Show JAPS HAVE GOOD POSITION it is probable trist they will soon beg n operations manchuria the anese armies at present occupy the position of an immense sickle with the handle reaching from a few miles south of liao yang and passing through Chan tafu the blade circling northward toward kinn with the tip on the korean coast south of bosslet bay it Is estimated that general nogi has eighty battalions general oku six ty general kawamura ninety and gen eral hasegawa the battalions aver aging 1 men which makes the nu merical strength of the japanese bayonets with 2 field and mountain guns and about siege guns the japanese extreme left Is guarded by general tamura s cavalry division the chinese in the japanese service are in the center screened by cavalry under the command of gen eral the rains this year have been less heavy than usual and it will be ble to begin operations sooner than ex pecked japanese cruisers are making dem along the coast in the rear of the russian forces in korea evidently intent on facilitating the ad vance of general hasegawa s force by menacing the russian line of comma |