The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-18
JAPS SUNK
BOYARIN
Russian Reports to Contrary
Untrue.
JAPANESE PLANS SECRET
Russians are Preparing For IN
Overwhelming Movement
Against Japan.
PLANS SECRET

London, Feb. lS:-The japanese leg
ation has received Ii isl advi 'es from
Toxic concerning reports o the sc nd
class cruiser, Boyarin. reported 10y
the Russians to have been destroyed
by a mine at Port Arthur, was actually
destroyed by Japale,e torpedo boats
Sunday
Seoul F,b. ls;-The arrival of
three thousand Russians across the
Yalu river oppos te Wijiwas officially
reported by the japanese.
Berlin, Feb. ls;.-A dispatch from
Chemulpo reasserJs that II officers and
43o men on the Russian warships
Variag and Korietz we're killed or
drowned when the vessels we're des-
troyod
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-A report
from London says that two Russian
battleshirs were destroyed by the at.
tack of the Japanese torpedo boats on
Sunday last.
y Tokyo dispatch says: ION the 18th
of February a detachment Of torpedo
boat destroyers proceeded, braving the
fierce north storm, toward Port Ar
thur At 8 o'clock the next morning
the Asagiri, japanese torpedo boat
destroyer, amid shower of shells
from the enemy's fort and ships, tor
pedoed a Russian man-of-war and, fur
ther firing on the enemys guard boat,
safely returned to its headquarters.
The Hayatori, another Japanese torpe-
do boat destroyer, at 8 o'clock Of the
same morning approached to the mouth
of the port where she found two of
the enemy's men-of-war and, in def
ance Of their firing, Immediately torpe-
doed one of them with effective ex-
plosion and safely withdrew"
a NagasaH dispatch says japanese
soldiers on the point of embarkatiOn
for the front are marching through the
streets of many japanese ports besides
those Of Moji, Nagasaki and Kobe.
Transports have embarked troops,
horse and foot, and guns, and more are
on the way, but the Japanese cavalry
horses seem hardly worth transporting
except to a knacker's yard. Never
have there been seen such sorry scrub
ponies.
There are more than a score of steam
transports at Moji, among other places,
and of these numbers clear nightly for
ports toward Korea.
There are ten large transport steam
ers at NagasaH flying the army and
not the navy transport flag. Horse
boxes have been fitted on board the
vessels, and the mems quarters are
most commodious.
Trains arrive upon the wharfs,
which, with their lines, were laid in a
week. They cover mile Of ground
formerly a marsh but now filed up.
The troops are fed and marched to
their billets and subsequently en-
barked upon lighters and steam
A0uhSACSI ny WHICH, lut1 are luheu
quietly TO the ships.
The steamers, besides carrying a full
complement of their own boats, have
each from eight to ten large, strong
sampans upon their davits. These sam.
pans are admirably adapted for being
rowed or towed in shallow waters or
through a heavy surf.
1t is believed that the destination Of
this force is q point near the mouth Of
the Yaln river or spot on the Lao
tung peninsula, flanking Port Arthur.
The Japanese have also concentrated |
about 10000 troops at Wonsan, on the |
east coast Of Korea, with the object of !
entering Manchuria.
Japan has already landed 10000 |
troops in Korea, $4,000 of whom are
extended along the fighting front south |
Of the Yalu river.
st. Petersburg dispatches say the
rigid censorship imposed here upon all |
news from the far east completely |
masks the movements Of Russian
troops and the plans OF those in COM
mand, but what is being done is evi-
IDENTIFY satisfactory to the authorities
here, as they manifest the utmost con-
ndence that when the proper time ar
y 80 =. /. =