SKETCHES IN MANCHURIA.
"Kie battle of Sbaho which pnded so disastrously for the Russians was fought in the late atrtmnn when the fields of millet were approaching harvest. It was the last big battle of last yea'" and is said to have resulted in at least 60,0000 casualties in the Russian ranks.
A Bnssian correspondent wrrtfis.-—"The sheepskin ccjts served oxrfc to the Third Manehnrian Army are of such inferior quality ihat they cannot be of service for more than a few weeks. The boots are even worse. Fur is a necessity, and the atrocious fraud and dishonesty which has estised the distribution of such garments have filled patrietie
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 9
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108SKETCHES IN MANCHURIA. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 9
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