The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-05-19

LONDON, May ia telegram from
Tokyo says that two divisions Of the
japanese army have arrived close to
Mukden, thus cutting off General Ku-
ropatkin's line Of retreat to the north
ward.
The official report of the landing of
the second Japanese army has been
received. 1t is as follows:
The army arrived Mt the prear-
ranged place near PitsewO and under
cover of the navy began landing at
o'clock in the morning. None Of the
enemy was observed. According to ma
tive reports there were about 300 of
the enemy at Pulandien, 100 on the Pi-
tsewo road, 300 at Pitsewo and 600 in
front of the landing place Immediate
ly detachments were sent TO Pitsewo
to destroy the telegraph line and to
Pulandien to destroy the railroad.
I'VE sent detachments to destroy the
railroad and telegraph wire between
Pulandien and Sanchilipu. This de-
tachment dispersed the enemy's caval-
ry, hundred strong, and cut the rail-
road and the wires TO the northeast of
Sanchilipu in two places. One lieuten-
ant and three men were killed and
nine men wounded.
THE railroad was thus destroyed to
the northwest of Pulandien.
1--WE then took possession Of line Of
hills for four miles from Chichaton,
driving the enemy to the southwark.
The enemy consisted of three or four
battalions and eight guns. Our losses
were lac men killed or wounded"
A st, Petersburg report says that the
czar has received from General Kuro-
patkin dispatch giving a gloomy fore
cast of what is likely to happen in the
immediate future. Kuropatkin tells
the czar that It is well nigh impossible
to remedy by a concentration of troops
the strategic errors that have been
committed.
From Mukden comes report that
the hostile armies are in touch south
east of Liaoyang,. The Japanese force
Is estimated at 100000 men.
Dispatches from the theater Of war
strengthen the impression that Gen
eral Kuropatkin is in an exceedingly
perilous position.
The Russian general staff has con-
nrmed the reports circulated else
where by announcing that the COM
mander in Manchuria was preparing
to fall back to Mukden and then to
Harbin
8 While the superior numbers of the
enemy compel a retirement 1t does not
follow that General Kuropatkin will
not strike singing blow should a
strategical mistake be made which
will enable him to throw stronger
army upon one Of the advancing col
umns Of his antagonist
A special from Chefu says the dis
patch boat Fawan while passing Port
Arthur about 10 q. m. yesterday heard
six heavy explosions. They appeared
TO proceed from, the inner harbor and
suggested the idea that the Russians
were blowing up their ships and docks
A tremendous battle between the
main body Of the Russians and the
Japanese was thought imminent until
General Kuropatkin, in command of
the cEars troops, withdrew to Muk-
den. .,s... 1850,
The japanese are reported to be in
trenched above Mukden in great force,
and this move of Kuropatkin is believ-
ed to have placed him between the
enemy's forces. '.l#.
A St Petersburg report says the au.
thorities have detected and thwarted a
plot to attack the emperor with O
bomb during a military parade at St
Petersburg. sAy ). i
p The emperor always reviews the pa
rade on horseback, and just before he