Show FIGHT IN SNOWSTORM BAD WEATHER DOES NOT STOP FIGHTING IN japanese Jap anete attacked during a blinding snowstorm are forced to sur render two villages advice from sixty belts southwest of mukden dated january 28 state that a battle began at daylight january 25 the right panic pank of the russian army reinforced py y troops from the east began a move anent against the japanese left one leoras leaving at midnight january 24 marched about seven miles southwest routh southwest west and at daylight attacked the infantry backed up by artillery drove the japanese from two villages at midday after a sharp fight and con tinned to make progress the rest ol 01 the he right flank becoming engaged the kussian russian artillery fire aw was heavy but the japanese remained almost sl lent the captured villages presented a warlike appearance with japanese and russian dead lying side by side in the streets the russian infantry kept under the cover of the walls and houses to project act themselves from the japanese alre are from adjoining villages the country is flat and thickly and the villages are large and rich in foodstuffs it Is snowing and bitterly cold and the troops eagerly seek the protection of the villages which in this dis hrict have escaped destruction on january 26 there was a heavy fire along the right flank front and an advance was made the wind at tha the back of the russians drove the snow into the faces of the japanese and it was difficult to see any distance one siberian regiment suffered heavy losses on january 27 the fighting con tinned on the right flank but it does hot riot seem to be developed along the tenter or eastern flanks probably the cold weather prevents a further continuance of the battle there is more artillery on both sides than in any former battle of his tory ory |