A PAUSE FOR BREATH.
Human endurance could not possibly sustain indefinitely the strain imposed on both Russians and Japanese by the struggle for Liaoyang, which is seen to have been more and more desperate the more we become informed of its details. Not only does physical energy col* lapse after such marching and fighting, but the most stolid nerves are shaken by prolonged confronting of death. So that both armies must be rested by their commanders ; be* fore the troops can be considered fit for another bout of fighting. iNor
is this all. There is considerable evidence to show and every reason to, think that the' Japanese • outmarched their supplies, They may ! haVe found ample food among the captured Russian stores, but could: not possibly have carried on their terrific gunnery fire without somewhat exhausting their ammunition. They must again provide themselves with every necessary 01 war before they can strike another similar blow at Kuropatkin. And there :is one ghastly duty which always falls on the victors in battle, and whifth; for their own Bakes they cannot ignore the burial of the multitudinous dead. This awful task could not possibly be neglected by the Japanese, and would in itself add to their temporary disorganisation. We can therefore look for comparatively little news from the opposing armies until a few days have elapsed, and may possibly see weeks go by before any desperate fighting: again occurs between Kuroki and Kuropatkin. From Port Arthur, however, if rumour is correct, we may soon hear of another assault, though their frightful losses; in hitherto unavailing frontal attacks may. persuade even the daring Japanese strategists to decide to attempt the capture of the great fortress by the slowei process of investment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12660, 14 September 1904, Page 4
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