War News.

Cromwell Argus, 13 March 1905, Page 3

War News.

The Largest Battle in the World. I ho'eecoud line at OliHu-ran vvaa de funded as obstinately as ib.3 firs'« Geueials Oku and Nogi thereafter ads vancjd rapidly, and in the face ofenor-* nous difficulties tanied position after position, often atfhepoiutof thetayonet ami agaiust superior numbers. I'hcy pu-sbed on to a point 15 uiil*>s nortb««Tßt of Mukden on Saturday, ani were still advancing. Except at Pataitsi! and Machiapu tie llu-ftinu ie% sittxnoe wan Kpiiitle'a-, Many threw away Uie.ii lew* and 'Votbicg. The Russian centre near the railway began retiring oa Satmday night, the Japanese capturing some 6in howitzers and machine, gunf The Russians claim that during their counter attacks at the Shaho they cap lured two niachme guns and 100 prisoners eastwards of" Pudiloff Hili General Kuroki's troops and the Kuasiaus, despite terrible hard* ships and the cold, display equal obstinacy and daring. Jn one iuttanee the Russiaua reached the Japanese trenches aod the men bayoneted one another. The Jap.aues6 charged a battery to the top of the hill, and almost a-eaehed the guny, the Russians skilfully saying tbem. "' * .. " The chief lighting oa Monday was at Taahichiao, near (be imperii?! totubc, aud was renewed to-day in the form of u iibiee artillery duel, the positions to the east aud «outh'of Mukden, especially Kandaliean aud Kaotiilug, being the scene of the t loodiett fighting. The iiues'aUß claim tbat thoy repulsed 112 night attacks in two days at Kauda Hsiao, aud ibkit tlicy annihilated the Japarese Jiopeiial Uuard?. General &ourapatkiu io ► training evuy nerve to to ketp open bis line ot retreat to Fm sbai' and Titling.

Generals Kuroki and Nodza ate hoicL iug the EusaittU left and centre, while Genti'ui No-t;i rolls up the and 2<-ls iu their rear. Adv : C9H t'om Mukden tfcato that ihete are 2000 Japineso iii front of Kac.iuiiug. It is autpunced at Tokio tbat uoFsnsaioD of Mukden (nd the line of the Haolio ig , -Jifdy assured, and (bat the railway north of Mukdeu wllbe cut. Thirty thocs.nJ Japanese are ei.trenched fire uiren we-tof Mukden, and ofchets six nilLs e- utb. The Russians ate 8l«in~ ed, and have burned the Government btrlditiug fiiPpatvJory to a retread. Civ lian refugees are pouring into Tilling tad Sinininting. The Japaneee have occupied the telegraph office at S'ntnin.tin*. Fighting is heard far

nor hj of Mukden, Pie d mar ha! OyainVs deepitchts itnj ly that General Kutoki is timing the Kantulng position. It is repo.tfd at Tokio tbat General Kourapatkiu has already cowuaenced a general r«troat, and is now part'ally env I pad position ie highly critical. General Bilderirg, .south of Mukden, is calling in the reserves.