Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-16

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advantage in an immediate attack on Tie
pass. 1t is possible, however, that q wide
turning movement, of which reports are
current Is in progress. In such operations
the Japanese nave the immense advantage
of several bases AMI lines of supply to
which now Is added the Sinmintin road.
while the Russian army necessarily is de-
pendent on one base and one line Of com
outflankcd easily.
In the grand army, order is being
brought out of chaos with remarkable
celebrity The plain in front Of Tie pass.
which on March II sccthed like nest of
ants with The dense and confused mass
of Transports. artillery and troops. corps,
divisions and regiments being scattered
and parties hcxtricably mingled. has been
cleared. the regiments reorganizcd, stray
glcrs sent to their respective commands.
organizations taken their assigned posi-.
tions and to-day the same soldiers who
on March IA became n terror stricken
|surgmg. dsoreanized mass of gray at Il
few shots from little detachment Of Jap
ancac, or who even fled in panic, firing in
discriminatory in all directions as they
ran at the mere baseless cry OF Japanese
cavalry" are now gathered singing about
the camp fires with now courage, ready
to oppose with stubborn resistance an
attack ON Tic pass.
NOT ALL PANIC STRICKEN.
1t Is unfair to accuse the entire army
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les. who performed their difficult task
s'cau'N ""o 'eso'o'c'N' ~. 10 ''''o
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sV'che" con"'''oh VI '.e 'ioopS' NY
were '"' s''S .''''''o V,
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mihsic" "''h 'he soio''lS' ""o io' -
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'"gc'hor III " mass from wh'"cc csresS
WAS Impossible.
VI Is one Oh 'He ouu iac's VI wa
rare mat the morale "a the oc".ch N"S
sian army has been largely restored
Wailc ia" Japanese thouGh 'ne Nic'or''
apparently are so broken ana nave IN
Cured such hcaNy losses tha' they arc
unable to press the advantage. oth"r-
wise. it is ineXplicablc why the Japan
csc have not followed up their vigor-
ous pursuit with an attack on Tie pass
when they might have taken the posi-
tino almost without Il struggle. 1t is
4 now too late for any easy success.
,J,,,d,n cost hoth sides close upon
aoo0Oo men. The Russian loss of Of
no.rs includes a large nronortion of
the rerimcntal commanders and field
oci,o,s
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( STORY OF The bA LIZ
All tho ncwsnaper correspondcnts. with
tho exc,n,iop NJ three or four. have left
ccr ,ho nor,b hecause there is here no.
whore Va 1.-Two and nothing to eat. IIipped
Ia. dcfcnt n,unv Of tho Russian officers
ar. in eur,v mood and much of the
.r,,,lr,n.l,. nivcn information is colorcd
win ;o1Ious, and tho ramn,nt spirit of
Gala, However il il possible now to give
:, rcucr,l view of tho battle. the con-
ncct,i story emerging ont of the con-
f,.io,, u,cidcp, to tho evacuation of Muk-
don, nd fnrrn1
on February a all was ready for all
va VIC ', 49,.
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,,,.' a,,,;n, ~, ,t,t dow tho ordcr IN
advance ,vas cc,celIod and n second Or
dor u,c civor far tho transfer of Con
oral Rcnn,n,oropffs first Siberian CORPS
and several other organizations to the
left flank. which was being pressed
heavily bv n large force of Japanese
From that time forward the Japanese
who were we'll informed as to all tho
Russian movements. began heavy at.
tacls along the whole front The Rus
slams generally held their ground. doing
we'll until February Is. when an uneX.
lpcctcd attack developed in the southwest
before which the Russian right weakened
by the withdrawal of almost two corps
yielded. ny March | it became evident
that the japanese were moving arount
the Russian right in five heavy columns
and it became imperative to Withdraw
the thin line from tho southwest and form
a new line from the bridge across thu
Shakhe river parallel with the railway
Tho change of front was accomplished
with remarkable celebrity. but the various
ORGANIZATIONS became badly mixed.
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Inc ''u'S'i''s u" ""i'" ooN'Pieu ''N'
former posi'iohs Oh 'he Shahhe rl'e' III
lui as .nt bragg, th"hoe 10 Nau!apu %.