Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-07-17 | Page 1 | Japs Set Elephant Traps

JAPS SET ELEPHANT TRAPS. Are Using Novel Style of Entrench-ment Entrench-ment in Manchuria. GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, July IS. Reports that tho Russian army is in a precarious situation appear to bo with- IH out foundation. Investigations made by correspondentH of tho Associated Press show that neither Hank has been turned, and that in fact tho Russian wings arc more advanced than tho center. The Japanese center Is Rtronglj- fortl-lied. fortl-lied. Many slego guns havo been em-placed em-placed along tho Changtufu Isanchenz line and there is a triple ring of forts commanding tho Mandarin road. Tho Japanese are using a novel ele-phant-trap style of entrenchment, con-slsting con-slsting of ditches covered -vyith platform which are balanced in tho middle and which tilt into vertical position under the feet of attackers. Tho Japanese have a captive balloon eight miles south of Nnnchenzc.