RUSSIAN LINE 12 MILES LONG.
COOD DEFENSIVE POSITION.
JAPANESE ADVANCE.
Received M-a,y 22, 5.30 a.m.
London, May 21. The Russian line m Mainohiuria is , forty-two miles long. stix?tcliing froiti Yehsoeheng to TTsiaosien, via Siqimgch'iooi. whore there, is a g-ood defensive position. They arc strongly eavtronichcd. I Three columns of Japan<«e are advancing from Kaiyuan, Ohaugt.Utpp, and Fakumen. ! Tho Ra.i9sians. after retrcatin'g from Tungh.ua and Shinkin, rallied at Wan'ofcaotso, forty miles north of Tungh'ua, and S'libsequently withldrew nortih. Their advanced position is now LinJiochen, northwarlds of Wangkaotsc. Their main position- is at Hiailamgchmg. General .JMatoriloff 'is^ com-mancling.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12862, 22 May 1905, Page 2
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96RUSSIAN LINE 12 MILES LONG. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12862, 22 May 1905, Page 2
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