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THE tLntei o VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 161905. NO. 48 eig priseo PROGRESS OF THE WAR. Remnant of Russian Army Reaches Tie Pass Japanese Evidently Working to Surround Them There Enormous Losses of the Russian General in Killed and Wounded. General Kuropatkin has tendered his resignation to the Czar of Rus sia. Doubtless it will be accepted, but no successor has yet been named. General Kuropatkin with probably 100,000 men, has reached Tie Pass. He may stop there, but it is possible that he will continue his retreat to Harbin. It is believed that portions of the Japanese army are engaged in a great f anking movement. If so, Ku ropatkin may be caught at Tie Pass and will be forced to surrender, as he cannot continue the fight. But, even if he escapes to Harbin the saihe fate will await him, as he has lost fully two-thirds of his army in killed, wounded and prisoners. The Japs have nearly 60,000 prisoners and are rapidly capturing squad af ter squad of the disorganized Rus sian army. Tokio, March 12, 7 p. ; m. Field Marshal Oyama, reporting today, says: "Prisoners, spoils and the enemy's estimated casualties against all our forces in the Shakhe direction fol low, but the prisoners, guns and spoils are increasing momentarily. The prisoners number over 40,000, including General Nachmoss. The killed and wounded are estimated at 90,000. The enemy's dead left on the field number 26,500. The spoils includes two flags, about 60 guns, 60, 000 rifles, 150 ammunition wagons, 1,000 carts, 200,000 shells, 25,000,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition ; 75,000 bushels of cereals,; 275,000 bales of fodder, 45 miles of li-ht rail way outfit, 2,000 horses, 23 cart-loads of maps, 1,000 car-loads of - clothing and accoutrements, 1,000,000 rations of bread, 75,000 tons of fuel, and 60 tons of hay ; besides tools, tents, bul locks, telegraph wire and poles, tim ber, beds, stoves and numerous other property. "No report from the Singking di rection has been received. Results at Sinking. Tokio, March 13. The following report was received today from the headquarters of the Japanese army in the field: "It is estimated that the spoils which fell into our hands in the direction of Sinking (Yen Ken) since the occupation by our troops is as follows : Rifles, 27,200 ; ma chine guns, 6; small ammunition, 320,000 rounds; shells, 11,500; en trenching tools, 6,000 ; wire, 1,200 ; wagons for the railroad, 450; gar ments, 40 carts loads, coal mining machinery for eight pits; timber, 4,- 000 pieces. "Besides these, we took large quan tities of cereals, fodder, tents, beds, stoves and maps and telephones, as well as a great number of bullocks and horses. "The enemy left about 1,200 dead on the field. We took eighty pns oners. It is estimated that the enemy's casualties were about 20,000. Fifteen prisoners say that the Fifty first Division was almost annihi lated. "Although the enemy set fire to their stores at Manchuntan and Minlupao, we captured thousands of quantities of ammunition and other bushels of provisions and enormous war supplies at these places. As to the losses, General Kuro patkin now admits that 50,000 wounded were carried off the field. This, with the 26,500 dead left on the field, the 40,000 prisoners and the wounded left in the hospitals comes somewhat nearer the latest Japanese estimate that the total Russian losses were 155,000. At this rate, Kuropatkin cannot have more than 100,000 effective fighting men with him. The army of General Linevitch seems to have made the best retreat. This, no doubt, was due to the stub born fight made by General Rennen kampff on his extreme left and the equally fierce resistance of General Kaulbars on the right, the latter general losing 28,000 men. Neither the army of Kaulbars nor of Rennen- kampff has yet been accounted for by the dispatches. After his defeat around the western tombs, Kaulbars, finding his retreat directly north ward cut off, made a detour to the eastward, where he was still fighting at last accounts. Rennenkampff must also still be in the hills to the east ward, as it took the courier three days to reach -Tie Pass. The Jap anese report the capture of twenty- four more guns, sixty-six m all, a rather small number considering the decisive defeat and the number of men capture. The Japanese losses have been remarkably light in view of the length and severity of the fighting, A correspondent with Gen eral Kuroki's army tells how the bat tle of Mukden was won. Ihe Rus sian general was deceived as to where the blow was to be struck, and after massing his forces on the Japanese left, found, when too late, that his left was the objective of the Japanese. In all, the speculation as to peace the one point that is coming to the front is that Russia would prefer to settle directly with Japan without the aid of any third nation. This is in line with the dream of many leading Russians that the natural allies in the Far East are Japan and Russia, they being the only na tions whose domains border on Ko rea and Manchuria, both having oth er interests there besides tlioso of trade. By delay in dressing his pursuits of Russia's defeated and demoralized army at Tie Pass, Field Marshal Oyama has afforded General Kuro patkin time to sortie the disordered units of his command,and restore his forces to at least a semblance of or der. So far as known, there is no considerable force of Japanese near er Tie Pass than six or eight miles, but in Russian quarters there is a feeling of annrehension that some turning movement, of which there is no definite information, is in prog ress. From Japanese sources, it is reported that many straggling par ties of Russians, cut off from their commands in the retreat from Muk den, are surrendering upon the ap pearance of Japanese troops. The council of war. summoned by Em peror Nicholas, is reported to have decided yesterday that the war must be carried forward. The all-import ant question of financial means. however, is said to have reached