Show RUSSIANS HAVE HOPE BELIEVE THEY WILL BREAK THEIR LOSING STREAK kuropatkin has reoccupied and holds the town of which was lost and recaptured by russia several times reports from russian sources give a FL more hopeful view of the situation of general Kuro kuropatkin s army that commander has reoccupied and holds the town of the possession of which for several days v as first with one and then another ol 01 the contend ing armies reports from the russian left wing the abety of which there had been much about are no later than the night of october 13 they had been fighting tor for two days for the possession of pass an important strategic point but up to the point of sending the la t dispatch the japanese were still in possession of the pass in order that this col dmn may be able to rejoin the main russian army it is necessary that gen eral era kuropatkin should hold the bridges over aver the hun river and the position he now occupies on the river there is no indication that the end of the great battle is at hand estimates of the losses show a wide divergence but are as a rule lower than those given in sunday a dispatches i |