THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST.
RUSSIA ATTACKS DRIVEN BACK WITH LOSS THE LINEVITCH POLICY tress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE HORRORS OF WAR, DEVASTATING THE COUNTRY. THE NEW COMMANDER'S PLANS. LONDON, April 6. General Linevitch has sent 50,000 men to hold Kirin, and has a quarter of a million entrenched at SwamVsan-pei, near Dun-liao-ho, halfway between Mukden and Kwang-cheng-tze. The army is astride the-railway in the form of a crescent, the horns pointing north. The Russians are converting the country into a desert' to impede the Japanese advanoe. A correspondent of the newspaper 'Rusa' reports that the Japanese are marching on Taiisikar. ATTACK AND REPULSE. LONDQN-April 6. . (Received April 7, at'B.sß a_ro.) The Russians on Tuesday, assuming the offensive, at 'first bombarded Chin-chen-tun. A large infantry force, supported by two flanking columns, simultaneously advanced within 400 metres of the Japanese positions. •The attack was completely repulsed after a sharp conflict. The Japanese casualties were 27, and tie Russians 200. A NEW NAVY. LONDON, April 6. The Russian Admiralty haß decided to spend £25,000,000 in shipbuilding.
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Evening Star, Issue 12473, 7 April 1905, Page 6
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