Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-10-20
In SUPREME TEST.
Oyama and Kuropatkin Each Claim
Advantage at Yentai.
ALL AVAILABLE FORCES ENGAGED.
Japs Report Capture of Many Guns
and That Russians Are Failing
~, Back-Over 100000 Men on
Each Side.

Toxic, Oct. 14.-The latest tele-
grams from the front indicate the con-
tinuation of Japanese success. Gen.
Oku's left army alone bagged 20 guns.
The Russians made two desperate
counter attacks against the japanese
left. but were repulsed with heavy
slaughter. The Japanese commanders
in their reports give expression to
their admiration of the valor OF the
Russians.
1t is yet too early to measure the
results of the tremendous struggle
which has been waged for the past
four days south of Mukden, but all
reports reaching Toxic indicate that
Gen. Kuropatkin has been decisiyely
whipped and severely punished. The
Russian commander was evidently
caught while making his dispositions
with his forces scattered and he was
beaten before he could recover. Much
depends on the ability and the resolu-
ton of the Japanese in applying and
following up their advantages ku-
ropatkin may turn upon favorable
ground and succeed in beating back the
japanese onslaught, but the tide seems
against him. Estimates of the total
forces engaged vary. One telegram
from Lao Yang says that the Russians
have 100000 men, with 1000 guns. The
Japanese force exceeds. the number
engaged at Lao Yang.
"Varying Success for Russia"
st. Petersburg, Oct. 14.-Desperate
fighting and losses on both sides with
varying success for the Russians, such
lie the summing up of the situation by
Gen. Kuropatkin in a telegram filed
October 10. There is no sign OF the
battle slackening. On the contrary
Gen. Kuropatkin telegraphs that he
had ordered the army to resume the
fight with undated vigor to-day, Gen.
Kuropatkin himself is in the thickest
of the fighting and Gen. Sakharoff, his
chief Of staff, is personally directing
reconnaissances The conflict has
been most desperate at the center and
on the west flank. The advance guards
ut those points had to be repeatedly
Teinforced, owing to the great pressure
Of the Japanese attacks. AT nightfall
on October 10 the Russian right was
withdrawn from its main position. but
one Of the abandoned positions was
Getaken at the point of the bayonet
during the night.
London Sees Only jap Success.
London, Oct. 1.-THE London pa
pers have to rely mainly upon official
reports for news OF the far east, but on |
dispatches thus far received regard "a
complete Japanese victory as assured
and editorialize from this point OF
view. Says the Daily Telegraph,
"Gen. Kuropatkin has shot his bolt.
1t seemed to be speeding well toward
the mark, yet has missed 1t badly. He
has suffered not merely a repulse. but
a disastrous defeat, whilst Japan's in
comparable troops under Incompatible
generals added another glorious page
to their chronicle of war and proved
that Oyama is still Kuropatkin's mas
ter in every branch of the art of war"
The Daily Graphic describes Gen.
Kuropatkin's move as a gamblers
throw" and considers that the frank
.bluntness of his report to the emperor
seems to speak the language of a man
who has done his best with the
bungling advice of some superior
agency. The Standard finds Gen. Ku-
ropatkin's dispatch full of tragic mean
ing, whilst the Daily News argues that
the Russian dash southwark was
prompted by desperate desire to re-
lieve Port Arthur rather than to Vice.
roy Alexieffs malign influence, the end
OF which, In case of the fall of the fort
ress, cannot be far distant