The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-11
VICTORIOUS
EVERYWHERE
Japan Continues to Dismay
the Russians.
PIT. ARTHUR IN DANGER
japanese Said to Be Preparing
to Cut Railroad Back of
the Port.
PIT. ARTHUR IN DANGER

WASHINGTON, Feb. l1.-Dispatch-
es received from London announce
news of tremendous land battle be-
tween the JapaneGe and Russian forces
IN Korea between Pingyang and the
Nalu river is expected hourly.
The Russian forces were cOncentrat-
ed ut the Yalu river and have been
hurried across into Korean territory.
i is believed that the first land battle
was fought north of Pingyang which
was the scene of the first land fight
between China and Japan.
Viceroy Alexeieff is mobilizing all the
army reserves in eastern Asia.
The publication Of extra editions OF
the newspapers at St Petersburg OF
the reported injuries TO japanese ships
during the Port Arthur engagement
and the sinking of the japanese battle
ship Shikishima led TO a demand upon
the editors for the source Of their in
formation. They replied, 1T came from
the British embassy"
These reports were received every
where with manifestations of Joy, but
nothing confirming them has come
from Viceroy Alexeieff.
The only additional intelligence the
viceroy has sent is the names of the
wounded officers, among whom were
Lieutenant Colonel Zaientchkovsky
of the artillery corps, who was on
board the transport Angara, and Il mid
shipman Oh board the battleship Seyas-
topol.
NJ Kurino, the retiring japanese min
lister to Russia and his staff have left
for Berlin. There was a large crowd Of
people at the station platform when the
party boarded the train. Police and
gendarmes kept a space clear for the
travellers, and there was no hostile
demonstration.
NJ. Kurina walked slowly to the
train, holding in his hand bouquet of
roses which had been presented to
Nine. Kurino by Mrs. Mccormick,
wife Of the United States ambassador.
AS the train drew out of the station
there were a few cheers and cries of
Long live Nicholas"
A Tokyo dispatch says two Russian
transports, with 1000 troops on board,
were captured on their way to Asan in
an attempt to make landing there
and interrupt communication by telc-
graph and railway between Fusan and
Seoul.
Ten Russian warships have already
been wrecked or disabled by Japanese
fighting vessels, the sinking of the
cruiser Variag and the blowing up of
the torpedo gunboat Korietz having
teen accomplished at Chemulpo.
More than a hundred Russians were
killed in tins engagement. Officers and
marines who escaped to the shore were
made prisoners by the japanese patrol.
This is the fourth naval battle which
Japan has forced within the first
twenty-f0ur hours of fighting. A spe-
cial cable dispatch from Port Arthur
tells of third attack on the Russian
stronghold by the japanese fleet.
The occupation of Seoul the capital
of Korea, is one Of Japans great OBJ
jectives at the present moment. Fully
10000 Japanese troops have landed on
Korean soil. Landings were made at
Chemulpo and Chenanpo. Forty thou
sand Japanese troops, with six batter
les of artillery are at Pingyang and
have marched northward to the Yalu
river.
Dispatches from Tokyo and Nagasa-
III report the arrival at Sasebo, Japan,
of two large Russian steamers. One is
the Volunteer Floot association trans
port Ekaterlnoslav which recently land
ed troops and arms Mt Port Arthur, and
the other is the steamer Argun, be-
longing to the Chinese Eastern Rail-
ways company. Both were captured by
the Japanese cruise Sal Yen and Hell
Yen in the neighb cd Of Fusan, Ko-
rea. The Ekateril hav is OF 10000
tons displacement and had been fitted
up as an auxiliary cruiser. she had
thirty rifles on board and was on her
way from Vladivostok. The Argun was
going to Vladivostok from Nagasaki.
The Russian whalers Glarige, Nicolai,
Alexander and Michael, captured by
the 56paiies9, Fave also ihrrited at Sas
sebo.
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