Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-11

tent OF the opposition he will make at
Feng depends upon the
ings in Manchuria. Descents or at
tempted landings are now mopentar.
lily anticipated near Newchwang and
the head of Korea Bay. Occupying an
Interior line and pursuing the tactics
of Napoleon, Kuropatkin's problem
will be to prevent juncture OF tho
enemy's forces. II is necessary for
him to await the development of the
Japanese plans and ascertain the di.
rection, strength and whence the other
column will come before deciding how
to fight his adversary in detail.
1t is believed here that the Japanese
plans for concerted action have been
embarrassed by their failure to block
the entrance to, Port Arthur Tuesday
tnd a repetition of the attack on the
Russian Gibraltar is momentarily ex.
pected. ay
Vice Admiral Togo's feet was sight.
ed off Port Arthur last night and in
deed unconfirmed rumors say he at
tackled at daylight this morning and
that fighting is nowgip progress there
/ At least the cutting off Of Port Ar
thur, II not the fate of the fortress
depends. in the opinion of the general
staff, upon General Kuropatkin's pre-
venting a juncture of the Japanese
forces.
II Is understood here that General
Zassalitch has already been relieved
OF his command for disobedience OF
orders and that his action is under In
vestigation.
In connection with the obstinate
stand made by the Russians at the
Yalu against instructions and In face
of an overwhelming superiority oil
men and especially OF guns, an Inter
esting bit of the history OF what oc
Cured during the maneuvers near st
Petersburg last summer is being re
counted, which illustrates this trait Ia
General Zassalitch's character. He
commanded an infantry division and
insisted on storming heights com
manded by artillery and in the face oil
a fire which theoretically wiped out
his command. The judges were so dis
gusted that they rewarded the blundeI
with zero mark against the Generals
name.
Under the old rules and traditions oil
the Russian army, the second and
third batteries OF the Third Artillery
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Third Brigade, which lost their guns
at the battle of Kin Lien Cheng, would
be stricken from the army list for
ever. The names of batteries LOSING
guns and those Of regiments losini
their colors or otherwise disgracinf
themselves, formerly disappeared
from the list. This was the case o.
the celebrated Immortal Hussars, In
1926, which participated in the con
spiracy against Emperor Nicholas
Only few years ago the regulation
was rescinded, owing to a realization
of the fact that It would work great
Injustice in the case Of batteries and
regiments forced by circumstances to
sacrifice themselves, as was the case
on Sunday. .
No further official news has been re-
ceived regarding the Russian losses
but General Kashtaiinsky's estimate
1000 men, is accepted as representing
practically their full extent.
II is generally believed that the
japanese lost between 1900 and 1900
men. This is based upon reports OF
eye.witnesses. There has been abso
lutely no statement Of the number OF
prisoners captured by the Japanese
but the general staff is inclined to ad
nit that 800 men were captured
though the staff asserts that 1t has no
actual means of know definitely how
many prisoners were in the hands Of
the japanese.
Not a single newspaper dispatch has
J yet been received beyond the several
colorless kilograms from the Russian
headquarters at Liaoyang, which sim
ply repeat the official news.
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