| Show O ORDER fR TO RETREAT HAS AS BEEN GI GIVEN f By It Is Rumored Humored And Aud He lie Ie is Gradually With Withdrawing Withdrawing drawing Ils JAPANESE USING SIEGE GUNS Are Arc Causing Terrible and IDd Nothing Can Stand Up Against A Them bent 1 St Petersburg March ar h 7 1 5 p m mAll i mAll All Al hope hopu that Oen will wil ba b bIblo bable able to turn tur defeat de teal Into victory Is rap rapIdly rapIdly Idly Idl vanishing Tho Tha position of oC tho the been In Increasingly Increasingly Increasingly army ormy has hoM growing desperate during durin tho the last 21 hours The rho gravest danger U Is I from rOm Japanese o left lef which hat litus hil been boen pushed northward on the tito road rond rOld to a point eight miles northwest of or Mukden where It H has Joined d a 1 Hanking column from the tho th wont west around tho the village of which Is IA located nt at II this point The Tho battle raged with wih terrible bitterness throughout yesterday e with wih nil ni the tho reserves hurried to 10 the scene to bloc the tho stroke nt at the tho lu lne line of 1 communications tons Huron Baron aron Kaulbars who sho ho is 18 defending this wing winS Is only able oble to hold his hil own On account of ot tho the desperate situation there Gen don has hl not attempt attempted ed oil to drive home hom his counter stroke nt at atthe the Japanese center and ond hi ide offensive dotted which wits was Wil lve has hal been aban abandoned Iban At tho the came caine time encouraged by l the progress of or tho the main turning move mote movement ment meat west Gen den Kuroki again pressed pessel I forward front from Crol the east cast yesterday I t den Oen the tho Ibis Hus to 10 give ground H It I Is rumored that Kuropatkin has already given the tho order ohler to retreat and anil that he Is gradually withdrawing forces from the thc center but experts are uro In Inclined to believe that he has ha waited too long that he e must tight light It I out In his hla present position and nm that It Is Impossible sible to extricate moro more than thun tho the rem rein remnants fer nants of ot his army At the war alike It Is II said that th the Japanese siege guns UnK from Port Arthur Arlhur with wih n a range of o eight miles are caus causing caUsIng ing terrible punishment Nothing can stand against them The Tho Th only news received nt at II tho the war office up U to thin hour In Is II that the bat battle battie tie tle te was ns resumed nt at daylight this titis morn mornIng morning Ing at During the night both bolh sides brought up additional guns and at nt daybreak n a 1 perfect hall of oC nr ar projects fillet filled the air If I the thu Japanese crush Gen I today tOI the nU retreat will wi bo cut off K p be 21 sur surrounded rounded There Is the tho greatest fear that telegraphic t may bo be boUl cut Ul at nt any moment The he public Is I pessimistic Pt as ni usual The Tho Liberals es CI look 1001 forward to the complete defeat of ot army with equanimity on the tho th theory theon that a n Hus flus Hussion sion sIan victory would stiffen the tho back backbone backbone bone of ot the tho reactionaries I According to tho the Liberal view the themore themore more the tho government Is I sed the tho moro more It will wi he be obliged to yield IOn FOIl Gen Oen Headquarters I Monday Nonday midnight Events Event took an 11 unfavorable turn for tor forthe the tho this evening C After Atler a aday 1 duty day Iny of ot marked of ot deter determined IMer determIned mined attacks tho the Japanese ousted the tho Russians Hu from an nn important poal position tion tien on tho the left center of or the thc eastern army The rite Japanese are also preying the right center hard hord The ho have havo been ordered to retake the time position position tion ton ot any cost There Them h to were heavy heny losses today on both shies Rides GOES OOl S BADLY WITH St tit Petersburg March 7 p 11 m nm mA mA A A very specific report Is circulating In exceedingly well wel Informed quarters that tho the day has hO gone gon badly with ten en Kur KUI thiu HIP tue Ihl nUs center Is i 1 broken and that 13 heavy sIege gun gunt have been captured by hy tho the Japanese H I this Is true It l Is pointed out here the thu battle Is lost los CONCENTRATING Tokie March 7 Tho greatest con concentration cn concentration of or the tho defending Fushun seems to be along the line lino Ino trout from rieta to hen Jen en Kuro luro continues to resolutely defend the tho Russian HUBs tal position nt at lt Fushun The Ti operations In that vicinity do not In Indicate dicato whether Intends to right fight or retire but bUl ho lie muM mu t hold Fu Fit Fushun FI shun to protect tho the army on the Shako river FROM l nO RI I March 7 C ii p II m The follow following ing log dispatch was ivas WU received today loday front from rom the tho th headquarters of ot the tho Japanese nr ar inies In the tho Held field fieldIn In I tho direction the th enemy In the neighborhood of ot 1 made mlle several everl counterattacks Mondoy which were repulsed Our attacks against despite deI lo tho the obstinate ate nt resistance reHl proceed Gradually Ord un I part of ot our force toeo nt at It 8 S Monday night occupied the northeastern ter heights of or about four tour miles south ot of In the Iho di dl direction r on on Monday afternoon our force occupied n a line Ile of at heights nt at knit kou seven miles Ilea south of or Tile The enemy retreated towards sang Gang three mIles mile mies southwest of or Mn Mit MI On night the Uio enemy enery counterattack on our front neat near nal Sao Kno pass la but bilL was Wn repulsed In ill II the tho river east Cast of at here lucre Sunday night tho the enemy coun north of ot but hut was ns repulsed Otherwise tim tho situation In II unchanged West Wesl of or thi railroad our force Is now Mi engaging the tue tl diem ellem occupying positions ons east cost ens I of oC anti and Erth Tho The enemy Client enem Is la resisting stubbornly On tho tile right of at the Hun him river Mon Man Monday Manday day morning one on division of ot the tho enemy with 70 10 guns un counterattacked tho the vi vicinity v of ot 10 miles micH north northwest noth northwest west of ot Mukden but was WAi repulsed |
