Show V 1 V d Is spending hours with his cabinet studying the reports of the battle st peters burg in the midst of the wildest rumors concerning the present conflict the blood est in the history of modern warfare thousands of wounded cover the roads and fields downpour oe rain adds to the horror of the situation at the fronts r st petersburg oct 14 a m the great testing ot concern which exists in high circles in the capital tonight by no means equals he ot general disaster pervading the general public which Is indulging in the deepest pessimism in the absence of official news tho public is being fed on the wildest rumors ot defeat suffered by general kuropatkin today the fact that no word regarding the battle has been officially given out only confirms the popular fear the explanation offered that today was a holiday does not sut flee to allay the apprehension the emperor himself Is represented as being bitterly disappointed and spending hours with his cabinet study ins out with the help of hia military aides the reports of the battle the general staff however by no means despairs though admitting that the tide the last two days naff been against general kuropatkin the general staff says he battle Is not yet over and that in any event there is no question of a rout the de pressic feature of the situation Is that everyone is willing to believe the worst thus reports from toldo and elsewhere stating that the japanese are advancing and the rus falling back are accepted with faith based upon the previous russian retreats naturally many reports are current as to the genesis of the forward movement it is stated that general kuropatkin was forced into taking the offensive by pressure from 1 the authorities here this has been officially denied and as general order to advance was given over his own signature it seems likely that he will be likely to have to bear all the responsibility whether the situation is of his own malting or not the supporters of general kuropat kin argue that whatever may be the direct outcome of the past few days fighting it Is not likely to be an irretrievable trie vable disaster to the russian army it Is pointed out that even it general kuropatkin was forced to advance against bis better judgment he is too good a general to have undertaken an aggressive movement which he did not feel strong enough to carry through without leaving them a road for retreat and while the russian forward movement may be an absolute failure so far as the relief of port arthur is concerned and though kuropatkin may lofie many men and some guns this is the worst that can happen if general succeeds in keeping the alignment of his forces and the dispatches indicate that he is doing this and tha japanese do not succeed in breaking up or cutting oft any conald erable portion of his army he will not be in much worse position even it he should be forced to retire to mukden i than he before the advance began the probabilities are that the losses on both sides will be about equal dispatches from the front give a picture of the de sperato character of the fighting along the whole line the russian plainsman plainsmen plains men have been again forced to en in hill fighting which is little to their liking there have been desperate and repealed attacks upon almost inaccessible positions which leave no question of the resolution and gallantry of the russian forces guns have been captured and recaptured in fierce hand to hand tights while a pitiless downpour of rain the of a great battle haa flooded the trenches and drenched both armies without allaying the desperate conflict the latest word directly from the field of battle Is the mukden dispatch to the associated press in which it la said that russians had been wounded together with casualties would make the total ably exceed the figures of llao yang and make the fight as one of the blood lest battles in history A pitiable feature is the coming of thousands of wounded to mukden the roads and fields are covered witha crippled men dragging themselves to the shelter of the hospitals the wounded helping each other as few able bodied men are being spared from the fighting line it must be borne in mind in reading the description by correspondents at the front that some of the phases right in their point of view have already been discounted by official or later news but taken as a whole they present a vivid panorama of the situation at the front save at the extreme cast where the heaviest russian attack waa planned to be delivered from that quarter the news is less full and satisfactory though it seems unquestionable that the russian advance upon the main japanese position at has been checked DREADFUL SCENES OF CARNAGE 12 miles south of den on the railway october 13 delayed in transmission A russian correspondent ot the associated press telegraphs as follows s for over two days the battle has raged ceaselessly it was close to midnight of october when the japanese attempted to surprise and at tack our frontal positions in the impenetrable darkness and hurled tho full force of their battalions against our the darkness was split hy the blaze of their rifles and the answering volleys of our men the attack never ceased for hours we lay close hugging the entrenchments with but a few minutes of respite every mans gun to hla shoulder clr ang at the flashed until near dawn tha wll boding rifle clr ceased and even the dutant batteries were silent we watched the daylight in bands of red and yellow tho clouds tinged with streaks of blood burg over the silent valley which might havo been empty for all the signs of life it gave while from the plain below us rose dark and silent hills like the silhouettes of tombstones through the half light the fog thickened covering low lying places nothing could have better suited for buc two races afy had hardly lighted the slope i of the two horned mountain when our batteries began to cover it with shrapnel puns of white marked the landing of each with onos naked eye wo could see tho japanese being shelled out of their trenches first one and then groups of three and four black figures sprang into view squat ling down running for coer or scurrying away among the rocks but the shells followed them tearing up the rocks japanese fell literally alko wheat thrown by the hand