| Show KU KUROPATKIN PAT I IA A AND n HIS IS ARMY M Their Fate Depends on 00 the Result 01 the FIghting in the Out Outskirts Outskirts skirts of oC Mukden en JAPS PUT THEMSELVES IN IK PERIL PERL That h I What hiat M Critics Say U is II he the Result He suIt of Extending Their Line LineSt St SI Petersburg Jeler burR March 3 I a I m tim TIme The he fate talo of ot Oen and his army In the balance today de do depending depending pending on the time result of ot the fighting almost In the outskirts of Mukden Ac Mt According cording to 10 latest reports this morning moring the he fighting went well nell el for the he Russians lU who beat back the Iho wave that threat threatened I I cued ened to roll rol over Mukden as na It had over i ithe the fortifications of Port Arthur but nothing Is known as aim to 10 what Is going on beyond tha Iho ito line lne of ot breakers breal ers whether er part of or Gen Oen force toreo Is In full Cul 1 swing for tor Tie pass or whether hether the Jap Japanese Japanese anese have staked all al In II a cast against Mukden MuM en I Tho Tue Imminence of the thu peril peri on tin time west wing sIng hue has withdrawn attention from the operations on 01 tha thu center and left lef where thin the lighting has been ex extremely i heavy henvy and on the lie left ler es ee especially where hero tho Iho lie Japanese gains sains are great enough to 10 cause ap apprehension Ip apprehension critics here point voin out that the tho Japanese have put themselves In a n critical position by tho me extreme exten extension ston sion of ot their lines Inee themselves open as ns they did at Llao Liao Yang ang to thu Ihu possibility of at a n most moat effective er counter counterstroke count r stroke and ant probable detent defeat If Gen Gomi Kur should be bo b able Ible to launch n a 1 column olumn chain against a I weak link In the In other respects the situation also Ile resembles that at Lt Lire Lino Yang the Japa Japanese nese making a n costly cost demonstration to hold the time RU In iii their fortIficatIons fortification on the center and amid throwing away the lives of ot In order to give the tha flanking force torce an opportunity to lo ad administer administer minister n ii 1 telling blow A feature of all ni accounts of time the fight ing lag reaching St Petersburg Is In the time em eni laid lahlon on the awful carnage There Them Is IR reference after reference to dead piled pled high on the ground over oer which an aim attack was IS delivered strewing breast breastworks breastworks breastworks works almost hiding train from rom sight and nOi even een belli behl used by the Japanese to ta construct hasty hally entrenchments The fhe Russian losses on both bolh flanks flank aro are con conceded conceded ceded to 10 be enormous hut but It Is claimed that teat the tho defenders ers of the center cent r suf lt if terM little 11 by the Jap l ap cliche bombardment and Ind beating b oft off the lib Japanese attack oc The Tho attacks dell delivered voted by Gen Oen soldiers were marvelous In view of the forced marches which they timey manila mudo for toc five Ovo or six days recalling the lie records record of oC Jacksons foot root cavalry They entered the battle hate with the Iho groat est eat dash and fought rought day da after nier day with Ith vigor Icor but hut those of them who were vero o taken prisoners dropped to lo the he ground utterly exhausted and an hardly able ale to They hind had not nol eaten ealen for two days which accounts In part for tor their utter uler fatigue Gen Con line of lne line has not been touched though It IL I Is In extreme Jeopardy Ills Hla Hl might light Hank flank Is bent to so o sharply backward that It may many necessitate nece the tho abandonment of ot I the and hills to which the tho Russians still firmly cling The Tho Japanese possibly are arc pushing northward flanks at nt Tangents with lh both bolh A hopeful sign Is the postponement until tomorrow of the giand coun rena cil cl of or war nr which was to 10 have met mot at itt lt today This lends color to 10 reports that the general situation has hlll somewhat Improved Tho The council Wn cs called to 10 dicus tIme tho retirement counci on nn Tie Ftc puss pass PIR but hut the Iho action of or th Ihl time Japan ese has made lands a 1 successful retreat far more difficult than Ihan that at ut Llao Yang where but one omia flank was rolled roiled hack back YonI WORK won OP OF JAPANESE ARMY Oen len Headquarters In the Field via viii In Fusan March 6 5 Delayed In transmission In The Russians Russian are aro today loday ruing 16 guns uns placed In position opposite site and are shelling time the Jap Inese artillery positions the Iho villages on oil 01 this the plains occupied by troops troop timid mid lie tho roads road I whereon the Iha supply trains are aro parsing to 10 the tho front hut but with wih no mm re suIte sull Among the tho telling work wok of ot the hue Jap anese crummy donn dotie by imy h Its 18 Infantry In fights no rio episode of ot the tho war sur surpasses surpasses passes the tho achievement of the Iho force which on time the night of March 2 gained a footing across the tho river and nd Is IB now holding two 10 miles of oC time the front Cronl leeches after crawling up iii hare bare harl stony hills hill like The Tho Russian trenches are now plain plainly pIli In Inh ly h visible tutu the moving about freely frech Iloth sIdes hostilities for am three or four hours at midday and from midnight to 10 morning A terrific uproar Is itt ed bv hv the sounds of ut tho the and rifle Ine fire nf Tho Time are proving ns mis n Rood goon winter campaigners In every ever respect ct t tOS ns OS the Iho n a question slon upon Ulon which h there lucre formerly considerable doubt |
