General Kuropatkin's Confidence.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 104, 6 May 1904, Page 2

General Kuropatkin's Confidence.

Pr«u Auociation, Electric Telegraph

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London, May 3.

Fierce fighting for twenty-five minutes preceded the abandonment of Antung.

Fugitives who have reached Chefoo report that the Russians are preparing to evacuate Dalny.

General Kuropatkin, in a despatch to the Tsar, expresses satisfaction that the Japanese crossed the Yalu River, thus lengthening their lines of com* munication while the Russians are nearer their base.

A member of the Russian General Staff states that the Yalu engagements were merely skirmishes, and that General Kuropatkin will not accept a serious battle until the middle of May, when he will have half a million men at his disposal.