Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-20
FAR EASTERN WAR;
STATUS OF AFFAIRS
Said That Kuropatkin Has Not
Resumed Offensive.
OPINIONS OF MILITARY CRITICS.
They Are Not Yet Satisfied that Oya.
ma Is Ready to ReIinquish Offensive.
He May Still Try to Break Through
the Russian Center.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 19.-1:45 D. m.
The flash of enthusiasm yesterday
evening over the capture of Lone Tree
Hill and Shakhe, the repulse of the
attacks CT the Japanese left and the
hard drubbing given General Yamada,
With the Iecapture of IA additional
guns has given way this morning to
calmer and soberer appraisement
of the partial successes. There is
no ofIcia! confirmation of the report
that General Kuropatkin had resumed
genuine offensive, that the rather
general Japanese advance had ex-
hausted itself and that the position of
the armies is now a sort or deadlock.
with the country rendered so sodden
by the heavy rain as to compel a
temporary suspension of general oper
atlons.
A complete veil covers the move
ments east, but both Kuropat1in's and
Sakharoff's reports say there were no
collisions on that portion of the bat
tie ground Monday or Tuesday. Field
Marshal Oyama evidently considers
that Lone Tree Hill, from which Ku-
rOp tkin could pivot a turning move.
ment against his left to be of vital
Importance as both Monday and Tues
day nights the latter, during a ter
rifle storm, made desperate efforts
to recapture it, accompanying the as
saults with demonstrative attacks
against other points But all the eff
forts failed. Neither Kuropatkin nor
Sakharoff in the dispatches given out
this morning send details of the de-
feat Of Yamada's column and the cap
ture Of the Japanese guns Pitifu,
pictures are painted by the war cor
respondents of the shelterless troops
bivouacked in the cold rain, the roads
converted into quagmires and the
streams flooded.
The military critics are not yet sat.
isfied that Oyama is ready to relin-
quish the offensive, expressing the
opinion that he may still try to break
through the Russian center in order
to compel Kuropatkin to retire from
the line Of the Hun river, unless, as
they believe, he has become convinced
that the superiority of the Russian
numbers and reserves makes his with
drawal to the fine Of the Taitse river
advisable
The dispatch from a correspondent
If the Associated Press at Mukden
fled this morning saying that there
was no fighting yesterday and no fir
ing during the night, indicates that
the Japanese are retiring as the light
of fires was seen against the heavens,
possibly showing that they were burn
ing their stores.
The correspondent also reports that
a resumption of the battle is probable
as soon as the roads permit, the
Russians being everywhere in close
touch with the Japanese.
The Associated Press learns tha
the reports representing Emperor
Nicholas as being dependent and de-
pressed are far from the truth. Gen
eraI Vaitchko, who saw him Monday
night, declares that while the empe-
ror is greatly grieved at the terrible
sacrifice of life, be is as firmly re-
solved as ever that the war must be
prosecuted to a successful conclusion,
and that he is by no means satisfied
that Kur0patkin, in whom he express
ed the fullest confidence, would not
be able to turn the tables on Oyama
before the present engagement ended.