The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-15
THE RUSSIAN ARMY
RETREATS
Desperate Fighting Continues
With Heavy Losses on
Both Sides

st. Petersburg. Oct. H-Desperate fight
ing and terrible losses on both sides,
with varying cess tor the Russians Is
the summing up of the situation by ku-
roptkin in a telegram filed October I3.n.
There Is no sign OF the battle slackening.
On the contrary. kuropatkin telegrapns
that he has ordered the army to resume
the tight with unabated vigor today
kuropatkin himself Is in the thickest of
the lighting and General Sakharofr, HIS
chief or stafr. is personally directing re-
connaissances. The conflict has been
most desperate at the center and on the
west flank.
The advance guards at these points
had to be repeatedly reinforced, owing
to the great pressure of the Japanese
attacks. AT nightfall. October 18th. the
Russian right was Withdrawn from its
main position. but the abandoned posi-
tions were retaken at the point of bayo-
nets during the night.
st. Petersburg. Oct. H.-Kuropatkin re-
ports that during the desperate lighting
of yesterday and today, the advance
troops were reinfrced from the principal
positions and that evening the left wing
was ordered to fall back on the main po-
sition. He also reports that about p.
m. yesterday the center was also obliged
to fall back. Report does not mention
the fighting on the right wing.
st. Petersburg. Oct. l4.--General Stoes-
sci. reporting from Port Arthur, says:
The Japanese are using explosives en-
closed in boxes and provided with Bick-
ford fuses. which they throw like ham,
gIenades Our army is employing simi.
lar weapons.
Our indefatigable hero. Kondratenko.
IL continually inventing fresh means OF
striking the enemy. The troops continue
showing heroism. the wounded returning
to the ranks with great ardor.'
Under daie OF October 7th, Stoessel re-
ports as foilows
THE JaLanese have organized fresh
batteries 10 lombard the inner fortress.
One of these batteries is composed oil
eleven-inch mortars. The bombardment
is becoming more violent every day. The
enemy has received reinforcements oil
several battalions. The weather is cold,
but the spirit of the troops excellent"
London. Oct. H--Baron Hayasri. the
Japanese minister, said today;
"The reports OF our successes must not
be construed as being a forerunner oil
any decisive blow. 1t is practically i'm
possible for oyama to envelop and utter
ly crush Kuropatkin. and 1t is just as
envelop oyama.
"a victory in the battle now raging
chiefly means to us that Kuropatkin must
confess defeat, which IS important. but
not decisive. lie can't put forward STRAIT
egical excuses as at Lao Yang. Any
treat on the part of the Russian forces
that they have suffered serious reverse.
"He ofore II has been an olen aues-
tion whether kuropatkin's strategy was
not more responsible for the Russian re-
tirement than was the Japanese aggres-
sion. kuropatkin has chosen to brush
aside all that doubt and make the issue
plain.
Until Port Arthur falls" said the
baron. ANY proposal looking to peace
ltussian Manchurian armies merely
swells the daily death roll. Kuropatkin,
driven back and utterly defeated. would
simply harden Russias heart. kuropat-
kin, temporarily successful, would only
inspire new enthusiasm. In such a see
saw there is no hope for peace.
with Port Arthur 1t Is different.
Should 1t be captured those In Russia
who favor a reasonable settlement would
be a material factor In favor of their
point of view that no development OF the
Manchurian campaign could provide.
Japan In possession of Port Arthur could
treat for peace. How much longer Port
Arthur can last have not the least
idea.''
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