The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-25
RUSSIAN SPIRITS RISE.
KurOpatkin Has Shown Genius in the
EXtricatiOn of His Army From
Il Position of Deadly Peril.
(By the Associated Press


st. Petersburg, oct. 22.-11:05 p.
m.-With the closing of the week
the semi-panic produced by the
heavy reverse sustained by General
Kuropatkins army last week has in
a great measure disappeared, and
there is a much more cheerful feel
ing peTVading the War Office. The
general disaster which threatened TO
engulf the Manchurian army has
been averted by the results of the
ten days of almost continuous fight
ing, which tonight is practically
draw.
General Kuropatkin has again dis
played consumate skill in preventing
Field Marshal Oyama from reaping
the fruits of victory. BY withdraw
ing his shattered left wing under
shelter Of the right center, he sue
ceeded in the gigantic task of taking
10000 wounded off the field of battle,
and more than this according to all
indications, he re-orSanized and re-
formed his broken legiOns and again
confronts the Japanese across the
Shakhe river.
That Kur0patkin after losing close
to 10000 men was able to resume
the offensive within a fortnight con-
stitutes a feat i'm military history.
There was an impression early in the
week that General Kuropatkin was
concentrating his forces on his right
and center to avoid being driven off
the line of the railroad, which might
have embarrassed the retirement of
his left, but now he has ample time
to withdraw and the situation shows
more determination than ever to Sc
cure strong advanced positions across
the Shakhe. 1t is known that the left
has actually pushed forward slightly
and the idea that the operations con-
template only rear guard actions
seems negatived.
Makes Certain q Battle.
The general staff acts rather mys-
teriously. 1t simply attributes the
cessation of operations to the natural
exhaustion of both sides, but does not
offer clue to what it anticipates. 1t
is significant, however, with what
satisfaction the news of the capture
of Shakhe town, at the intersection
of the Shakhe river and the Man.
DARN road, was received here. The
taking of the town is considered an
important straregetical gain, placing
General Kuropatkin in complete
mastery of both sides of the Shakhe
river between the railroads and the
Mukden- BentsiaputZe roads and as
surfing his communications against
the possibility of being cut off from
the south. The only point on the
left bank of the Shakhe river re-
naming in the hands of the Japanese
is Lamuntun within rifle shot of the
railroad bridge. The bridge has pre-
sumably been COMPOUNDED with the
Shakhe station. five miles north, the
report that the russians had bonn
harded the station applying to the
bridge. as the station is now beyond
the sphere of their operations.
The heavy concentration of both
Russian and Japanese between the
Mandarin road and the railroad makes
certain a. tremendous collision at this
point The Associated Press learns
that a portion of the eighth army
corps, which had reached Hardin, is
huTrying southwark.
The weather has again become
clear, but is very cold and the SOL
diers are reported to be suffering. a
correspondent wires that twelve Jap
anese were found Friday night by a
detachment of Cossackss They were
unconscious and half frozen and were
conveyed to the Russian camp, where
they were cared for.