no solution, the situation being com plicated by the reported decision of French capitalists not to negotiate the loan recently offered by St. Pet ersburg. The probability, as regard ed in St. Petersburg, seems to be that when General Kuropatkin has completed the task of reorganizing what is left of his army, he will be permitted to return to Russia, and that the command in Manchuria will be entrusted to General Sukhomlioff, whose former war apprenticeship was served under General Dragomi roff, who has been regarded as the foremost of Russia's scientific sol diers. It is possible, however, that the command will go to Grand Duke Nichola Nicholaievitch. General Kuroki's Headquarters in the Field, via Fusan, March 14. The country is swarming with hungry, disheartened Russians, who are sur rendering in squads to any passing pursuing Japanese they meet. Lead ing Japanese officers have refused to criticise the lack of mobility display ed while driving the Russians beyond Tie Pass. Most of the foreign at taches with the Russian army, includ ing two American and English of ficers, were captured at Mukden. The Russian government emphati cally denies reports that peace is wanted Experts everywhere believe that both men and finances are need ed and cannot see where they are to come from. French capitalists do not care to take any more Russian bonds, and, even if money were plentiful, it will take months to re cruit the army up to it3 former standard. But the Russian officials doggedly declare that they will con tinue the war until victory is won. AN INTERESTING PUBLICATION. Sketches of the Battles of 1861, Written by an Iredell Man at the Close of that Year. "Sketches of the American Revo lution of 1861" is the title of a pamphlet written in 1861 by the late Thomas N. Ramsey, of Iredell Coun ty, and published in Salisbury by the late Joseph J. Bruner. The pamph let was sent to the Landmark recent ly by Mr. George F. Shepherd, of Elmwood, who has a fine collection of rare books and valuable histori cal matter and at his suggestion has been sent to the State Library at Raleigh. In his introduction Mr Ramsey says: "I have prepared the following sketches of the great battles of 1861 from the most authentic sources, but I am aware they contain many er rors. They were collected at a time when our country was in a state of great excitement and things have been misrepresented, no doubt. It will take many years to reveal all the facts conected with the battles and correct the errors. I hope whatever is correct will be accepted and what ever is wrong will be corrected by some future historian." The first page and a half is devot ed to the "Causes of the Revolu tian." Then follows, in the order named, sketches of the "Bombard mrnt of Fort Sumter," "Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia," "The Battle of Bull's Run and Manassas Plains" "Battle of Oak Hill, or Springfield, Mo., "Captre of Cape Ilatteras, N. C ." "Battle of Lexington, Mo.," "Battle of Leesburg, Va.." "Battle of Port Royal, S. C," Battle of Bel mont, near Columbus, Ivy. The pamphlet closes with sketches of Jefferson Davis and Alexander II. Stephens, the President and Vice President of the Confederacy, and a "Chronological Record" of some of the events from November 6th, 1860, to December 29th, 1861. In referring to the success of the Confederacy during the year 1861 Mr. Ramsey says: "The hand of an overruling Prov idence was with us in our struggle, and whenever He supports a cause no earthly power can prevail against it. The Republic of the Confederate States is now a fixed fact, and she is destined soon to take her place among the nations of the earth as a sovereign and independent govern ment. Our Republic will shortly be recognized by European powers, if not already done." Alas! But a little more than three years later the republic in which the Southern people had so much faith at the time Mr. Ramsey wrote, had ceased to exist. All through the pamphlet are repeated references to the hand of Divine Providence, evi dence of the all -prevailing belief at that time that God was with the Confederate forces and that nothing could prevail against them. The pamphlet is very interesting, the more so from the fact that the nar ratives were written when the events recorded had just taken place. Some of the oldest citizens of the county will recall Thomas N. Ram sey, lie was the father of Mr. J. L. Ramsey, now editor of the Raleigh Enterprise. Statesville Landmark. A copy of the above pamphlet was secured by a committee in charge of the collection of histori cal matter for the Philadelphia Cen tennial Exposition held in that city in 1876. It received special mention on account of the apparent fairness in relating facts and it was then said that it was the first and only attempt that, had been made by a Southern writer to give a history of the war, up to that time. The book was after ward placed among historical records in Independence Hall. My father prepared manuscript giving a his tory of the principal battles and in cidents of the war in 1862-1863, and intended to include the entire war in one volume. But, owing to failing health, he did not complete the work, and his death occurrd while the work was in an unfinished state. Editor. 4 Robert B. Roosevelt, the Presi dent's uncle, thinks Theodore Roose velt might again be a candidate if he were nominated by both parties. But will the Republicans indorse him if the Democrats nominate him ? New York "World. General Stoessel is back in Rus sia. At Kaffa, the landing point, he was presented with the traditional salt as a mark of welcome. Later on it is believed that he will be duly peppered. Indianapolis Star. Addicks says he has almost de cided to retire from public life? Of course, he needn't answer if by do ing so he' will incriminate himself? Manchester Mirror. General Kuroki, having enveloped the Russian left, it is presumed that he will now file it away for the future reference of the peace com mission. Indianapolis News.
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