The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
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ST. RG,, Sept. 5sSi
StA. &, M .---B esides the III formati ion Of;
two fresh army corps as the firstS5
answer to the If j apaneses succ less tS;;
Lao Yang, the r Russian army at the
front will L be eorganized 4 pr baby
Fin the form Of o1armies, in G om-S%
m and OF General ], nevitch and Cen
eral y Baron Kaul bars, NJ respect tYelY ,Sg
with General Il Kurop kin "a as onl -s&s ss
ii and der-in- General l4A auIbars
will 60 out with the two army corps I
now organizing in the govern ments&
Of 5kazan, Odessa, y Nilan and h ketf1,Y$S "
General Linevitcll has been ordered
by telegram from Yladiy ok sto
N1ukden. This decision Is due In NJ
part doubtless to the growing NJ nl-sS
wfeldiness Of the big force under
General Kurop patkins com M NJ and
and and which will be largely incre eased VI 4
by constant reinf fOrcemen ents. sssS'
@ General n :Kuropatkin @ heret fore
has handled Il every detail iof S8ss the
vast organizatio IN 81 he work is too
! - uch for one man and he is now
almost broken d own @ under the 4
strain, n TT Is known that the Em-$l
spepor. is personally one Of 5Kuropa t--fN
Ekin,s strong supporters, and Y 5iss u
thought the General will In all prob
ability retain chief command OFT me ne N a
two armies ISuropatkin s however. Il
has been seriously criticised by
some of the En- psror's close mil irSsSS isS
tary advisers, and It is possib ble tn at$
he may eventually be superse ed .Ss
There is little inf formation from the the ss
front tonight dispatch from
sNIukd don, bearing ThursGa ay's ats,
repeats the story of bad roads w laicl y "a "a
have hampered the transpor an an Q N 1n-is
Inmates that there is an f'interestlngs
movement towards Tiellng,' but N the
nature Of this movement IS not disTEss 1lAs
closed +, !. sS
F1' t is understood that the Emperor''ass "
inspection Of the Bal tic fleet at Cron-si
staxlt to-day is the last ne ~. s<A ~
and thatsthe fleet when y t, lt ie .al' aves 4
sLibauwill proceed 70 the far East t.s..a !
Preparing to Meet Japanese
II Septcmbcr SO :25 II. NI.--General lg
Kuropatkin,s official report sen from
lMukden during the evening OF vest ter-s
5day. announcing that the}whole OF his
army had arrived at Aden, anfdl w
was taking mp positions around the NJ
city. and adding that I he army a az ysli
not lost "a gun during the sretrea =, re-
.lieved tho public anxiety and put q all $$
end to the many alarmlst re porls ~
which had been current here II
From the Generals report. ~ seems
evident that Kuropatk Is tentati ively
preparing to meet the ] lapanese again 81
should Fleld Marshal Oyama continllo sss
'to press northward, Nothing more
important than rear guard actions Ions M
the march to Aukden, ,fhe 81
region south of that city Is now i cle
Of Russians. IT is evident, howteyer
that Kuropatkln is taking precauvsS
tons to prevent the Japanese from
creeping around his flanRs as ne fer5J
ports that the ] Japanese cavalry - ~
actively scouting wide on his flan ks. s
lThe Japanese are reported % bs ~ ~
moving up about thirty miles els
either side Of the railroad With ths 81 g
view to surrounding Mukden.
4 Expects Big Battle. III
A dispatch from General k'lropat-s
kin, time IS 40 o clock yesterday eve II
Ming. was received to-day. He ra-as
norted that General Kuroki's arms s