The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-10

st. Petersburg, Oct. 9.-Followln
i3 the >>yt OF an order of the day Is
SIZED by Gen. Kuropatkin and date
Mukdcn, Oct. 2:
More than seven months ago ;Il
enemy treacherously fell upon us Il
Fort Arthur" before war had been dc
Clared. Since then, by land ana sea
Russian troops have performed man
heroic deeds of which the latherlan
may Justly be proud. The CIemy, nov
ever, is not easily OverthrcwE, bul II
his arrogance. continues TO III cam U
complete victory.
The troops of the Manchurian army
IN unvarying good spirits, h!thcrLt
lave not been numerically stroL;
enough to defeat the Japanese army
Much time is necessary for oVercom
ing all the difficulties of strenSthoh
ing the active arm.' so as to enable |
to accomplish with comp'ate success
the arduous but honorable task in'
posed upon ii. 1t is for this reason
tTat in spite of the repeated repuls'
of the Japanese attacks upon our p
sitionS at Tatchckiao Lian'!InSian an
iLao Yang, die rot consider that tn,
time had arrived % take advantage o.
these successes and to begin for
movement, and | thGl gave
order to retreat.
You left the positions you haG sc
hcrOical., defended, covered with
PILES of the cncmy's dead and without
allowing yourselves to be DISTURBED
by the foe and in full preparedness for
further fight.
After five days bate at Lao va ia
you retired on new positions which
had been prepared previously. After
successfully defending ali advaLccd
and main positions yuu withdrew 10
Mukden under most Gitit ult condi-
tions.
Attacked by Gen. KGrjlii's army,
you marched through amost impaa-
sable mud, fighting throughout the
day and cxtricating guns and cars
within your hands at night and re'
turned to Mukdcu without abandoning
a gun. prisoner or woundel man, and
with the baggage train entirely In
tact.
| ordered the Ictrca. with sorrn"-
full heart, but with unShaken conil-
dence that it was NECESSARY in order
TO gain complete and decisive vict ~
ct the enemy when the time came.
Has Enough Troops.
The Emperor has assigned for the
conflict with Japan forces sufficient
10 assure us victory. All difficulties
III Transporting these forces over
ten thousand vcrsts are being
overcome in a spirit of self sacrifice
;,,I fol, onl
skill by Russian men of every branch
aud rank of the service and cvcr" so
cial position to whom has been en-
trusted this work, which for din
Guilty is unprecedented in the history
of warfare.
"In the course of seven months
hundreds of thousands of men and
tens uf thousands of horses and carts
and millions of pounds of stores have
been coming uninterruptcdly by rail,
from European Russian and Siberia
to Nanchuria.
czar's Infleyible Wish.
If the regiments which already
have been sent out prove insufficient,
fresh troops will arrive, for the in
flexible wish of the emperor that we
should vanquish the foe will he inflcx-
ibIy fulfilled. Heretofore the enemy,
in operating. has relied on his great
forces. and disposinC his armies so
as TO surround us, has chosen as he
deemed fit. his time for attack: but
now the moment to 70 to meet the
enemy. for which the whole army
has been longing has come and the
time has arrived for us to compel
the japanese to do our will. for the
forces Of the Manchurian army are
strong enough 70 begin forward
movement. Nevertheless Won must
DC increasingly mindful Of the vic-
tory 10 be gained over a strong and
gallant foe. In addition 10 the numer-
ica1 strength in al commands. from .
the lowest 10 the highest. the firm de- F.
termination must be to prevail: 10
gain victory.
Importance % Victory.
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