Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-30 | Page 2 | On to Mukden

ON TO MUKDEN japanese outposts push ng forward and battle cannot long be delayed while the japanese are reported to be slowly advancing upon mukden there has been no fighting worthy of note between the opposing armies un der general kuropatkin and marquis oyama the latter according to the military critics at st petersburg is ul ely to different from those essayed by the japanese att llao yang and it Is expected that the attack will come upon the rus elan front and flanks rather than in the form of an enveloping movement definite information from port arthut Is very meager and inconclusive and minor successes there are reported russian spies allege that a consider able force has been detached from mhd japanese army which captured lla yang and sent back in aid of the oper athons against port arthur the for mation of several russian rifle bri gades tor service in the far east haa been ordered I 1