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Show m&L TRY TO FORCE THE RUSSIANS OUT - MUKDEN, Nov. .Quiet continues here. The Japanese are still working hard en-i en-i trenching their front, which begins to 1 look like a continuous fort. It Is believed ; they are preparing seriously to advance, making their front strong, possibly in ' order that it may be held by a comparatively compara-tively small force while the heavier force I enrages in flanking movements. The Jap-i Jap-i enese have learned by bitter experience ! not to expect much from a frontal at-. at-. tack. They are obliged, however, to maln-; maln-; tain a strong front to prevent Gen. Ku- ropatkin from breaking through their ' Une and carrying the war to their rear. There Is considerable evidence to indicate indi-cate that the Japanese will make every ' ffort to force the Russians out of Mukden Muk-den not only for the moral effect on Europe, but on the Chinese as well. Mukden Muk-den Is extremely important to them as 1 winter auarters. The Japanese continue to receive reinforcements re-inforcements and it is believed by Rus--. alan military men that their advancing : Spends upon accumulating sufficient men. |