The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-19
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! when we began to go back and back i
i looked as if something was wrong ant
| we blamed Kuropatkin. But when we
/ found it was really a fact that they
only had 10000 men at the beginning
and these the despised Siberians, we
found he had been wronged. At tbs
| battle of Liaoyang, though the Jap
anese had 70, 900 more men than we had
| Kuropatkin almost won a victory. He
would have done so but for the Fifth
| Corps breaking. He had to throw in
| two corps ne was holding in reserve
This was near the Yentai. We had
been fighting for about fifteen days,
| and the whole army was in action eight
days. But with his tired army, and
throwing his reserves in, Kuropatkin
beat back the Japanese.
1.-THE day after the two armies rested.
Kuropatkin paraded the regiment
which had been the first to break and
in front of it he dismissed the colonel
and Northumberland from the army
not from the regiment merely, but from
the army. He told them they were dis
missed for life and must not go back to
Russia, and the only way they could
atone for their disgrace was with their
blood It was terrible moment for
the whole regiment
t'Kuropatkin had intended falling
back on Mukden and then retreating
further north. But the result of the
battle wore out the japanese and in
stead of falling back. Kuropatkin re-
manned and intrenched.
AN important thing is that the
Russian cavalry is the best in the
world. The japanese have none worthy
of the name, but the Russian cavalry
up to the present has had no oppor-
tunity There has been mud on all the
passages from three to five feet deep.
The corn fields with corn growing to
fifteen feet in height were impossible
for cavalry to penetrate. There is now
fresh European cavalry with the Rus
sian army and soon I believe they will
be able to operate to advantage.
AT Liaoyang the artillery fight was
the greatest the world has ever known.
T never could conceive of anything like
it.
Russian bravery is real bravery.
Japanese bravery is fanaticism. The
Russian soldiers recognize the Japa-
nese as fine soldiers and admire them.
The stories of Russian cruelty are all
a farce.
ut is a fine sight to see the Rus
slams go into battle with their bands
playing and choirs singing at the van.
Every Russian is of a deeply religious
nature. and the singing of the vespers
at evening is one of the grandest
things have ever known.
II believe that the Russians will
fight until they whip the japanese.
They will continue to pour troops into
Manchuria until they overwhel1n them.
They are going to send another army
under Gripenburg to Vladivostok. They
have laid four tracks across the ice
on Lake BaikaI and they have been
massing troops on the Russian side of
the Baikal for a long time. They have
also been paralleling their tracks on
the land. They viii now rush troops
into Manchuria. The Russians cannot
starve in Manchuria-they are but a
few among the 100000 inhabitants
there.
'An army that can stand such de-
feats as the Russians have had and
preserve its morale, must be something
great.
'The Russian soldiers equipment is
too heavy. His boots are too large. An
agitation is now on to supply leggings
and American shoes, which would be
an advantage.
TN Shanghai I met a woman who
had just escaped from Port Arthur.
met her aboard the damaged Russian
cruiser AskoId where I was dining with
| the commanding officer and she said
the garrison had plenty of food and as
far as she knew plenty of ammunition.
have previously made the statement
that the Japanese cannot take Port
Arthur. believe so now. Lieut.. Nc
Gully, T. S. n, who has just come out
of Port Arthur, says he can't see how
the Japs can take the place.
All three correspondents, on coming
ashore last night, went to the Young
Hotel, where some of them met friends
on the Roof Garden. and enjoyed the
latter part of the Planters Association
entertainment.