The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-15

tf,at i,rnsent offensive movement was in-
Il shireti fran III. Petersburg as was DOUBT
laes General Stakalhcrss's lnoxemcnt 10.
the Tnlicf oil PORT Arthur, and hat %
KntopatkJn's sta. has st OF hetss ifisi tlsf
i than he are Responsible ~ we ~ same sst y.
,iimo ths s,,pportcrs or General Kurepat-
Il Kin argue that whatever may be the di-
rect Outcome OF the past few days. fight
Ing. 1t Is not likely to lie all irretrieyaole
tlisasters5to the Russian army.
Dispatches frouf tho font give Q vivid
picture OF the desperate character OF
: the fighting along the whoie i'ne. lne
Russian rlainsmen have been again
forced to engage In hill fighting which
A Il little to their Tx ng. Thu re have cen
,,osnerate d d re nted attacks upon al
d most 5inacce siela5 positions which leave
n no question OF The resolution and ga ian-
sts.y OF the Ressian forces { uns ma DC
RHsbn cantuled and recaptured In re
Hsna.ip-land fights While a iitiiess
downnol,r Of rain the ineSitnble acf on,s
L ,,,,s,tn,cnt OF a great battle, has flooiea
lie trenches Z drenc cd DO i rinics
without ailayiAg the dcs crate crltl c {!
sst The latest wrd directly f1on tie field Y
\ Ss the Aiukden dispatch to the Asso inteA
Sees IN which IL is stated that III cen
ibo,isan6 Russians he'd besil wo"nde y
which, together with to-day's ca iualti $.
would make the total probably exceed 1
lilo fignr $ Of LILO Yang. and make ne
fir5t rank as one of the bsoodlesl gattles
in history.
Retired and Held Ground.
Il October ia dispatch from General
Sakharoff, dated carly this morning..
says regarding the fighting OF Octoper
18th and October 18th, that the itiss'an9
on the right wing defended thelr az.
yanced positions and also proportions OF
tho different main positions. particularly
In tho direction OF Slaluhedzy. until to-
wards evening, when Kurcpatkin ordered
them to withdraw short distance. IN
spite Of the fact that the Japanese at
taobs we're carefully directed against the
troops they heid the siouhu ~ w.
they retired.
NJ On the left wing, after very opstl-
nate struggle, tho Russians occupied the
rocky hill south of Bentisiaputze, ana
near Bcnsihu, about eight miles nortn Oh
yentai, but the arrival OF large jap
ancse achievements prevented them
from profiting by this success, and rs
the body was squad from the rest OF
the troops. Kuropatkin ordered 1t TO
retire
The dispatch relteratcs that the Rus
slams suffered heavy losses, but no de-
tails have yet been given out.
Right Forced Back
4 il a later dispatch from General Sakha-
sFfoff, sent at G clock this morning. eX-
Il Der 18th and 18th, from which 1t appears
that tie Russian center was due north
Of the Yentai Mines. the right running
west a short distance beyond the rail-
road and the left sweeping southeast
ward toward Bensihu. The real bloody
4 work did not begin until " edncsday.
when the japanese made a series OF de-
tcrnined attacks on Sialiuhudzy. about
seven miles north of Yentai but the
2 Russians held off their assaiants. In the
meantime, however, the extreme right j
comparatively lightly held, was forced
back thus compelling Kuropatkln 70
slightly draw back his line above YEN en- |;
& TAI, in order to preserve It's alignment.
On tho extreme let;7 after determined
resistance, athn HRl ssidns succeeded IN
IL carrying the rocky heights and ltuan
+ Pass, north of Bensihu. but the arrival
Of Japanese reinforcenents, SaShasoft
4 says, made II impossible for the Rus
i as the left was too far advanced IT also
was withdrawn some distance.
Guns Lost by Russians.
The Emperor has received the follow
Ing dispatch dated yesterday, from Gen
5cral kuropatk!n:
Two regiments OF the Russian right
81, October 18th sustained heavy loss
& eS The commander of one was Killed
and the brigade commander was
4 wounded. Both regiments were COM
e PEELED to withdraw, abandoning their
q artillery but subsequently, under Coi-5
onel Vannovsky, who temporarily as
sumed command of the brigade, they.
after desperate assault, rcGAiHed II
possession of the guns with the c&cep-
5. stion of sixteen, which remained III the
hands OF the japanese. The final Is
sue OF the battle Wednesday, on this
flank was unsuccessful for us u On ac-
count OF night attack of The Japa-
nese, who executed a turning move
I nent, our troops were forced not only
to abandon their positions, but again
4 lost the guns previously recovered
from the Japanese. Our forces retired
to the position previously prepared on
Il the Shakhe River.