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Show , IziWi'i 0;i:lcn cn It: Tvcsulls'cl(bc" BIcoJy Figlit--i- 1 ; V. :.v: "te2-Atu'2t Lka Yacj. - LONDON. Sept 5. Th details of th , , tragic struggle betweea yama's and ' K uropatkin's force do not deter Brlt-'lsb Brlt-'lsb critics from repeating the YiUl - question, "Has Kuropatkln mad good his retreat?" With all the official new . before them, the experts her aeem half Inclined to belie that the Russian 1 eosrinazder ha achieved what was thought to be the Impossible, namely, headed off an, envelopment. .That the. Japanese, With superior Cumbers and the chelc of time for aggression,' ag-gression,' would Inflict sever tosses wa taken for, granted. Thexccupatlon men and guns and ItheU" supreme ex-ample ex-ample of discipline and determination, concentrating: with unshaken firmness for another fight, count" according to the Dally Telegraph, "for no more than superhuman prodigies Of courage and tenacity performed by the Japanese, unless something" more ha been achieved than la show in the lata dispatches." dis-patches." 1 The Standard characterizes Koropat-kin's" Koropat-kin's" transport of his army across the "wide and flooded Taltse river In the face of a pursuing enemy" as a re-marable re-marable feat, and voices the general belief that the Russian commander, having temporarily extricated himself, will still retreat with an "army In being." ; . . - v ' vi jui&o lang, wiin eooniiuua ntuwau casualties and the evacuation of fortified forti-fied positions ' are regarded her as merely Incidents. - . Though 'it l- recognized 'that 6e week' battle must take It place a one if the blood fst In ancient or modern history, yet If' Kuropatkln reaches s Mukden with a potential remnant of hi army, Oyama's effort will. In English eyes, be regarded more or les a a -frnltlee saerlflce. ' - ' . The bravery of both the opposing force excites here a thrill of admiration admira-tion mixed with awe. Steeped as English Eng-lish military critics ar In the histories " . of their own wars for cen tries past, the combination of fanaticism and science ' displayed under modern conditions of warfare around Liao Tang strikes for them a new and almost terrible note. ' "All - we know," Bay, the Dally . Graphic, "ii that the battle- of Liao Tang has been fought and won by the Japanese. We have yet to learn the ' .-tent Of the defeat of the Russian. ' Koropatkln' position is generally held to be still desperate, but. as the Daily New says, the latest cablegrams point to the fact that the Japanese have "lost the chance of achieving an unequivocal triumph." ' The Morning Post pays a high tribute to Kuropatkln' genius and to the traditional tra-ditional morale of the Russian troop under the disadvantage of defeat. It believes that a pause will now follow ' events that even in themselves would mark the century with a grand tragedy. fiuch a keen supporter of the Japanese Japan-ese a tbe Dally Telegraph this morning, morn-ing, rather .regretfully, admit that, 0ama "failed to achieve his strategical object." - I Reflecting the British Government's views, the Daily Telegraph comment solely upon the point that nothing has .been accomplished unless Kuropatkln' force la put out of action. . "The Russians' Immense losses In |