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Show II Fire From Trenches Is 1 1 Incessant , . ! I Russians Find it Difficult to " ' , ji Secure Provisions and " ."'JI 1 Water- 1 ! ji I Tenacity of tho righting Upon Both I Ml I Sides Is Unusual and Also 1 , JI ' Very Fierce. , -Jul MUKDEN, OCU 22. Tho Russians on Friday and Saturday remlttently bom- , j'HH barded the villages of Lumuiun, Sha- "nffl landtzy and Senyantzy and Shakhe ota IIS1M u-"!. - i ijff pletely evacuated. A party of Russians 1 i jiff approached on a .hand car to a point fjj-jffl within less than a mils of 'the station I and not a Japanese was visible. The J J Japanese reply to the Russian artillery ij j fire i9 extremely weak, but the rille i, 3 1 fusillade of the outer trenches' is ln- I' I ceseant. It fs only possible to bring . I, I up. provisions and water by stealth ai ijH ' , night In kegs on donkey's backs, as the Japanese rlllemen pick oft the drivers, j Cannonading1 at Front, if Reports from the entire Russian jfi front, beginning October 17, the date ' fi on which the main fighting ceased, ! shows that the center army from the i vicinity of Tashan and also the cast- ' I f ern army behind Plenchiapu continued , f cannonade demonstrations for three days. The Japanese on October 17 Kj began shelling ihe headquarter of the jjj western army as the staff was retlr- ,l ing. The Japanese need. It is under- JB stood four, nine or ten first-range guns, !3i the same ones, It Is believed, they used 18 I in shelling the railway station at Liao if ! , Yang September 1. The shells in tht i ;j ' firing Of October 17 fell 'on both sides ' ji ! . of the railway, destroying a soup , !; . ' wagon and three horses. No other dam- ' . ago was inflicted. IM ; jj Demonstratiqn Wednesday. I ' ft On October 18 both armies were In- I , i 1 i'U active. On October ID there were dem- I 41 , onetratlons in front of the eastern I V-jj '. army, where constant snipping contin- I 'jjj ued at short rifle range at Plenchiapu. I ' Si at the apex of a triangular position I , 'L along the Tang and Shakhe rivers. I Ja Plenchiapu is an exposed town on the I f ft south bank of the Tang river. In the I 1 ys event of attack It would likely be un-I un-I i i f fV tenable, In which case both armies I , r I would be left in positions In strong I fj t passes on each side of the water coursa. H jr which, from present indications, Is Uke- II if: ly to divide the combatants throughout IT L the winter. The sparing fire of the II y J"apauese seems to indicate a sliortage m A j of ammunition. Both armies are direct H !;( i ing their main efforts to resupply and i ill reinforce. I ' f 1 Unusual Tenacity Shown. I 'j t . The tenacity of the fighting Is un- I , usual. The Russian troops persist In I it? v their efforts to retrieve their loises In I ' ii jjf artillery. It Is reported that an'equlva- I 'V.'i - lent of half the guns lost by them have i ,f j f already been taken from the Japanese. P 1 1 k $ Tne cavalry on both sides Is reported I I ' Jf j to be conspicuous in these exploits, al- I , jj I though the Russian cavalry has not I i f J'et realized the Importance that was I ' ' !j expected of It. I ! ! Wonders Accomplished. I !' Ijwf .' Although the Russian army has again I tl been defeated and Is without possession m oC any battlefield, yet it has built ijj mountain roads and transformed a re- , V filn of three days' march by the con- Hll striictlon of bridges, telegraph lines and : . 5 defenses since It emerged from the hills M north of the Hun river October 4. where J.1 it was driven after the battle of Lino Yang. Recrosslng the Hun river by lijt twin bridges in-four places with light : j baggage, as though expecting to rc- ! 3J treat, then fighting an unexpected bat- . tie, it retained a line of battle which, . A though seven miles lonp on the east and ! 1 1 ten miles on the west, Is north of where ' j' f it was attacked by the Japanese. ,, ,H No More Retreats, i m The vigilance of the Russians ap- ,; ) -pears to justify the proclamation of i !! Gen, Kuropatkin Uiat there would be ' ,'- no more retreats. The present cold . weather, which is too severe to shelter : the soldiers In tents, will probably de- ' termlne In a fortnight the question of ii : winter quarters. The Chinese- Inhabl- j I f tanls continue fleeing from the army !4f and leaving their dead in the streets ' 'j and fields. N |