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Show SLEPT IN THE MUD. Japanese Have Hard Time In Endeavor En-deavor to Round-up Kuropatkln's Forces. It seems to bo definitely established that FJold Marshal Oyama's tired troops abandoned on Wednesday Wednes-day tho nttempt to hood off Oonoral Kuropatkln, whoso army arrived safely at Mukdon, aftei frightful oxperlcnccs in floundering flounder-ing through mud and mlro over tho Mandarin roads. Somo descriptions of tho scones niong tho lino of rotrcat are almost Incredlbio. They tell how tho men lay down in tho mud and slept In a- drenching rain. It Is ovldent that tho last determined effort of tho Japanese to bring Kuro-. patkln to bay was mado on Tuesday, but the Russian cpmmandor-in-chior facod about nnd two corps, with artillery, artil-lery, beat off tho Japanoso, whllo tho remalndor of tho troops continued to march to Mukdon. After that tho Japanoso Jap-anoso could on'y hang on to tho flanks and try to sholl tho rotroatlng colifmna from tho hills. Tho outposts nro still In contact, but they aro not oven exchanging ex-changing shots. |