The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-09-09

ST. Petersburg sept. Git is report
ed here, but not yet confirmed, that
kuropatkin was obliged to abandon 200
guns at Lao Yang. Some of them were
damaged in the fighting and the rest
were disabled by Kuropatkin's orders.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 6.-The feeling
of national grief and disappointment
caused by Kuropatkin's unsuccessful
attempt to make a stand at Lao Yang,
deep and bitter as it is, is somewhat
tempered by the development of the
fact that the Russian COMMANDMENTS
chief had removed the bulk of his
stores northward before the battle,
leaving a mere shell at Lilac Yang, and
that he succeeded in eXtricating his
Amy, especially Stakelberg's corps,
from the clutches of the Japanese.
The war office here believes the bat
tie virtually ended and that Kuropat-
kin's line of retreat is open. While ad-
uniting that Kuropatkin sustained a
severe reverse. the war office consid-
ers the failure of Field Marshal Oyama
to hold and cut off Kuropatkin is a
strategic defeat for OSama. The Rus
sian military authorities figure that
.Oyama had a numerical superiority of
SO, 900 men in the operations against
K%uropatkin.
The exact position of the Russian
right flank is not known at the war Of
flee, but it is not believed the Japanese
can now develop enough strength to en-
danger it's retirement. The war office
does not expect a renewal of fighting
for several days, which they think the
Japanese will employ in recuperating,
while kuropatkin will collect his army
preparatory to pushing the troops
northward.
According to the military authorities,
all of Kuropatkin's hopes and plans for
victory We're dashed by the wonderful
celebrity with which Oyama's right
pushed ~northward after crossing the
Taitse river. Here Kuropatkin's infor-
nation evidently was faulty in beliey-
Ing that he had before him the whole
of the Japanese forces Which had
crossed over to the right bank. He had
already completed Il preliminary bonn
bardment of Kuroki's force on Fri
day, and was about to strike him, when
he discovered that another Japanese
column had crossed the river further
up the stream and had worked around
still further northward. The latter
column was marching with great rap
idity westward to cut the railroad and
close the door on the Russian retreat
to Mukden. Just at this point there is
a hiatus in the reports, and whether
Kuropatkin actually attempted to de-
liver his blow against Kuroki is not
clear. AT all events if he did he was
compelled to desist upon the discovery
Of the northerly Japanese column. The
latter took him by surprise.
General Orloff's division, which suf-
fered 81 severely, has just arrived from
European Russia. Although this divis-
Ion was thrown into confusion and lost
10 frightful number of men, the tenn
nOrn y,y p11nI1y ~ v-op 1I1a IN rive 10 fhn
Japanese probably saved the railroad
for Kuropatkin.
He has a double track railroad and
the high road. When the fighting re-
commences it is expected here that it
will be in the nature of a series Of real
guard actions, as the final withdrawal
is effected.
In the meantime Kurolli. freed from
.lKuropatkin. marched hastily westward
to intercept Stakelberg, who was cross
ing the river from the left bank. It
was then that Kuropatkin thought
Stakelberg's corps was lost. and so re-
ported to the war office. But Kuroki
was too late. s%takelberg not only sue
ceeded in getting his corps across, but
marched. at high speed. thirty miles
to Yentai. actually arriving in time to
come to the support of the hard-pressed
Orloff.
The war office processes ignorance of
the losses Of guns and men sustained
oy me RUSSIANS, pul lheIe Is no ooupt
many tnousahds nave tailen. Inc re-
,real OF nus eVioehtly
throWn everytnlns ili.o coilluslon al
the front ana tne reports 1ecelveu are
1neaser n lncon,plete. Inc lnlillary
eSpert OF tne NoFoe vrelaya says the
chleI question y. .ng o ~ Is
whether VIII succeed IN
collecting all his forces from Lao yang
II erecting a retlreInent 70 ukoeh
III We" OF the nanklns Posltloh taken
up by the japanese.
tne paper says,
are ooupteoi arriving at 1ental
from the north. Our nam nope iles
~ INC possipie gana $50. VI .ne jap
allese alteI the ploouy anu un-
le~ceaoen.eul long and severe nghtlng