CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3496, 14 March 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Russia's Last Stand, BROKEN BY OYAMA. . KUROPATKIN’S ARMY SURROUNDED. London. March ix. Telegraphic and railway communications with the Russian army in Man churia were severed late on Thursday. General Kuropatkin’s last messagto the Czar—presumably carried by messenger to Tieling—merely stated “ I a til surrounded.” Up to Thursday night the Russian losses were officially estimated at 65.000. . Marshal Oyama, in confirming the occupation of Mukden on Thursday, says The enveloping movement completely attained its object. Fighting of the fiercest description continues at several points. Fnshan (twenty miles north-east of Mukden) wa occupied on Thursday _ night. The Japanese are now attacking the enemy on the heights to the northward.” KUROPATKIN’S PLIGHT. HE ASKS PERMISSION TO RESIGN. London, March 13. The St. Petersburg correspondent of “ TheTim.es ” states that Geileral Kuropatkin has reached Tieling with a remnant ot his army. Official despatches record the following losses :—-Guns, 5O0; colours, 20men, over 200,000. When General Kuropatkin commenced his retreat from Mukden on Friday the Japanese swarmed in from east and west. The Japanese opened fire from batteries Oil positions commanding the line of retreat. By sacrificing his guns General Kuropatkin saved part of his force, thought the retreat became a sauve qui pent. The first fugitives reached Tieling within thirty hours. Though the worst is withheld, the public is stupefied, As last week’s despatches related only to successes. Had General Kuropatkin ordered a retreat last .Wednesday, AS at first intended, he would have averted disaster. General Kuropatkin asks the Czaris permission to resign, stating that he is in urgenfmeed of physical and mental rest. The Czar is greatly dejected.