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Show JAPS CAPTURE FORTY THOUSAND Kuropaktln Oclleved to Have Lost Nearly Half His Army. Tho latest dispatches would Indh nto tbst while (leneral Kuropntkln line np psrently succeeded In saving more of bis artillery than seemed posslblo his losses In men, ammunition nnd com-mltssrlbi com-mltssrlbi supplies in the bnltle of Mukden are fur grealor than earlier reports Indicated, and even that por tlon of his army which ho tuccecdul la citrleutlng from their positions around Mukden Is still In serious dancer. While a small portion of Kuropat kin's army has reached Tlo pass tho greater part of thuso who escaped from tho battle of Mukden nro still itrugttlng onward, being at latt account ac-count between twelve and sixteen miles from their goal, with tha Japan-cie, Japan-cie, flushed with victory nnd rein forced by fresh men, harassing them. It Is moro likely that Kuroaptktn lUI fall right back to Ilarbln with vhat ho cau save and thcro wait for tlo reinforcements that SL 1'vUrsburg has already promised hi m A postlbla obitaclo to tho plan la General Kawa-xnuro'i Kawa-xnuro'i arm, which has not yet been lorfitod, and which may also bo heading head-ing for tho northern capital Uenoral Kuropatkln admits that 1,150 officers and iG931 men aro nut responding to rollcalls This Is rather vaguo. It may or may not Includo tha thousands of wounded who hnvo been sent north, nnd again It may not Include In-clude tho losses sulfi rod by tho Third army, with which tho commander-in-chief waa nut in communication for somo time. The figures given by tho Japanese war office appear moro reasonable, rea-sonable, namely, 40,000 prisoners, 20,-tOO 20,-tOO left dead on the Held nnd 00,000 killed or wounded, tho latter II cure, of course. Including tho dead found by tho Japanoso The Itusslnn losses, therefore, total moro than 100,000 men or moro than ouothlrd of tho whola nrmy. The fact that tlo Japnncso report re-port tho capturo of onlj sixty guns In dlcatca that Kuropatkln at tho latt moment mo-ment succeeded lu sending n consider ablo portion of his artillery northward on tho railway Tho Japanoso losses wen r ported fJi 41,222, not Including tho army ffhlch pushed north bctwteu Mukden lod Fuahun. |