Gospodin General-Major, with the battle intencifying in the center and our attempt to outflank the Japanese with Samsonov's and Rennekampf's cavalry stopped by the Japanese 2nd Cavalry brigade (Kanin), the initiative has firmly passed into enemy hands.

Kuropatkin's failure to deploy sufficient reserves to the scene of fighting doomed the operation from the very beginning:  enjoying numerical superiority on paper, our group of armies effectively fought the action with numbers inferior to the enemy.

The Russo-Japanese War was a highly embarassing conflict for Russia:  much more so for the Russian Navy.  After the Port Arthur squadron failed to escape and link up with the Vladivostok squadron (the Battle of the Yellow Sea, August 1904), Russia dispatched the Baltic Fleet around South Africa (to be coaled by German colliers en route!) to assault the Japanese fleet and to lift the blocade.  The Japanese, laying in ambush in the straits of Tsushima delivered a decisive blow to the fleet in May of 1905, dashing all hopes of relieving the besieged Port Arthur.  Signing the Treaty of Portsmouth in September of 1905, the Russian Empire relinquished its sphere of influence on the Korean peninsula and Manchuria.

Your tour of duty in the region has come to an end:  your assignment takes you back to the Motherland for strategic planning along the European frontier of the Empire.