Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-12 | Page 1 | Advance is a Feint

ADVANCE. IS A FEINT. Japs Desired to Ascertain Strength of Russian Outposts. QtWBHU PASS, May 11 Tho Japanese advance ad-vance now appears to have bees a feint to ascertain as-certain the strength of the Russian outposts, which have again b"en pushed forward en the left at I,afangvl, Erdayol and Tung.jl and along the retit'T lin- front Poldyzusuch to Sldhousa. win-re th- Japanese attacked th ! Russians. May 7 and May K. tut were repulsed. Ousted From tho Mines. The ne:;t day. In order to oust tre Japanese fre.m the Shuheliy mines, from which their attack was ..i ganlz'-d. a column of cavalry sup-ported sup-ported h artillery, moved forward under cover of the Russian mines end tho mines were turned, tho Japanese retiring first to Slnyaasou and inter to Madlopa, three miles South of Chantefu. On the right flank the situation Is unchanged. un-changed. The Russian front resembles a crescent, cres-cent, with the center resting on the railroad and the herns pointing south Oyp.ma at the Front. Prisoners say the new troops front Japan are old men and youths. Thoy give the Japanese Jap-anese losses at Mukden as IZ.tjg killed and about 70.000 wounded. Oynuna w-ns at the front rim In- the recent ucllll, making his headquarters at Chantafu