Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-11
KurOpatkin Shows Good Staying Quail
tiles But Poor Judgment
STRUGGLES HARD AGAINST FATE
According 20 the New chwang Report
the Scouts OF Nogi and kuroki Have
Met Behind the Russian Right Wing
in Which Case There Would be Vir
tualiy no Hope of Rearest-

There WIS no cessation Of the fight
ing between the Russian and Japan
csc armies in Manchuria Monday
Russian reports state that at a distance
the tide OF battle in the immediate
vicinity of Mukden seemed 20 be ebb
ing The most that the war critics
at St Petersburg seem 20 hope for :
AZ present is that General Kuropatkin
has succeeded in re-establishing his
line OF retreat in the direction OF Har.
bin. Word has reached New Chwang.
however. without confirmation from
other sources. that the Japanese are
already north OF Mukden with large
force and that the Russians are fac.
ing a disastrous defeat. There appears
10 be a possibility that Keneral Ku.
roki has drawn off a portion Of his
army from the center and sent it 20
reinforce the divisions engaged in
thanking movements. General Kaul
bars. the most trusted of General Ku-
ropatkin's officers. is personally in
command OF the Russian forces in
the triangle between the railway and
the Hun River. which vital position
| the Japanese have been assauing for
several days. Russia reports that L.
+ 600 men have been wounded. but make
no mention of the number killed and at
I the same time assert that the Jap
anese hare lost 10000 i'm killed and
wounded.
Russian View Of Situation.
st. Petersburg. BY Cabie-The re-
suit OF the greatest battle OF mos2rn
times is expected 20 De determined
soon. Although General Kuropatkin
has evidently made every preparation
I 90 cover his retreat by moving his
accumulated stores and munitiGT
northward. 20 is now the opinion Z
military men here that one side or
the other cannot escape an oyerwhelm-
ing disaster.
Field Marshal Oyama's strategy II
this battle is now clear. Tie Stalled
and amazed the War ONCE by the
marvellous daring uf General kurokis
advance against the extreme Russian
left and the series Of blows delivered
az the center. where no less than 10
separate attacks have been launched
bv the Imperial Guards ten miles east
OF Poutilon Hill But 10 is now real
Ecu illAA inc AftNA NAQWn aN llN lNlA
were intended 60 mask the real turn
ing movement. which came like a bolt
from clear sky out % the west Ku-
ropatkin fell into the trap. The situ-
alton seemed an exact duplicate Of
that at Lao Yang and the Russian
commander-in-chicf FASTENED 20 mass
forces 20 meet Kuroki. Friday the
whole situation was suddenly reversed
when. with lightning rapidity. the Jap
ancsc turning operation began on the
plain between the Hun and the Lilac
rivers. In order 10 succeed Oyama
threw the neutrality OF China 20 the
winds. General Nogi with his Port
Arthur veterans moved upon the right
bank OF the Hun. and fell like an
avalanche upon the weakened Russ q
right. doubling IL back in confus
the Japanese advance being cG-0rdlr
f cd with the advance straight from n
west OF a Japanese column of 80. 600
men. which circled around or through
Chinese neutral territory. But the LAT
est advices are 90 the effect that IN,
Japanese. exhausted by that tremen
dous efforts. have everywhere stop
ped and now. If ever Kuropatkini
hour has come Military critics dc
clare Oyama has not great enough su
periOrity 10 take risks. According q
the War once. Oyama has not owe
/ $1,000 men in excess of kurOpatkin
| whose forces total about $40. 700. ku
ropatkin's chance. the War Office say
is an opportune offensive as passiv
resistance would be fatal.