Ihl military prestige of ot the whole of oC has ha to so 0 suffered fluttered at It his hil hands hAndA that It Is Me tIle lilt that he lie cnn can ever or he be given i the th chance to 10 retrieve the he I disaster FEI FETaL L nArK HACK Mukden Oct 16 via In the tho army of ot tHe Ite six lx days ot of the kIm of ot lighting hue his section Motion of 01 die Ule army tell fell tl back last night on art n the Ihl river l tend and ld Is In now holding a on o the forth side Aide of that stream The tight fight lug ing which began shortly after aCer noon neon MOi oct Irl I 9 luis hits wen been In pr progress gr M contin cn continuously tn over ever er since On October 0 D the Ihl advanced naive to the lie tle southeast the river thence to 10 mi 11 IU II 20 30 2 miles mie southeast ot or Muk luk den and fn 10 muss 11 north of or Yen tal On 01 the lie hills billie hll around th tha ho Yap alleCe bed planted tour taw batteries HIP advance of ot the th thel these e bat It tories lerlA returned to the a 1 narrow valley aliey al whirl runs rUI east It ami west welt and Joined the math main Japanese farco on the thai Ih hills bill beyond In the round a M a few Japanese JapAn prisoners were wro fro taken The rh rb followed the across lel the valley vil taking positions In the foot foothills little hills from Crom torn which the thir artillery ry shelled tie the Japanese force Coree while the lie Infantry advanced through the denies deities lell Oct Or 10 the artillery duel the advancing slowly During tho the night the tite changed ch nio their positions and 1111 nt at II daylight the trenches pouring a terrific shrapnel fire die on the tl Infantry of one regiment only u It remnant ot which was WOI left lef From I rom this thU on 01 the Japanese Ja took tok this the Ih offensive the Ih entire day ala of Ut Oct Oct II lIe throwing shrapnel and powder shells chelli hel amongst the Infantry and artil artillery arl lery The he Russians held belt hell tenaciously to their positions Burly In the day dl the began hIAn to 10 work n Around round the HUMlan left lef and In dropping H II few til shells on the th road and In the vii vil villages vI lagos lages her the transport and Ind reserves were gathered The Japanese had the range ran of o the tha road and AI village VlaKe They com compelled Veiled the men len and wagons to take lake ta to t the fields This Thin shelling did Ild little Itle dam damage damage age beyond disconcerting the mitt men lIn mil ann horses Additional guns were sent Hii for Cor forward forward ward to protect the tue left I I while the bat batteries bt batteries teries withdrew across Hero the plains to 10 Urn the I hills on the Iho north Hide aide This hl gave gaie KI the Ihl Japanese J I possession of ot a I high hut hill hi on 01 the south side aide train from tri I which they shelled shelle I the valley through which the hud bed hiI advanced during the evening The Japanese apparently from the Iho Russian Hussion fire tre t The morning of ot Oct It 1 1 found little It change In the positions of oC the tho two ar or armies files mies except that the Japanese had worked farther tather around to the left lotI Probably the greatest artillery fight of oC the battle batte took place Oct Ocl 12 1 were placed on 01 every ery available lull hill hilland hi and at al the tame time regiment after t regiment of ot Infantry wan WI poured Into the tho plain by b both sides aldu only to 10 be bt thrown bark back shattered and isad torn lor It I U is I Impossible 11 1 as al yet el to lo the loss lOll of ot life During the tho night A n heavy heny rainstorm occurred In the tho midst of at which the ar artillery artillery tillery tiey continued to boom and at on one point the Japanese Infantry charged They were met by Infantrymen In the darkness which was lighted only ani by hy flushes flashes of ot guns tho the bursting ot of athel shells hel and the streaks of o lightning The ThA Themen men Inca fought hand to hand the Japanese being finally driven back The thunder and rain continued all the morning of at Oct 13 but Lut notwithstanding standing this the guns opened lire lre promptly at t daylight The Tho fought Cough I stubbornly but bul retired slowly The rhe he Japanese continued to threaten n the Russian left let Toward evening the Japanese Jl opened with oil nil their guns gun I on the nulan positions the shells helf drop dropping dropping ping fling like hall hail hal In the Held anti and on the 11 hills The morning of oC Oct 16 lb found Cound the Itus HUR stuns with their hacks to 10 the tha river across which transports had hal been ben withdrawn during the night night Fighting continued from these positions nil all alla dur during ing the day of oC the while the nun Ito lus reinforcements took up positions pOlton on the hills hlll to the north of ot the river Another thunderstorm broke shortly shorty after atler noon non flooding the streams and turning the roads Into seas lens and by I evenIng the tho main Russian force had all withdrawn wl aero across the river The Japanese shells were wee dropping within n a I short horl distance of ot the river on 01 the loft left lec The fighting nt at I daylight the tha boom of oC the gun gutis gUlf being distinctly heard in lii II Mukden The whole Hun flu army Is slowly Blow retiring and otial tight fight fighting ing lug every esery c r Inch of ot the way WU When hen the Press Iress Irell correspondent came cumo north today there A pp no danger lunger Iunger of oC off ott Any SI part PMt of ot the army Irm being cut CUl cutoff offIn ottIn In nn an Informal talk which the Assoc AMOC Anol Associated Press Pro s correspondent had with Gen Oon In the field just ho fore the bOttle battle began he spoke poke In 1 glow glowIng big Ing terms of ot the bravery of ot the Jap Japanese anese 11 eft t paying that they were a 1 gallant foe toe and alto Aha that they the were most moat correct In iii the observance of ot the tue therle rules of war ar In Iii this respect h he said It was IRI as the most moa pleasant wor he hi had ever eer been ben engaged In RUSSIANS S Mukden Oct Or 16 1 1026 1 25 p m Is II Again oRRin In the hand of ot the After the last lost evacuation of or the vii vil village 1 lage Ilg by b the the Japanese failed tol 1 In 11 an iii 11 attempt to reoccupy It I and nud now t the village lae Is |