Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-03-10
KUROPATKIN MOVING.
0yama and His Cohorts Force the
Opposition TO Flee.
RUSH THE RUSSIANS.
Tie Pass Il the PLACE Nicholas Wen
Are EndeaVoring TO Reach, and
frightfrl Casualties Occur
on Both sides.

st. Petersburg. March 9-The haiti,
OF Mukden has Resulted in a Russiaii
def a.. Field Marshal Oyama has onc'
more proved himself one OF the great
est masters Of offensive strategy since
Napoleon. while General Kuropatkin Is
now engaged ia endeayorlng TO defenf
! his title as "a master of successful re-
treats ana bring on his army. with It's
immense train, safely 20 Tie Pass
whene a position was long ago pre-
pared with this contingency Ia view
The problem before the Russian COM
mander in chief b. much more difficult
! than the one he met successfully az
Lao Yang. since now he is threatenet
on both fianks, his left wing being en-
tangled in mountainous region far
from the railroad Nevertheless. Rus
sian military men here express fair
degree of confidence In General Kuro.
pstkin's ability once more TO extricate
his army and avoid "A Russian Sedan.
Besides his skill IN rear guard action
they base their hopes on the physical
condition OF the japanese soldiers. who.
though they are conceded 20 be the
greatest marchers in the world. are
well nigh exhausted by their strenuous
endeavors Of the last fortnight
Only 20 the initiated Is the news Of
the reverse positively known at this
time Emperor Nicholas and high mill
itary officers. OF course. were informed
by General Kuropatkin's telegram Of
Tuesday stating tersely that Mukden
must be abandoned. and they received
details OF the beginning OF the with.
drawal 1s they appeared IN excised
portions of official dispatches given out
wednesdsy. That evening a newspaper
contained vague report of doubtful
origin, ere ited 10 Chinese sources. but
the first positive statement was derived
from the Associated Press dispatch
from General Kuroki's headquarters.
the contents OF which was quickly tel
egraphed 90 many Liberals from friends
abroad.
From Information In the possession
% the Associated Press. u Is known
General Kuropatkiu contemplated re-
tirement before the beginning OF the
battle and that he had hoped TO accom-
pllsh % without serious combat. Tha
japanese. however. forced him 70 ac-
cept battle The double turning move
ment compyls him 10 send the major
part of his reserves 10 the fighting line
and rendered an effective counter
stroke out of the question. and the de-
cislou 10 retire was Immediately taken
on March s. as was stated by the Asso.
ciated Press ou that day. The with
drawal was actually begun during the
night The great question now. and the
one over which the general stan burned
its.lights late into the night Is whether
Field Marshal Oyamn has entangled
the Russians iu his strategic net suf-
hciently 90 prevent u successful retreat
Co Tie Pass General Renneukampfs
force 10 the eastward admittedly q In
great danger of being cut on ana con-
siderable force % japanese appear 10
be operating ON the Russian right well
toward Tie Pass
n the japanese succeed On reaching
the railroad ana iuterruptiug traffic
II only for Few hours "a may have
the greatest consequences. Tor General
Huropatkin is now engaged on "a literal
race with the japanese 10 reach nat.
ural'y defensible position forty miles
norJhWard. Thus far he he's stood OF
attacks directly against the nanks of
his army and holds the way of retreat
open. lie undor btedly was forced 70
abandon a number 81 siegs guns iu his
Shake river position. but 10 he succeeds
in turning over the army intact. with
the principal portion of its artillery
train 10 his successor the Russian case
will be- by no means desperate. for
Oyama will have again missed his
quarry. and comparatively barren
victory will have been purchased at
enormous cost % life.
All reports Indicate that the Japan
ese were utterly reckless Of sacrifices
making attack after attack and sspe.
ciaily against machine guns and In.
fantry FIRE which literally moved dowr
the advancing columns. making human
flesh 80 cheap that the survivors cGu5
bastlon themselves behind piles 81
corpses
After this action General Kuropat.
kln's deposition may be regarded a.
certain. War Minister Sakharon o.
picked as hfs probable successor.
though Grand Duke Nicholaevitch % /
the board of strateglsts. may be en-
trusted with the direction of affairs. 4
strong faction % the army those high I
in inGdencc about the emperor. op.
posed General Kuropatkin from the /
nrst. and though his early defeats were /
condoncd because 20 was realized that /
General Huropatkin was doing all man /
couli do with the tools 40 his command /
70 is now felt that after twice having I.
had the opportunity 70 show what hs /
could DO with a powerful army and /
having failed 10 accomplish victory .
either time. his removal Is advisable i