Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-02-18
ONE YEAR OF WAR.

with a furious torpedo attack upon the Russian
ships in Port Arthur, which resulted in the
bottlino up the entire. Muscovte fleet, the
Iananese proceeded swiftly to the land cam
paign The first army of the island empire
under Kuroki was thrown into Korea on Feb IL
and within two months had overrun the hermit
kingdom,
On May Kuroki crossed the Yalu river,
which divides Korea from Manchuria, and de-
feated Zassulitch in series of brilliant actions
which demonstrated the superiority of the Jap
anese in handling artillery and the fanatic
nerve and dash of the Jap infantry. A few days
later he took Feng- wang-cheng and halted
Meanwhile Nodzu, the Korean gulf, and
Oku farther west toward Port Arthur, had
made good their landings, driving the Russians
before them and formed junction with kurok
in great semicircle looking toward the north.
Field Marshal Oyama, the hero of the Chinese
war arrived few days later and took supreme
direction of affairs
The Russians having been defeated in an
attempt under Stakelberg to relieve Port
Arthur which had been invested by a fourth
Japanese army, began slowly to retreat before
the advancing enemy, Kuropatkins policy
being to avoid a general engagement until he
should have enough troops to make victory
probable if not certain By Aug. 2 he had
reached Liao-yang, which was strongly fortified.
Here tremendous battle began Aug. 26
and ragged for ten days, 100000 men being en-
ga ged. The point of the battle the attempt
of Kuropatkn to cut off Kurolz from the rest
of the Japanese army east of the Tai-tse river.
Failing in this he gave the order to retreat,
and the Russians began a retirement toward
Mukden, closely pressed by the enemy. The
Russian general safely extriCated his forces
from their perilous position and the Japs took
possession of Liao-yang.
Kuropatkin having been reinforced to 3Oo
600 men, made another attempt from Mukden
in the early days of October. Sa1lying out
from his intrenchments, he made desperate
attack upon the Japanese all along the line in
battle which engaged 100000 men. This battle
which was also of several days duration,
showed the Russian troops in a better light
than any other of the up to date The E
Russian infantry did great work at Lone Tree I
hill, repulsing attack after attack, and holding O
the position. tt
The battle was, however, on the whole, ut- il
favorable to the Russians who retired and have a
maze out one move SINCE, that OF a few days t
ago when the two armies met on a frozen field a
amid binding snowstorn and fought desper- II
ately for five days without either gaining any tt
material advantage. The Russians were again Ii
the aggressors in this fight and it is said the e.
attack prompted by the home governmentIq
in the hope that victory would quiet the dis &c
content Of the workingmen who in almost u
open revolt in St. Petersburg ~
In the first year of the the Japanese "
have destroyed Russian Eastern fleet in series :
OF engagements, have captured Port Arthur -
with 80 900 troops and immense stores of am
have driven Russian troops from the
YaIu river to Mukden-have; in fact, accom-
war. These successes contrast brilliantly with n,
the feeble efforts Of the great British empire to w
subdue the Beers and rival the triumphant c.
march of the Germans from Berlin to Paris 70
war does not seem any nearer, as Russia shows O,
no disposition to quit, but events swiftly ii
and mysteriously in modern diplomacy and the re
end might come very unexpectedly and soon.- o,
Journal. &C
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