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believes that the battle is virtually
ended and that Kuropatkin line Of
While admitting that Kuropatkin sus-4
tanned a severe reverse, the war office
considers that the failure of Field Mar
shall Oyama t0t$hold and cut off Kuro-l
patkin is a strategic defeat for Oyama.
The Russian military authorities figure
that Oyama had a numerical superior.
against Kuropatkin. = H. :.
The exact position of the Russian
right flank is? not known at the war
office, but it is not believed the Jap
anesc can now. develop enough strength
to endanger it's retirement, being with
out precise information itself. The:
decisive is also regarded as a good in:
dication that 5Kluropatkin> is, free. ]
Expect Japs to Rest. !
The, officials Of the war office do not
expect, a renewal Of the fighting for
several days, which they think the
We w n eosts n his a4@v pre
ward. He has a. double-track railroad
and the high road. When the fighting
recommences, it is expected here that
it will be in. the nature, of a series Of
rear guard actions as, the final with
l.
tiles at Yen-tai for defense. ..
| According, to the military. authorities
all ,Kuropatkin's hopes and plans for
victory were dashed by the wonderful
celebrity with which Oyama's right
pushed &, n?orthward after crossing the
Here .Kuropatkin s Information evi-
had before him. the3I Whole zof the JAP:
anese forces whichGhad crossed Sover TO
the right bank Heohad already com.
ipleted "a preliminary bombardrnent of
Kuroki's forcer Friday and was about
to- strike him when he discovered that
another Japanese column had crossed
the river further up stream, and he
worked around still further northward
! The latter column. was marching with
greaterapi westward to cut, the rail
road and close the door on the Russian
Just at this point there is a hiatus in
the, reports. Whether Kuropatkin act
ually attempted to deliver a blow
against Kuroki is not clear. At al
events, if he did he was compelled tc
desist upon the discovery Of the north
erly Japanese. column. The latter took
him by surprise.
! . Saved the Railroad.
General Orloff's division, which: suf.
fered 50 severely, had just arrived
from European Russia. Althoe this di:
VISION was, thrown into confusion and
\ lost frightful number of men,: the
temporary check it was able to give the
for Kuropatkin.
In the meantime Kuroki, freed from
Kuropatkin, marched hastily westward
to intercept General Stakelberg, who
was crossing the river from the left
hand. It was then that Kuropatkir
IfhnnChf 81
and so reported to the war office. But
Kuroki was too late. Stakenberg not
only succeeded in getting his corps
across but marched at high speed thir
ty miles to, Yen-tai, actually: ar
Tying nv 2 IN time to come to the support Of
The war office processes ignorance Of
the loss OF guns and men sustained by
: the Russians, but there is no doubt
:: that many thousands have, fallen. -.
The retreat of Kuropatkin has evi
Gently thr row Icy everything into con
ceived are meager and Incomplete.
The military expert of the Novot
Vremyae. says the chief question of the
moment is whether Kuropatkin will sue
coed in collecting all his forces from
Lia1oryang and effectiingg retiremen
Reinforcements,V the paper says
.sare undoubtedly arriving at Yen-ta
from the north. Our main hope lie
in the possible exhaustion of the Jap
anese, after the bloody and J, UMPIRE
which practically continued day am
night from Aug. "a to Sept. 8.
Strain for the Gear. ~.
= The emperor has undergone a grea
II strain during the past week. His mail
J fear during the last few days has bee1
6 that Kuropatkin would be cut off. Lik
sEhis subjects, the emperor has takel
J Ky kHro Pat defeat greatly to heart
I IganiZation has been great relief an,
his answer to the battle of sLiao-yan,
will be the mobilization of two NOR
army corps. So far as can be learned
the emperor shows no disposition t.
:. blame Kuropatkin.
4 All classes Of the population ar
tawaiting with intense eagerness the re
! 1port of the details Of the battle an
estimates and particulars of the losses
+ Crowds hangs around the bulleti
, boards. The wives and families o
!, many Of the lower classes Of the peopl
q churches, praying that their loved one
Il may be spared.
The accounts of the battle publishe
!. in the newspapers here are very II
I complete. Some of the papers evidentl
g have not yet awakened TO thelfull fore
they try to put a brave face on tn
Esituation. There is not the slightes
suggestion of yielding. The cry Of TIL
? papers is that the war must go on ur
! til Russia is victorious-if not this veal
9 then next year.
sHRAPNEL FIRE TERRIFIC