Word: kuropatkin
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Died. General Alexei Nikolaevitch Kuropatkin, 76, famed commander of the main Russian army in the Russo-Japanese War, until the disaster of Mukden; at Shemshurino, Russian...
...course of the fighting he ran the Russian and Japanese lines six times, interviewing Japanese and Russian prisoners as well as soldiers, riding with Kuropatkin's staff, and visiting Nogi's headquarters. His greatest feat, that of interviewing General Stoessel, was accomplished by runnings the Japanese blockade and entering Port Arthur under fire...
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