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Newport Daily Independent
Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
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In Manchuria, General Oku's Japanese army captured 25 guns from retreating Russians, repelled counterattacks with heavy Russian losses, and pursued the enemy northward, with the entire Russian line reportedly in disorder.
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General Oku Captures Twenty-five Guns From Russians Who are Retreating in Disorder.
Tokio, October 13. --Telegrams from the Manchurian headquarters this afternoon announced that Gen. Oku's army on the left had captured twenty-five guns and that more had been captured in other directions. Desperate counter attacks of the Russians on the Japanese left were repulsed with terrible slaughter. The Japanese right is pursuing the enemy vigorously northward. The Russians opposing the Japanese center were in continuous retreat. An unofficial report asserts that the entire Russian line was retreating in disorder last evening. Their losses were enormous, they abandoning their dead and wounded.
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Manchuria
Event Date
October 13
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russians retreating in disorder; 25 guns and more captured; desperate counterattacks repulsed with terrible slaughter; enormous losses, abandoning dead and wounded
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Gen. Oku's army on the left captured twenty-five guns and more in other directions. Desperate Russian counterattacks on the Japanese left were repulsed with terrible slaughter. The Japanese right pursued the enemy northward. Russians opposing the Japanese center in continuous retreat. Unofficial report: entire Russian line retreating in disorder last evening.