| Show BATTLE WILL T K PLACE rl f AT T M MI I Preparing to Make Malie a Determined Resistance c at That Point I t I I II HE HAS nAS AH AN IMMENSE FORCE FORGE cd Attack on Port lon lia peeled i td to Result In tn Its It Call 1011 u ti I TolIo Hept II It Ion Is ls I growing that MII Nu en n KH ment wilt will seem Man tau take place ut lit Muk AlUk Mukden den lien ten Cleft Is la evidently preparing to make A It determined anre an IK e to any Attempt to t c se n ae 11 m mand and Is le I entrenching and nd doon He lie has hal an Immense terse forte Available hut but the opinion U ls I expressed ol list Tie pass pals would he hI n II more favora lavor favorable ble for defense tl The however are arc re unwilling to Buffer tKo the loss Iua of If 1 prestige which wu u II b be Im n It I fd Id hy Ity the abandonment of at Mukden Moth Doth armies arm lee ure now new rested and have recovered from the effects of 01 the fight ht of or UNO Lleo Van Yang TIry Ire are In condition to 10 fight and the weather Is III favorable fur military operation The roads are and the J pa ties Il are ire speedily the Iho railway A party pall of at roll mil military nary attaches who recently came to Mao llao Yang from were rs dragged fur Ito I O adlee in oi open en trucks truck by IW The army Is la now forwarding rolling roiling stock stockwith stockwith with captured cans can anti ana s sail and the service will soon noon be or organised I I With the Lino idao salver river open the task tuk of ot I transporting m 10 men n and lint supplies to tune thu th advanced blaH base of operations at Muo UIO nu Yang Is I simple I There Is II much now a as to I Ithe the extent of the Ih tall rail and nd winter rain cam campaign callip p It U Is le generally era II thought that lust l field Ild Marshal a I will continue pressing buck back until th the winter falls and will VIII then gUAld his hll advance ono lino until spring The Japanese carried on an aggressive campaign against the tho during the he winter but conditions are arc different In n this war warA A It renewal of at the attack upon ullon Port Arthur on news newer lie and more moro aggressive lilies IK Is expected ted this week Ik And It Is la d in well Informed quarters that hat the reduction of that fortress will wilt bf be accomplished within 10 days or n a 1 fortnight The Ih authorities continue silent cong Ion con concerning operations there The Ion of ot a II list lIat of ur casualties In III the naval brigade operating an ore land Is la the anI only recent utterance In refer reference rare ence to the Mege elege The spoils I 10 lis taken nt lit Lino contin continue is ue Iq t grow lateral reports hi he capture of ot four Cour tiller mile of ot railway rails and WO tons lone of or ouch |
