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Show OYAMA AT LIAO YANG. Japanese Constructing New Forts Around the Placo. MUKDEN, Dec. 22 Thero was more artillery ar-tillery firing from PoutilofC hill on December De-cember 21, which resulted ln dispersing a party of Japanese who wero trying to entrench In front of that position. Chinese report lhat Field Marshal Ovinia and his start havo established hendoUartera at Llao Yang, und that tho Jununcse aro constructing now forts around the city. The Jaoaneao aro roported to be suffering suffer-ing severely from cold and slcknoss tn tho vlclnltv of Palaazandzl and Shlllkhe. whero It Is said thoy lost, 2000 mon in a Blnglo week. Tho Orenburg Cossacks captured six Japanese scouts on Decembqr 21, four of whom wero badly frozen, two having to havo their feet amputated. Tho same Cossacks recently captured seventeen Japanese, Jap-anese, who were unablo to llro a- single shot when thoy found thoruselves surrounded. sur-rounded. The port of Tlnkow Is closed by ice. All Japanese reinforcements landing at Dalny are going ln the direction of Port Arthur. |