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It is not my intention in these pages to describe all the numerous skirmishes and battles which took place between the time General Kuroki's army crossed the Yalu and when the tremendous assault was made upon the Russian army concentrated around Liao-Yang.
At times the enemy contested the way bitterly, while at others they fell back without making the least show of resistance. As a matter of fact they were too weak to engage in a regular battle, and their one idea in harassing the Japanese was to delay the forward movement of the Mikado's men, and thus give General Kuropatkin additional time in which to strengthen his position at Liao-Yang.