Show WAY TO MUKDEN IS OPEN general oku that H s men are fore ng russ ans backward A dispatch received from general oku s left army says that since sun day last the japanese left army has burled 4 russian dead it Is esti mated that the R assian casualties are from 20 to 25 the japanese report their casualties at about early wednesday morning the jap anese continued to advance driving the russians before them and cap turing two guns and many rifles the russians attempted to recapture La muting but were repulsed with heavy loss the battle there is over the atay to mukden is apparently open the last remnant of the rus plan forces on the plain north of yen tai are being driven out of their tion by a heavy shell alre the rus appear to have been utterly dei feared at least on the right flank they are retiring hastily and it is hardly 1 kely that they will make an other stand south of mukden unless along the hun river |