Show OF THE JAPANESE maj gen von frobel a german military expert with the russian army in the late war writes 0 japanese ruses in the middle of ary last I 1 was with s cavalry on the extreme right of the russian army A flag of truce arrived and handed in several letters written in anex russian one was to gen and contained a polite request that since did not appear to be imminent he would allow his officers to meet the japa nese cavalry officers at a picnic feb 20 was proposed tor this entertain ment but the japanese hosts were ready to put it off till a later date it more convenient the proposed pic nic actually took place and the rus and japanese officers met feb 21 to understand the point of this little japanese joke it Is necessary to remember that the great japanese offensive ement began on the but against the russian extreme left not the russian right thus while both sides were picnicking on the llauro they were fighting at the dal in pass 1 at mukden the staff interpreter had commandeered comman dered my chinese ant to assist him in translating the contents of a packet of letters which had just been taken from the bodies of dead japanese from these letters it appeared that we had nogi s army or at least portions ot it in front of us we were confirmed in this be ilet by the japanese themselves we were fighting at very close quarters and the japanese constantly shouted to us in hesslan that they had come from port arthur I 1 was afterward taken prisoner and during the whole period of my captivity I 1 remained under the am pres slon that we had been fighting fogts army judge of my astonish ment when at last on my release I 1 procured a newspaper and found that army had been fighting in an entirely different part of the theater of war and that we had been engaged with a newly formed army called the army of the balu yalu |