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Show PRESAGES ANOTHER BATTLE. Impression That. There May Be Big Fight Near Liao Yang. ST PETERSBl'RC. Jan. 17. The War office does not admit that the appearance appear-ance of Gen. Mlstchenko's cavalry southwest south-west of Llao Yang Is more than a daring expedition, designed to strike the railroad rail-road at several points nnd Interrupt tho transportation ot Qen. Nogi's guns from Port Arthur to Manchuria but from certain cer-tain Indications It seems pOSSlblO that It is preliminary to operations Ot magnitude. magni-tude. Gon. Mlstchenko has more than ?0,n00 horsemen, and. moving rapidly, might be able to Berlously damage communications In the rear of Llao Yang. The torn- of dispatches from Russian correspondents vaguely hint at Important developments and the military writer for the Nov ... Vremya expresses the opinion that the long calm since the battle of Shakhe is about to be broken. It Is also noteworthy note-worthy that there has been no official dispatches from Gen, Ivnroputkin for two days. |