The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-14

lions vas rctaken at the point Of the
bayonet during the night.
No Indication of Enveloping
Movement.
4 Contrary to Field Marshal Oyama's re-.
bort, no indication IS given In General
I<uropatkin's telegram Of an ervelopng
movement by General Ol1u. The only po-
$sitions captured by force were at the
center where the Russians were com
ncllcd to retire during the afternoon.
There is no mention Of the loss OF guns.
INC var office declines TO deny that there
,yns such a loss, but explains thai such
an inc'denl was quite possible whlie posi-
tions wore changing hands, but that even
IL 1T Is true 1t IS OF no 4natellal coiise-t
iqucnce. S,3
cnrresnondents the horrors Of the battle
were intensified by bitter cold and rain.
General NIistchenko. who had been re-
ported to be raiding iii Korea, played
CONSPICUOUS part in tho lighting on INC
Russian left flank ii, :,
According to the latest news OF the
lighting III the direction OF l3cnslhu q w, we
Russians were striving 4fori the possession
,of :, pass, but no news was received from
there Yesterday, The pass alluded TO pre-
sun,ably is the Hu Pass, which IS mon !.
toned in General sakhuroff"s telegram Of
October 11th lIu Pass Is eight miles due
north Of I3ens,hu. Should this pass fall
into The hands OF the Russians, 1t would
involve the capture Of Be I SIN mus nus
opehinE up the road to Lao Yang
cAcording to the belief Of the genera
staff, General RennenEam p mas s,, noe
penetrated as far as the Taitse RIVER.
imt he IS cooperating in the attempt to
capture 3ensihu.
L(,,rona+Lin'c RenOrt.
October 13.-Gcneral5 1luropat kin reports
that during the fighting yesterday and
to-day the advance troops were rein,
forced from the principal positions; that
this evening the left wing was ordered
ia fall back on the main position and
tina t n bout p. NJ. the center also was
obliged to fall back The report does
not mention the fighting on the right
wing.
rho full text of General Kuropatkin's
| report, which is dated October 18th, and
addressed 10 the Emperor, is as fol-
| lows:
Last night and throughout to-day
| the Manchurian army was engaged
In fierce fight The Japanese con-
centrated great force against our
! dispositions on the center and right
wing. We carried on the fight from
advanced positions, and It became ne
cessary to support these advance
guards from the main positions. The
right wing held It's advance position
and only at nightfali, under my or
ders, retired to the principal posi-
ton.
I'm the center the troops were forced
to retire from the advance to the
main position about p. NJ.
"Accord!ng TO reports and to my
i own observations, the fighting was
/ most desperate. We rcpused nu-
4 merous Japanese attacks and our
selves assumed tho offensive. The
heroic defense OF It's advance position
by the Tomsk Regiment Is especial
4 ~ deserving of mention.
During the night our troops on
the right flank rccapturcd at the
point of the bayonet village which
had been lost the previous. evening
On the left flank severe fighting for
the possession Of pass had been
continued. Our troops scaled almost
inaccessible rocks and held their
/, ground for two days. gradually APP
preaching the enemy.
II have not yet received n report
), OF the result or to-day's fight on the
/, left wing. Under the conditions OF
the fighting the losses nre necessarily
G considerable. have ordered TINT tho
: positions we now hold be stubbornly
y defended tomorrow.
J Sakharoff's Daily Bulletin.
= General sakharon, In dispatch to III
: general star, dated October nth, give
some details Of the operations OF Monda
@ and Tuesday. He says:
e ''rhe AInnchurian army October 10th
o strengthened irs hold OH the positions
c taken the previous evening" FIVE miles
). south of the ShaRhe River. At about
s. In the afternoon. October 10th, the
n enemy took the offensive between he
l. II Al a., liz,