of a eow er oft the mountain belldo the buddhist temple our battery 1 was also working then another opened from the opposite side the japanese lied so quickly that the gunners could hard follow them yoon Japa neso resourcefulness showed itself they an fn cd tho bg najac village on the side of the two horned mountain rightly guessing that the wind from the east would send the smoke toward us making a screen for them and confusing the aim of our gunners from S in the coining the fight raged along the whole line tha internal alu of the rifle fire continued as on the previous day but up to noon the japanese batteries aavo no sign oi life it developed 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began at in the morning but our batteries on each side kept them in view and repelled i tho attack the attack was repeated as 10 and finally at noon the general commanding ordered a retire n ant TOK laci position going to wo had scarcely left the hill before it was covered with japanese projectiles at shikha we met general who had come to report then an aide galloped up with the news that the japanese had from tho railroad on the west but had not followed up the temporary advantage stopping to cook their noonday noon day meal late at night we caught them at a disadvantage and the regiment paid them interest for their success of tho from our turning column on the left nothing has been heard we are anxiously expecting news that U has reached its destination our men are displaying tho great est bravery and endurance in the face of all obstacles guns have been dragged by h and up impossible mountains jn one narrow defue japanese stones on them wo could not take the pa ss but men scaled the hillsides hill sides and took the heights commanding the japanese 1 positions after a stubborn fight our has recovered itself we have kepf within touch of our turning column so that strategically vc have a decided advantage in greatest con to the veteran regiments that participated in the battle of llad yang the new reserves with faces un tanned and by war are watchful energetic and determined 1 I cannot sp cakin derail althe behavior of s it is impossible at present lo 10 judge of the situation to do this wo provably ably will have to wait some days our men still bellove we shall achieve a final success wo are all wet to the skin A thunderstorm der storm of almost tropical character swept down upon us last algat and flooded the trenches the sky was to ra with bolts heavier than those of any artillery it d now 10 in the morning and the storm Is increasing tho crash of thunder mingled with the roar of cannon and the whistle of bullets and shells make a glorious but terrible spectacle judging from the ahe heaviest firing took place north of cental where the japanese themselves issued the offensive nearer the center it was quieter wo moved forward occupying some af the small passes it should be pointed out that with ciuch an extensive front it is difficult fo say which position constitutes the real center it will be more correct to distinguish tho center and flanks separately of each division our losses october alth acro corn ively small in the small ravine where we were stationed the iring slackened toward evening but recommenced after dark and continued with little intermission all night on october every one looked tor a crucial engagement but though heavy resulted the result remained indecisive the japanese advanced boldly and attacked hotly on the extreme right at cental and further toward the left all their attacks were repulsed with great loss we also suffered heavily the conveyance atthe wounded to hospitals was accomplished with difficulty the division to which I 1 am attached deployed on october opposite two passes called eight alles mlles of Deas ihu and hua pass five milea west each bounded by high and almost perpendicular hills which held japanese our troops haa tried on the night of october alth to take the passes during a storm lieutenant led another assault on tha japanese trenches on the top of the hill ran out of ammunition and met our men with stones and clubbed rifles in a billor handlo hand struggle in the meantime japanese reinforcements and arrived lieutenant was shot in tho chest we were forced to retire one of our batteries having spent most of the night in dragging alts guns by hand up an almost perpendicular mountain and ousting the japanese from the crest after a bard fight were forced to retire when a japanese mortar battery got the range of its position we resumed the attack on lansky under the hail of firing especially from two well concealed mortars which we were unable to locate we are expecting a heavy attack it Is understood the japanese have strong reserves and guns of big caliber last night passed with the usual intermittent rifle fire capped with a terrible rainstorm which added to the discomforts dis comforts of everyone london oct 15 the dally chronicles telegraphing october via october says the russian attach tailed everywhere and they are in full retreat along the whole line pursued by the japanese thirty russian guns were captured and the japanese turning movement Is pressing the russians back to mukden tho russians made sixteen counter splendid brately bra tery sacrificing themselves freely but mukden oct 14 p m the fighting has raged today with the same bitterness as pa the previous days engagement arid the re suit Is still in the balance the losses on both sides are enormous that of the russians being wounded soldiers are being brought in from all directions the roads aro crowded with long trains of wagons baggage and transport wagons as well as ambulances being pressed into service oven chinese two wheeled carts tilling the mandate of tho militia men afoot aro limping in using their guns as crutches the less severely wounded supporting their comrades after a first aid dressing on the firing line even across the fled ayou meet them taking h shortest and straightest road for help and shelter it is the moat feature of the bloody drama being enacted at the front when stiffening with wounds pain rat ed bodies sink to the roadside the support of the danger and after of the active fight have been glory drawn in this instance with still plainly heard sounds of rain has ceased and the the sun ig serenely |