JAPANESE ADVANCE SUSPENDED.
INACTION CAUSES SUR-
PRISE.
RUSSIAN SURMISES.
HAMPERED BY RAINS.
Received May 23, 12.18 a.m. London, Yesterday. The Russian headquarters' staff at Mukden report that tho Japanese main body estimated, at eighty thousand, remains south of the Russian force, covering Liaoyang. The advance has been apparently suspsnded. The inaction causes surprise since the Russian forces are daily increasing. It is surmised the rains have hampered the Japanese artillery. The Russians still hold the railroad to Tashiohao.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7980, 23 May 1904, Page 2
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