RUSSIAN MILITARY COMMANDER.
LONDON. 31st January. • In tbo ovent of war, Ucnerul Kuropatkin will command tl>o Russian land forrra. [Uciteml Kumpnlkin i» about 56 year.* of age, nml liha hccii over 35 ycaiV acrvico. Ho gained early experience in Asintic campaigning. ami in 1875 w«« actit on a etiilt uussion to the Frencli jinny in .Algeria. TJiph cftmo tlio RiunoTuvfclsli ulrugglo, when ho was nnpointoil chief to tho illtuitriaiw Skoboloft. After aiding General Obrutchcff iv planning the defence of the ompu'o, ho went to Central Asia, whew ho Icanil that ."ternnees \rhich hnn been hi.s sju-cial feature. Cln his return in 1898 lu> whs appfiintod W.ir Mini«tci-.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1904, Page 5
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107RUSSIAN MILITARY COMMANDER. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1904, Page 5
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