Tokio, Saturday.

General Oku estimates the Russian losses at Ta-shi-chao at 2,000 at least. Immediate withdrawal alone averted greater disaster to the Russians. The fighting round the fortifications on Tai-ping-ling was desperate. It was there that the Japanese sustained the heaviest losses. Their casualties in the entire engagement are estimated at 1,000.

The Russian defences were the beat the Japanese have yet encountered. Folds of rooted-in trenches were extended round the steep bills, and gun emplacements protected by wire entanglements barred the ravines. A hundred and twenty guns barred the progress of the infantry. On Sunday a single Japanese detachment succeeded in penetrated the Russian line, but was driven back. The Japanese artillery, being at disadvantage, was unable to make any impression on the enemy.