THE JAPS IRRESISTIBLE ADVANCE.

Manawatu Herald, 28 June 1904, Page 2

THE JAPS IRRESISTIBLE ADVANCE.

As the Japanese on the Peninsula follow the railway northwards they are reinforced every step by a fresh column crossing the hills from the east, and guarding every pass eastward of the railway. A large force has fortified Kwantien, whore eighteen guns are mounted, and is also constructing fortifications at Sapinhai, twenty-five miles north-east of Samachi, menacing General Kuropatkin’s rear and communications. There is a concensus of opinion that the next battle will be fought in he hilly region between Haicheng and Shimucheng, south of Nmch.vaug. The Russians, at Samachi, with irtillery, at acked the Japanese in r.he vicinity of Ayang, and wore •epulsed with ten Japanese casualties. JAPANESE EXTENDED FOR 105 MILES. The recent reports of heavy fighting were evidently based on the constant skirmishing in the vicinity of Sinyen and on the Haicheng road. Russian accounts show that Generals Oku, Nodzu, and Kuroki, with 150,000 men, are making a vigorous and combined movement against General Kuropatkin’s position between Kaiping, Haicheng, and Liaoyang The Japanese front extends for 105 miles, and ia in a crescent shape, from Suingyucheng, 25 miles south of Kaiping, to beyond Motion•ing. - 'i ■ ' French accounts describe sanguinary fighting, since Monday, along the front, extending for forty kilometres. The successes alternate, and the result is still undecided. The German newspapers pretend that Japan desires mediation, and review the canard that King Edward had attempted to mediate during his recent visit to St. Petersburg.