Show JAPS straighten RUSSIAN LINES little brown men constantly alert and force the enemy to it a little at a time BANDITS HAVE RUSSIAN RIFLES twenty ave thousand ch nese sa d to have been armed by japanese with captured weapons manchuria since april 29 the japanese have been ad avancing slowly and intermittently pushing forward their columns sue from right to left under cover ot a screen of cavalry and achl nese bandits the advance has re suited in straightening the alignment ol 01 the opposing armies kussian de tach ments which were far advanced on the flani s being forced to retire to the eastward was mccu pied may 5 but under pressure by the russians the japanese later evacuated the place on the left the russian cavalry retired behind the llao river the japanese occupying Palao tun san lingan and balaya the village of on the north of Chan tufu has been occue ed and burned by the japanese there was a sharp brush with chi nese bandits on the extreme russian right on the ath it Is reported that the japanese armies in the center have been re unforced the force at field marshal oyama s d according to information recently received Is battal ons or men the japanese are said to have armed 25 or 30 chinese dan aits with captured russ an rifles the chinese atlon haa been dralle i by the japanese for roadman ing and entrenching and roads are be ng con strutted ted to and Nan gapas |