Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-19
RUSSIANS Still RUN
jiSades;e s; folding Out Well in Chase
'.!5.s g. After Their Army
.BLooDsHED 81 GROWS AppALLIv(
she of the eIoodlest Battles in His
s5ry Still Raging sosth CT Mukden
The Russian Advance Having Beer
sf' Converted ints a stabbornly Foust
SRetreat-Whole Regiments Move.
'Epowni on Both Sides.

down on Both Sides.
1.-THE matt, armies Of Russia an
t;span in Manchu"ia continue to b.
engaged In a desperate struggle fc
supremacy soutl, of Mukien. On bot!
sides there have been such losses !,
Filled and wounded as mark the col
test for one of 16sses III killed an
sounded. Already the losses Dit Lila
/ Yang have been approximated an
stfie indications ere that they will b
exceeded, that of the Russians up I.
rocn of October Il Being estimated a
-stJ, 1000. The Russian advaiice ha
been converted into stubbo"nly
fought retreat. The result, accord
Ing to the Russians, is still to De de
etefhlined: Reports from the Russian
left Wig are lacking. leaving room
fdr question II part Of General Klro
Spiaatkin's army is not in worse extremr
ty than the centre and right were a.
ant stage OF the battle On both
sides the soldiers haye shown the III
most tenaclty and bravery ana whole
regiments nave gone down before the
fire of the enemy. In official circles
III ST. Petersburg there is disposi'
tion to argue that even should Gener-
aia ,Kuropatkin be Obliged to retire
upon Mukden his position will be
Quite as favorable as it was when ths
order. to advance was given cn Octo'
her 6; and that on the other hand
Inc. tapanese powers. Of future resis'
.tance will have been materially weak
ehed. There is no news from Fort
Arthur.
:: aIeem In St. Petersburg.
sst: petersburg, BY Cable-The great
Feeling of concern which exists III CIR
cles in the Russian capital by no meas
EQUALS the forebodiEg OF coming dis
aster pervading the general public.
which is indulging in the deepest pes;
sirnni,sm, In the absence Of ofhclai
news. the publec is being fed on. the
widest rumors of defeat suffered. by
General Kuropatkin. The fact that
NJ 7wcrd regarding the battle has been
officially given tut enl ly confirms tns
popular fear. The explanation eHeEea
that it YVES q holiday does not sufnce
tos.ally the apprehension.
I. General Kuropatkin's report OF the
.rssil1lt@of the dny's :: operations. has
reached Emperor Nicholas at Tasaf..
koe Selo. but it had not been returned
here before the war commission,
which sat only until 9 o'clock. had ad'
icurned. the Emperor himself Is rep
resented as being bitterly disappoint-
ed. and spending hours With his cab.
net, studying out, with the help o.
his military aids. the reports or the
battle. The general staff, however, by
no means despairs. Though admit
ting that the tide in the last two
DAYS has been against General huro-
patIin. the general staff says the bat
tle.is not yet over. and that Ia any
event there is no question Of, a rout.
The depressing feature Of the Stu
alton Is that everyone is willing 20 ce-
lieve the worst. Thus. reports from
Toxic and elsewhere, stating that the
japanese are advancing and that the
Russians are falling back are accepted
with faith based upon the previous
Russian retreat.
Naturally many reports are current
as to the genesis of the forward move.
ment. It is freely stated that General
Kuropatkin was forced into taking the
offensive by uressure by the authcrl-
ties there. This has been officially
denied, and as General Kuropatklns s
order to advance was gwen over mis-
cwn signature, it seems likely that ne
will have to bear all the responsible
ty, whether the situation Is OF his own
making or not.
Friends of General Kuropatkin said
sns present offensive movement was
Inspired from st. Petersburg. as was
doubtless General Stakelberg's r1ove-
ment for the relief of Port Arthur, and
that if Kurupatkin's star has set,
1thers higher than he are responsible:
Vt the same time, the supporters OF
General Kuropatkin argue that. what.
ever may be the direct outcome OF
he past few days fighting, 1t is not
likely to be an irretrievable disaster
81 the Russian army.
Dispatches from the front give a
vivid picture of the desperate charac-
rerS of the fighting along the whole
line. The Russian plainsmen have
heen again forced to engage In hill
fighting. which is little Il their hx-
n.y.. There have been desperate AMI
epeated attacks upon almost inaces.
.ible positions. which leave no ques-
tion Of the resolution and gallantrv
Of the Russian forces. Guns have been
captured and re.captured in fierce
nandto.hand conflicts.
The latest word directly from .he
field of battle is the Mukdeu dispatch
10 the Associated Press. in which it
is stated that $1,000 Russians had
been wounded, which. together with
the DAVIS casualties, would make the
total probably exceed the figures OF
Lao Yang. and make the fight rank
as one Of the bloodiest battles In his