The Holly chieftain., 1904-10-28

kusopATkis TAXES offensive
Another Turn 10 tire Greatest Battle
Ct the Pres.n, te.-Iicoe Again
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There IS 5unilatioz throughout The
city over the news thai General EUro-
patkia has resumed the offensive AID
the holiday. EhIca began With little
heart, closed brighter. The croFds
IN the streets and the Lamentations
In honor Of the Carevitch's name day
gave tinge Of briiliaacy 10 IN even
ing otherwise depressing. through
constant drizzls OF rain
Newsboys up TO midnight raced
through the thoroughfares with eyeu-
ing extras. shouting. Great Russian
victory" and crowds bough: the pa
pers. Groups Of men IL brilliant uni
forms or in evening dress at hotels
and restaurants discussed the change
I, In the fortunes OF war but the popu-
iation as q whole were slow 10 take
fire. They had received the news of
the earlier reverse stoIidly and nov
accepted reports OF Russian successes
and the capture Of guns quietly, with
satisfaction, but with considerable re-
serve.
( Correspondents at the front the
past forty-eight hours have been hint
ing that the Russian army was on the
eve OF another advance, but It was
thought here that the troops were too
exhausted by more than week of
Titantic struggle to engage in an ad-
vance movement. Therefore the news
| Of the definite resumption of the adj
vance was calculated to arouse the
greater satisfaction, but the realiza-
I ton of the Significance Of news per
meates the masses here more slowly
I than in American cities.
The Kaleidoscope changes on the
/ Shakhe have been too swift for the
/ populace to follow, and SO the better
news from the front has been SO far
( taken with comparative quiet. In the
best informed circles, however, it is
already accepted as true. 1t is be-
lieved that General Kuropatkin in
/ tended to signalize the Czareyitch's
fete by victory, just as Grand Duke
/ Nicholas did at Plevna.
The failure of the war Office to give
out dispatches is attributed to the hol-
I iday, the censors' commission dis
! banding early. The Associated Press,
however, hears on good authority that
the Emperor has received dispatch
from General Kuropatkin reporting
that the Russians are moving forward
The reverse sustained by General
Yamada's column has not yet been re-
ported by General Kuropatkin or Gen
eral Sakharoff, except in reference to
an unsuccessful attack near Shakhe.
The Associated Press Mukden dis
patches evidently refer to this AFFAIR
in reporting that the Japanese left
| had been beaten off with terrible
slaughter and its retreat cut of by
Russian army corps. Another Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Mukden
confirms the news Of the Russian ad-
vance, when telegraphing late to-
night, the correspondent says:
ut is rumored that we are Eoving
ahead
There is no official confirmation of
the report from Toxic that Russian
attack on the Japanese right October
18th had been repulsed. II TINS report
should prove true, it may involve Sc
rious consequences for the Russians
who crossed the Shakhe while the
river was fordable. According to the
Mukden dispatches the water has
since risen man-high in consequence
Of heavy rains. and therefore it would
be well-nigh impossible for the Rus
sian army to recross the river, owing
to the absence of bridges. 1t would
be equally difficult for the same rea-
son to bring up supplies and ammuni-
ton to enable General Kuropatkin to
follow up the advance. This may ex-
plain the statement in Mukden dis
patch that the fighting was slacken.
ing the morning Of October 18th.