The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-18
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.
Guarding Line Of Retreat
Left Is in Doubt.

St. Petersburg, Oct. IS, 3:l5 am
The news from the front tonight is
more reassuring. from the Russian
standpoint. General Kuropatkin is
on his center and right wing, even hav-
ing recrossed the Shak-he river; and
while there are rumors off, extensive
Japanese thanking movements both on
the east and >on> the west, there is no
evidence that they actually are occur
ring.
General Kuropatkin IS left wing. has
been heard from The Associated Press
has the first connected account Of the
four days fight in front of Tu-min and
Sait-choun passes, resulting in the
final withdrawal Of the strong Russian
column which had been sent to turn
chenko seems to have actually pene-
trated considerable distance inside
the Japanese line. The report Of the
operations Of the Russian left wing is
still three days old and since that time
nc, news has been received from this
may be described as follows:
General Kuropatkin has slightly ad-
vanced his center, reoccupying Shak-he,
south of the Shak-he river. Directly
behind him at distance of nine miles
lies the Hun river, and across the
bridges spanning this stream the Rus
on Mukden. General Kuropatkin must
continue to hold firmly his center and
right flank in order to prevent the
Japanese getting possession OF the Hun
river bridges. Thus he will cover the
withdrawal Of his apparently beaten
west wing. There is still considerable
uncertainty as to the disposition of of his his
turned to Mukden. Whether it again
is advancing after it's first withdrawal
| is not known.
Can't Relieve Port Arthur.
| All hope of relieving Port Arthur
apparently must be abandoned. Little
hope is expressed that Kuropatkin will
be able to continue to advance.
The four days. fight Of the eastern
column was Of the same desperate char.
acter that marked the operations of the
center and right wing. A heavy Rus
sian column under such leaders as
SanG dnR asssut eS
strongly entrenched Japanese posi-
lions on heights commanding the
passes. The assaults were largely
night work. The cannonade was sc
furious that it was impossible to ad
vance in the light of day; Finally or
tually occupied, came the order to with
draw, probably owing to critical po
sition at other parts Of the front. Here
the story of the operations Of the east
ern wing of the Russian army ends.
| Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has beer
appointed adjutant to the emperor:
! General Grippenberg, who has arrived
at St. Petersburg, will go to the front
ten days hence, to assume the command
of the Second Manchurian army.
Gear Firmly Militant. ~
! Despite the staggering blow Kuropat
kin has received, the government. i:
determined to continue the war. . Fur
ther mobilization, accumulation of ad
ditional provisions and q a. genera
straining toward still more heroic eff
forts are the facts that greet the OBJ
server in the midst Of the confused
babble of the salons. 49,
It is obvious that the deepest mind
| in the country regard the outlook a.
desperate. They assert that the Man
/ churian campaign, barring the retrea
; from Liao-yang, which, after all, wa
/ negative achievement, has been utter
ly disappointing. That Russia is reap
3 ing what she has sown is the verdic
of critics both imperial and competent
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