Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-10

1.-The illustrious head of the Russian
land, together with the whole of Rus
STA, prays for you, blAses you for your
heroic deeds. Strengthened by this
prayer and the small consciousness of
the Importance of the task that has
fallen to us, we must go forward fear
lessly with a firm determination to do
our duty to the end without sparing
our lives.
'The will of God be with us ALL"
A st. Petersburg dispatch, dated this
morning at 2:55 a. M, says that Gen
eral Kuropatkin's order of the day an
n~ouncing his determination to take the
offensive is supplemented by the new
that an offensive movement has al
ready been begun and that the Japa-
nese line has been broken at Bentsia-
putze. The Japanese occupied a front
of about fifty-two miles, stretching
from Bentsiaputze, OIL the east, through
Yentai and across the railway to the
banks of the Hun river, on the west.
The Russian force had been moving
south in close touch with the Japanese
advance since Oct. 4. The Japanese
outposts have been driven back in a
series of skirmishes, and the Russians
have reoccupied the station of Shakhe,
fifteen miles south of Mukden, the rail-
way battalion restoring the bridge
across the Shakhe river in order to ia
~cilitate the advance. Meanwhile Cen
eral Miscellaneous Cossacks have
pushed southwestward as far as the
Yentai mines, defeating the Japanese
in a series of warm skirmishes. The
most important action, however; yoa-
Cured on the Japanese right at Bent
siaputze. Here the Japanese held a
strong and Important position, but 1t
seems they made the inexplicable, omis-
sion y fortify a commanding hill
which was the key to the whole situa-
ton. A portion of General Kuropat-
kin's force made a strong attack on
Bentsiaputze and, taking a leaf out of
the Japaneset book, occupied the hill
from the east and f1anked the Japa-
nese out of the town, causing a serious
loss in a rear guard fight.
1t is reported from Mukden that two
Japanese divisions under General Fugi
are marching west up the Lao river
and are now twenty-five miles south of
Sinmintin. General Kuroki is expected
to make a similar nov eastward. This
would leave the two armies in the ano-
malous position of threatening each
others lines of communication, the
Japanese by a wide turning movement,
while the Russians, pushing south,
have already inflicted a blow on the
Japanese right and are crowding back
their center along the railway.
Advices from Tokyo say that the first
known dissatisfaction of the Japanese
imperial government with the progress
of the war is shown in the removal of
Lieutenant General Baron Hascgawa
from the command of the imperial
guards division. The official bulletin
announces that he is to retire from
the field to take command of the mill
tary administration in Korea. OF
course a major general of little expe
f1ence in wal could fill the bill in Ko-
rea, n the bulletin may be accepted
as proof that Baron Oyama places OH
Hasegawa whatever discredit may at
tach to the delay of the Japanese army
in the battle of Kwansuiten and sew
eral weeks later in the turning opera
tons which Kuroki attempted at the
spur of the Yentai coal mines.
Although the Japanese left wing was
able to get around the enemy, the
Japanese right was repulsed at sew
eral points, and, while the battle as n
whole was successful after two DAYS.
the enveloping movement was not car
ried on as laid out by Kuroki. The
fault is ascribed to General Baron
Hasegawa.
A Chefn report says that the in
creased activity of the Japanese fleet
blockading Port Arthur in the stop
ping OF merchantmen is due to a look
which is kept for three British
ships, which it is suspected intend to
attempt to enter Port Arthur with
timed meats and vegetables.
The British steamer Victoria was
stopped near Weihaiwei last night, and
the foregoing explanation was made to
ner by the Japanese boarding officer,