Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-30
How Dopan Lost Her Greatest Chance.
When the War
Kept BusyD Hide Their Weakness.

had been delayed by the opening OF
Lake Baikal, began to pour a at n
tremendous rate and by the beginning
cf juno Cen Kuronatkin had received
$4,000 men and 10 batteries,
In 20 days nearly 10000 men, 80 suns
and 5000 horses came through the sta
ton at Mukden
have no doubt that an AVERAGE OF
1000 a day with guns and horses in
proportion, can be kept up and even
exceeded
know that on June Cen. Kuropat-
kin had in his immediate command, ex-
elusive OF the troops at Port Arthur
and those at Mukden, which now num-
Der 5000, exactly lOi battalions OF in
fantry, which mustered $4,000 rifles
He also had Gen. Rennenkampfs
mounted force OF 10000 Cossacks and
2iO guns.
With an army Of 10000 men and Port
arthur In jeopardy II seemed necessary
TO do something for its relief,
Unfortunately for the Russians It is
practically impossible for even a much
larger army 10 relieve Port Arthur SO
long as the Japanese command the sea,
for any force advancing southwark
to attack from the sea.
That Is why the japanese had no need
to hold the Lao Tung peninsula in
force north Of Kin Chau
When Gen, Kuropatkn sent Gen.
Stakelberg With the First Siberian
army corps TO attempt It's relief he was
simply acting under instruction from
st. Petersburg and hot because he ex-
pected 10 help Port Arthur.
As soon as we heard that Gen. Sta
kelberg had gone TO Wa Fang Tlen we
expected disaster, and this morning a
telegram came that the disaster had
| taken place.
Gen. Stakelberg. while endeavoring to
| turn the japanese right flank, was sud-
denly hit on his own right and badly
routed.
The Japanese were apparently not
greatly superior In numbers, but their
artillery was infinitely better both in
numbers and in effectiveness, and their
tactics, as usual, were perfect examples
OF how battles should be fought
Now the army OF Gen. Oku Is advance
| ing from the south and Cen Kuroki is
| coming from the southeast.
When they effect a junction they will
| form lighting unit OF at least 100 900,
| and there is still the army Of Gen. No
| dzu to come.
Gen. Kuropatkn has advanced to ex-
| tricate Gen, Stakelberg who has lost,
| officially, 5000. but probably 5000, while
| the rest Of his men are badly shaken,
on the other hand the railway is ev-
| cry day making good the gaps In the
ranks and although the record for
June Is not so good as In May, troops
are still arriving at the rate OF 1900 a
| "A IN Of
| SO, at the time OF writing Gen. Kuro-
| patkin must have 10000 men and not
less than 2SO guns.
| Considering that two more army
corps are already on the way. he NAV
| he considered quite safe at Lao Yang
50 long as he does not risk another at
tempt to leave Port Arthur
SO far | have dealt only with the
| numerical problem, and ] hope | have
made clear that Gen, Kuropatkln's
| strategy has been largely determined
by the paucity Of the troops,
As regards the guns the Russians
| have now lost FIVE batteries OF field ar
| tilery and some smaller pieces, and
about so guns which Joined Gen, Stoes-
sci at Port Arthur,
Consequently at the beginning OF
| June Glen Kuropatkin was so short NJ
| artillery that he telegraphed 10 Chlta
for four batteries which were just be-
! ing modified
! They came with men and horses only
| half trained.
Five more batteries were hurried
| through not long ago with the fittings
| Of another type OF gun, so that they
We're temporarily useless.
Meantime the railway Is working
! well.
The Thirty-hrst division is beginning
| to arrive, and by early In August the
Manchurian army will be'increased by
two fresh army corps and at least 200
| guns.