THE RUSSIAN LOSSES.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN LOSSES.

"BRAVERY AND BAD GENERALSHIP." STACKELBKRG IN' A TIGHT CORNER. £ LONDON, 22nd June. General Stackelberg'.s position is considered growingly critical. The newspapers remark that thf> heavy losses are in accordance with Russian precedent^ indicating a combination of bravery and Imd goiieraWiip. Ono critic says tho situation in Manchuria embodies nil the elements of the swiftest military colUipse since the Battle of Jena. General Kuronatkin's action in sending General Stackelborg to tho relief of Port Arthur i« like a mnn undermining to tho third story a houao containing flvo stories. There are persistent reports tlwt General Kuropatkiu luus further weakened his position by wilding forces to the relief of (Jenoml Stackefberg. Tho Daily Telegraph states? there are indications that General Nodzu intercepted, or General Oko overtook, General Stackelberg, or that both evont« occurred. the battle at telesze. siiarpshooterlFdeadly work. (Received Juno 23, 8.45 n.m.) LONDON, 22nd June. The Russian correspondents admit that the Japanese arc adepte at turning positious, and concentrating on points where they aro leaat expected. •The- correspondents declare that, the Ru/winns were overwhelmingly outnumbered at Tclcsae, mid ncquso the Chinese of signalling tho JnptuitwG throughout the war with mirrors fixed on long poles. General Kuropntkln l'eporte that the Fifth Division ot the East Siberian Rifles alone lost at Telesao 15 officers killed and 49 wounded, 386 soldiers killed and 992 wounded, besides 12 ofllcera aiicl 568 men left on the battlefield killed or wounded. The First Artillery Brigade bad 10 ofllcers wounded and 102 men killed. Other regiments had an enormous proportion of officers disabled by tho Japane.se fiharpshootera. Some of tho Russian detachments lost all their officers. A CORRESPONDENT SHOT. MISTAKEN FOR A SPY. (Received June 23, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd June. It i.s reported that tho Russians, who wore retreating from Wiifangkan, mistook Mr. Emerson, tho New York World's correspondent, for (i spy, and «hot him.