The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-14
TO RELIEF OF STOESSEL Russian Troops Imagina-
 tiOn Great. ION TO PORT ARTHUR" This the Cry of the Cars j Soldiers. Jsrsnese Had Cut Down the High Mil- let, and No Cover was oRered
 Those Attempting to At-
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ION TO PORT ARTHUR"

General Kuropatkin's Headquarters at the Front. October II. via Mukden- Oct ia.-(MorningD--N Dam chenko, Russian war correspondent. telegraphs as follows to the Associated Press:
 .rhe third day of our advance broke with a pelting rain and the tempera- ture close to the freezing point. Lat CT in the day the sky cleared and the sun revealed the ranks of our advance guard extending as far as the eye could reach east and west, while be- hind lay close columns of reserves. Every one was in excellent spirits. The forward movement had put fresh fire Into the men. The regiments that suffered so severly at Liaoyang had been rejuvenated past recognition. while the new troops that have arr rived from Rdssia had but one theme: :: Port Arthur: we must get there in time to deliver it. General Kuropat- kin's order to advance had aroused the greatest enthusiasm everywhre.
 we left Mukden october 6. The Japanese at that time had occupied the villages of Chjantun, Taducampa, Sim opa. samuhedzi and Chanzai. These were merely their outposts. Their main front began at Dawan, which 
 ed to Da Pass, their right, where a brigade of infantry occupied the hills. They had two divisions between san diapu and Khoutzanpa. four at Chin taiadzi, Nakhutnia and Lochju. two at the Yeiitai mines and two at Bentsia- putxe and Bensihu.
 Chinese are Unreliable.
 How many reserves were in their rear 1t was impossible to ascertain. Chinese are utterly unreliable and our scouts have been unable to penetrate far into their lines. It Is certain. however. that they are strongly en- trenched at Changopodxui and Chin .ZAiadzi Their entrenchments continue in groups acfoss an extended front at Inchendei ana yentai. There is an. other strong group on the hills between Muchan and Skyswantun and another at shantiadzi. Thus they presented a conclave of works into whose center we advanced. October 9th we reached the village of Salindsi, four miles south of the Hun River on the road to Bensia- putse and Bensihu. The next two days were spent in reconnoitering the fight ing lines.
 ''The face of the country occupied by the Japanese had greatly changed since our retreat. The treacherous sea of millet had been cut down and 1t was possible to see great distances and there was not the slightest cover for mounted men.
 '"The advance was general along the line Oct. 8. The day was wet and foggy and while this did not contribute to high spirits. it served to impede the Japanese artillery fire, which. as we approached their eastern positions, was extremely indifferent On the west the Japanese slowly retreated before us, we in the advance companies keeping in close touch.
 Nistchenko'a Brilliant Coup.
 This day General Mistchenko had a brilliant engagement with the Japan ese near Bentsiaputze. The Cossack batteries went in at full galiop. firing and advancing to fresh positions and repeating the operation until the Jap anese abandoned hill positions and fled in confusion. Taking advantage of the confusion caused by the artillery fire the Verkhneudinski Siberian regiment rushed the position, not giving the Japanese time to remove their ann intuition boxes. It is reported that the Japanese lost heavily in this en- counter. Bentsipatze was a magnifi- cent position strongly entrenched by the Japanese.
 Meantime. hard fighting was pro- ceeding on the extreme left, where we drove back the JapsAese step by step The troops we met here were evidently a fresh importation and not those op- posed to us at Liaoyang.
 '"rhe same day the Siberian regi- ment was ordered to occupy hills In front of Yentai. This was accomplish cd brilliantly. Having secured q com manding position they entrenched un- Arl lxrfn e C.. ter attack.
 "The day closed with a heavy rain. The Japanese retired along the whole line, in some cases six to twelve miles.
 yesterday October 10.) we reached a position in the hills which lay across our line of advance. The Japanese were then a long distance in front. The weather had become warmer, and the sun was bright. Below us on ev- cry side stretched the same cleared fields which boTdered hills varying in size and with narrow passes There is every prospect of a desperate at- tack on the part of the Japanese in order to regain the passes they aban- doned the day before.
 The fighting so tar has cost us 200 killed or wounded.
 KurOpatkin Watches fin Person.
 'arhere are more hills in front which are evidently our destination. Gen eral Kuropatkln is going forward carefully and personally watching the ground. The same personal supervis- ion is exercised by General Sakharoff. who is heading the reconnaissances in front of the main army.
 "Fighting is heard steadily in the direction of Yentai. It is reported that we have occupied the station there and the hills adjoining.
 "The Japanese made desperate efforts to recover the hills held by the Voron- ski regiment. They threw a whole brigade of infantry against 1t. support ed by a heavy fire from their batteries. The Voronski .gallantly held the posi- ton. Our batteries first replied from the hilltops, but later went below. The Japanese not perceiving the change of position, continued to fire on the old position all day. At night Il en- trenched behind the hill.
 The advance continued slowly and steadily with repeated skirmishes. No news has been received of the fighting on the left flank. The day closed with a smother of fog, lifted there and there ma