The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07
4 IK.UlR0PATKlN STRIKES I:!!
Hurls Big Force at Oyain 1lilD'
Left Center Fighting F,l-
.ri,,,1s 1sveryWherc.
lrious 5EvcryWller
(By Associated Press. }

ST. PETERSBURG. March 6.- .lnl as
+ socatcd Press Inns Just learned gthnt Gen
eral Kuropatkin has launched q blow at
4 Marshal Oyarla' & left center Just west OF
the railroad. The fighting Is desperate.
along almost the entire line. # s
p Tho japanese army, according TO prls-
d oners, Is greatly exhausted. They repeat
the statement that some of General Nogt,s
q men have not had any food for two days.
Greatest Battle Of War.
ESQ p. M. 1.-THE result of the great bat /,
La Of modern times Is expected TO DE
y determined to-day or tomorrow. AS
though General 1Suro tkin has evidently
j made every preparation to cover his re-
y treat by removing his accumulated stores
and munitions northward, It is nov the
opinion OF military men here that one
side or the other cannot escape an over
whelming disaster. Il ft5
34tattIe is now clear Hc startled and
amazed the War Office ,.5 the marvellous
a daring Il OF General Kuroki's advance
\, rafnst the extreme Russian left and the;
series OF blows delivered at the center
where no less than thirteen separate ut
lacks have been launched by the lm-l
q I,erial guards ten miles east OF Pdutiioff
Jill. But it is now realized that The,
81 beg w + blows at the left were intended
which came hike a bolt from a clear sky
out Of the west. kuropatkn fell into
IA ( he. trap Tine situation seemed an exact
duplicate OF that at 1fao-Yang and the
Russian oin1nanoer-in-chief fastened 10
ma IS forces 10 meet Kuruki. Friday the
ft !, hole situation was suddenly reversed,
when with lightning rapidty, the Japa-
nesc. turning operation began on the plain
between the Hun and Lao Rivers. In
4 (S1.ort
traIity OF China to the winds. General
NCgi, with his Port Arthur veterans,
b moved up the right bank Of the Hun and
4efesi like an avalanche upon the weakened
Russian right doubling It back in confu-
sion the Japanese advance being co-otdi-
II mated with the advance straight from
the west of a Japanese column Of 10000
81 men, which circled around orEthrough
Chinese neutral territory.
Europa kin evidently was taken BY sur
!, prise. 1t was not until Saturday night
that he was able to shift sufficient rein
forcements west to stem the tide when
the Japanese were within sight Of Muk-
den. But the latest advices are to the
effect that the Japanese exhausted by
n their tremendous efforts. have everywhere
= stopped and now IL ever Kuropatkin's
hour has come. Military critics declare
Oyamn has not great enough superiority
flee, Oyama has moi over "a. 600 in excess
Of Kuropatl1ln. whose forces total about
& $4,000. EUROPA tkin's chance. tho War
Office says. is an opportune offensive as
passive resistance would be fatal.
Confidence in Kuropatllin.
li55 March 6-6:15 p. M.-The official re-
ports to-day only bring the battle up to
last night. when General KuropatkIn had
succeeded In arrestlng the advance OF the
Japanese left wing. the hardest fighting
having occurred north OF Machiapu, which,
Z was the pivot of General Nogis move.
ment.
II. The confidence placed in KuropatkIl
was reflected by an advance in Russian,
imperial fours, q quarter OF a point on the
bourse to-day.
General Kuropathn in dispatch from
the front, dated March 5th says
THE situation on tho Arukden front
remains quiet On the left flank on
the right bank of the Hun River near
Machiapu, the Japanese this morning
resumed the offensive cnergetically.
Two attacks We're repulsed. The battle
continues successfully northward of
Machiapu. All are showing the great
est bravery. In the center orr posi-.
tons on the shakhc River so far as
shahopao are retained Night at
BAt Sdchs On Ipoutllolt ana NoVgOrOd Hills
st3h were beaten off, We counter attack
cd this morning and captured two ma
chine guns.
IN The Erdagou region the enemy
Is only bombarding our positions,
1.-THE japanese. during the night, at
tackled Kandollsan, All the assaults
We're repu,sed.
AN attack on Daotu Pass at ii
o'clock last night was beaten off.
The night was quiet on The extreme
left flank"