JAPANESE ON THE OFFENSIVE.
THE RUSSIANS FORCED BACK. (Received May Bth, 9.38 p.m.) LONDON, May 8. Russian advices from Fenghuahshien state the Japanese are concentrating their principal forces along_ the Liao outposts, near Palitun and northwards. At Papaotun the Japanese cavalry on the 4th, supported by infantry, took the offensive, and forced the Russians back to Hsiaonchengtzu station. A Russian chasseur detachment fell into an ambush at Ershulipu. ( There were fifteen casualties.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12189, 9 May 1905, Page 5
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