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Show m JAPS STRAIGHTEN RUSSIAN LINES BBBI Little Brown Men Constantly Alert and BBBl Force the Enemy to Retreat a B Little a H DANDIT8 HAVE RUSSIAN RIFLES BBBJ Twenty-five Thousand Chinese Said to BBBJ Have Been Armed by Japanese BBBj With Captured Weapons. BBBJ Gndgoyadana, Mnnchtirla. Since BBBJ April 29 tho Jnpancso liavo boon ad- BBBj vanclng slowly and ' Jntormlttcntly, BBBJ pushing forward their' columns buc- BBBj cosslvcly from right to left, under BBBJ cover of a screen of cavalry nnd Chi- BBBJ ncse bandits. Tho advance has re- BBBJ suited In straightening tho alignment BBBj of tho opposing armies, Russian do- BBBJ tachments which wbrc far advanced on BBBJ tho flanks being forced to rotire. BBBJ Erdagou, to tho eastward, was occu pied May fi, but under pressure by the Russians tho .lapancso later evacuated tho place. On tho left tho Russian cavalry retired behind tho Llao river, tho Japanese occupying I'alaotun, San llngan and Balzya. Tho vlllago of Shahedzl, on tho north of Chantufu, has been occupied and burned by tho Japanese. Thoro was a sharp brush with Chi- noso bandits on tho extremo Russian right on tho 7th. It In reported that tho Japanoso armies In tho center have been rolnforcod. The forco at Field Marshal Oyama's disposal, according to Information recently received, Is 348 battalions, or 390,000 men. Tho Jnpancso nio said to have armed '25,000 or 30,000 Chinese bandits ban-dits with captured Russian rifles. Tho ChlneBo population has boon drafted by the Japaneso for roadmnklng and entrenching, and roads aro being constructed con-structed to Slnmlnpu, Danchcnsco and Nnngapass. |