The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-11
Kuropatkin Taking Offensive, Push-
ing Enemy Back on LfaOyang.

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LONDON, Oct. ia dispatch from
Mukden says that General Kuropat-
kin's advance to the southwark has
been pushed forward with much initial
success General Mischtschenko, with
his Cossacks, penetrated to the rear Of
the Japanese lines, compelling the jap
anese to abandon several positions.
1t is reported that the Japanese have
retreated to Liaoyang and that they
have evacuated Toyanchan, Saimatse,
the Fenshiu pass and Kwandyancyan.
Advices from st. Petersburg, dated
this morning at 2:15, say that battle
upon which the fate of the campaign
In Manchuria depends seems only a
few days ahead General Kuropatkin
has cast the die at last, about faced
his army and is marching resolutely
against the enemy as if resolved to do
or die.
According to unofficial reports, Field
Marshal Oyama at the first sign Of
General Kuropatkin taking the often
sive began drawing in his line and
concentrating upon fortified positions
north of Liaoyang. According to the
latest reports from Mukden, the Japa-
nese outposts are being driven in all
along the line
The strategy of the forward move
ment will be concealed. as were the
preparations for the advance, so that
all surmises as to where General Kuro-
patkin intends to strike are mere
guesswork. 1t is not clear whether
General Kuropatkin contemplates a
blow on the left, center or right Of the
japanese army but the fact that stress
Is laid upon the capture of Bentsia-
putze, which opens the road and fords
to Bensihu. twenty miles east of Lao
yang, where General Kuroki crossed,
and that Cossacks are already reported
in the neighborhood Of the stream
might foreshadow an exact reversal Of
the battle of Liaoyang, this time the
Russian commander thanking and turn
ing Liaoyang with his left, as Field
Marshal Oyama did with his right.
On the Stock Exchange Japanese
bonds fell off onehalf to point
A dispatch from General Sacharofr
to the general staff confirms the news
that Bentsiaputze has been occupied
by the Russians.
Before the Russians took the often
sive in Manchuria special prayers were
offered in field chapel at Mukden.
The service concluded with a sermon
BY the grand almoner. who, addressing
General Kuropatkin. said:
THE old time warrior was told on
departing for the field. Return with
your shield or upon it. But today
'ay TO you, Go with the cross and in
he faith OF Christ
A dispatch from Mukden says that
he japanese are giving up not only
he positions they occupied after the
,attle of Liaoyang, but also those they
ook previous TO that battle. Their left
wing has within the last few days
zone about thirty miles to the south
ward.
A Chefu report says that there has
zen no fighting of importance at Port
Arthur since the last big assault on the
ortress, Sept. 10 to Sept %.
The Japanese landed a force from
'ache bay on Oct. 9Th, and the Rus
ians retired in the face of superior
The next day, however. the
apanese were driven out by an artil-
cry fire. one gun which they had
being destroyed.
The japanese engage in lombard
ients for three or four hours daily.
The publication of the Port Arthur
'ovi Krai in its original form has been