Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-12
TRAIN COT THROUGH
Kuropatkin Sends Ammuni. tion Supply to Port Arthur.
BATTLE REPORTED AT NOTIEN PASS
General ZaasaIitch said to Re SlaiA skrydIoR, New Commanders WiI1 Go On to Port
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 LONDON, May 12. = Advices from St. Petersburg say General Kuropatkin has reported to the emperor as fol. lows:
 ''Reconnoissances between Salitszais pudza and Fengwangcheng have failed to discover Japanese troops.
 "A Japanese column of considerable strength has advanced from Feng- wangcheng in the direction of Hai- chang.
 "Pulancheng station Is occupied by our frontier guards, and all damage to the railway by the Japanese as far as Sanchilipu has been repaired. The work was carried out under the super. vision of Lieutenant Colonel Spirido- noff This gallant officer undertook to get through to Port Arthur train of ammunition which had arrived at Liao- yang after the landing of the Japanese at Pitsewo. Every preparation was made to blow up the train in case of necessity in order to prevent it's falling into the hands of the Japanese.
 '"The task was carried out and the self sacrifice of the men of the Fourth railway battalion was crowned with complete success.
 ''The train arrived at Jinchau sta tion, forty miles from Port Arthur, safely, where it was handed over to General Jokoff, who immediately dis patched 1t under proper protection to Port Arthur. Lieutenant Colonel Spiri- donoff returned on a locomotive.
 After landing at Pitsewo the Japa- nese began marching toward Kinchau. On the night of Tuesday their advance guard, consisting of about two regi- ments of infantry, passed the night on the heights above Sanchilipu, about sixty miles from Port Arthur.
 About thirty Japanese transports are lying north of Cape Terminal be- low Pitsewo.
 A Paris dispatch says 1t is rumored that there has been big fight near Molten pass between the Russians and General Kurokis army.
 The Russians lost heavily, Iieuten- ant General Zassalitch being among the killed
 Vice Admiral Skrydloff and Vice Ad- miral Bezobrazoff have been notified of the resumption of communication with Port Arthur, so that they may attempt to reach that place.
 A St. Petersburg dispatch says i'm pending events of great importance to the military situation in Mancl1uria are foreshadowed in official dispatches giv- en out late last night by the war com mission.
 The Japanese forces have moved from Fengwangcheng toward Hai- cheng, which is thirtytwo miles east by north of Newchwang, and it is the opinion of the general staff that they should certainly reach their destina- tion within two days. If the Japanese occupy Haicheng, with Port Arthur thus effectually cut off, Newchwang. which the Russians have already dis mantled, would pass into their hands. The entire Liaotung peninsula in fact, save Port Arthur and perhaps Kaiping. would he commanded by them.
 A Shanhaikwan report says that be- sides acting energetically in southern Manchuria and moving on Haicheng General Kuroki has kept in mind the necessity of outflanking General Ku- ropatkin at Liaoyang, as is shown in the fact that he has started a divis sion consisting of forty guns and 1,500 cavalry toward Saimadza. Tn view of General Kuropatkins state ment that an examination of the line between Saimatsi and Fengwangcheng failed to show the presence of Japa- nese, the Russians are puzzled as to where they came from
 Japanese detachment is reported officially to have occupied Kwantein sien, but it is believed likely to be a small scouting party belonging to Gen. eral Kuroki's army.
 From Tokyo comes the information that Vice Admiral Togo, having heard many mysterious explosions in Port Arthur, has reached the conclusion that possibly the Russians were de- stroying their warships to prevent their capture by the Japanese.