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Probably this news is greatly exaggerated, but there is nothing

impossible per se in the account of the operations. The Japanese would naturally try to strike the Chinese in flank as they advanced, and not merely to await them at Seoul, and it is quite possible that this manceuvre might not have turned out successful. It by no means proves, however, that the Chinese will vin in the final struggle, which to all appearances will be fought on the plain to the east of Seoul. As we go to press, we hear that Port Arthur has been again attacked by Japan, both from the sea and the land.

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