We have to thank the Consul-General for Japan for the following official report Tokio, 14th October.
Marshal Oyama reports further under date the 13th of Octobe:
Since the report already wired was dispatched, our right army furiously continued the pursuit of the enemy metro ing northward. One column, which advanced toward Shibchiactse to cut off the retreat of the enemy who are in the direction of Pensihu, is continuing its movement.
The central army is continuing to advance, attacking the enemy in front of it, and will occupy a line extending between Tungshakou and Huchiakutse during today. The enemy in this direction was observed to retreat northward continually, even in the evening.
A large column of the enemy is reported to have advanced towards the east from Huanbuatien and commenced defence works at Chienhwanbuatien, but 9 detailed report is still awaited.
The central column of the left army captured four more guns from the enemy during the pursuit. The counter-attack of the enemy against this column was very daring, but after making two counterattacks the enemy was repulsed, having suffered heavy losses from our artillery and infantry fire, The right column of tHe left army, while pursuing the enemy, at the west of Sbibliho captured five guns snd five ammunition waggons, thus making a total of twenty-five guns and five ammunition ons taken by the left army.
The general reserve corps and artillery corps removed to the vicinity of Kushaotse, and one portion repulsed the enemy at Hunchiatien, and having effected a junction with the right wing of the left column, is advancing, attacking the enemy in front of them.
The army captured 150 prisoners today.
Tokio, 17th October.
Marshal Oyama reports:—A resume of the statement of a Russian officer who has been taken prisoner by our central army, isos follows:—The strength of the Russian forces now under General Karopatkin near Mukden having reached over nine army corps, the Czar ordered General Kuropatkin on the 27th September not to retreat north of Mukden, and to take the offensive as soon as circumstances allowed him to do so, in order to drive the Japanese back to Southern Manchuria and relieve the Russian gar-risen in Port Arthur. Thereupon General Kuropatkin with the whole of his forces advanced southward and divided his forces into three columns, contro, lo and right, to take the offend sive. The central column consisted of the first fourth, and fifth army corps under General Zalbsloff. The left column consisted of about two army right under General Stackelberg, corps and advanced towards the Japanese
right column consisted of three army corps and advanced towards the Japanese left army. Another army corps followed under the central column. Beside these General Linevitch with the Ussuri field army corps advanced towards the south-east of Linoyang by @ circuitous route from the east, so as to threaten the Tapanose retreat while General Mis-chen ko with six regiments of dragoon cavalry moved on the right flank of the Linevitch detachment. In the present engagement the 3rd and 17th Division of the first army corps, especially the first brigade, suffered great loss. A company of the 145th regiment was annihilated at Sankuaishihshan. The third division of the Siberian reserve infantry.had very great losses. The original number of fighting men of each regiment of this division was about 4,000, but after Lisoyang they were reduced to 2,500 and by the present engagement the 12th regiment had been reduced to only 800.
Later.
The front of our right army and central army is now quiet and only in front of the left army heavy cannonading is continuing. A detachment under Major-General Yamada captured one gun and two emmonition waggone while attacking the eminence near taokantzu during the night of th October.
Later.
The enemy in small number who remained in the vicinity of Kokuansai (about ten miles north-east of Pensihu) have retreated to the north, pursued by us. Our pursuing detachment occupied the same position.
On the front of the left column of our left army the enemy made six counterattacks, but all were repulsed by us and we inflicted great loss on the enemy. Later that evening the enemy, who were more than five or six battalions of infantry and three batteries of artillery, attacked the same column. We are at present driving the same enemy.
Yesterday (the 15th) the number of dead bodies left by the enemy in the direction of the left army were found to be increased to a total of about 4,000. Besides these, there are enormous number of dead bodies of the enemy on the front of the left column, but the number there has not yet been investigated.
Tokio, 18th October.
One column under Brigadier-General Yamada proceeded 16th to reinforce detachments of the loft army in attacking the enemy north of the Sha river. It defeated the enemy near Weichialoutze capturing-two guns, and two ammunition wagons, and after again repelling the enemy at Santaokautze was returning to the original position when it was suddenly enveloped at 7 pin. by about one division of the enemy. After a fierce hand-to-hand fight it succeeded i breaking through the enemy and regaining its original position; meanwhile our triallery losing most of its horses, the men were compelled to abandon nine field guns and five mountain guns. The enemy were reinforced in front of the central army. Our casualties on Sunday were about a thousand.
18th October.
Oyama reports that on Monday night the enemy twice made fierce front right column of the lo and some smaller assaults in th tion of the central and right troated loving many dead on the field Wo repulsed them all. The enemy re-
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