New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
STORES FOR PORT ARTHUR
Train from Liao-Yang Reaches
Tonw-TaBu-Shan Not Occupied.

8. pete-sburg May IA train loaded with
material from Lilo-Yang has arrived at
Port Arthur, and a Japanese column is moving
toward Hai-Cheng. This news reached the En-
-oro- IN a dispatch from General KurOpatkin
..rbe text of the telegram follows;
-,..o,,,oisarces between Salitszaipudza and
TTangCheng failed to discover japanese
troops. = I,Ie strength
5,osd 90 from Feng-Wang- -Cheng on May IN
the direction of Hai-ChenG -, :: ,,,,-
puIan- -Cheng (Pulau-TicnO STATION Is o..
riad bv olIr frontier guards, and the ddIhaSS "
~, aiI1ro,, b,- rhe Japanese as far as Sanchlpu
has heen repaired. All the work was CaiIleG
~ ,1rdar The supervision of Lieutenant CoIoileI
spridonoff Of the Attn RalWaE t n Port
qaIlaut officer undertook to get throuen ~ 80 81
tsrtfIr a train full of ammunition Whlch nao i
arrived at Liao-Yang after the Iaiulhs W VI - -
Tananese at Pitsu-Wo. Every prepare dtIoI T.- ~
Yo5Se n hlov- I'D the train in case OF necessity
g. order 10 prevent its falling into the hahds OF
the Japanese. ,. "a +t,a self-sacri-
fee of the men Of the 4th Railway 4'a'' va"
crowned with complete success e.,,or, tt,A
shortly after O'Clock in the afternoon az IN
train arrived al Kin-Chow station l%oItE % L,,i. =.
go, port Arthur where il was hanoeu over -
General Jokoff who Immediately dSpdIcileut II a. -
,,nder proper protection to Port ArIAuI' 80 80
tenant Colonel Spiridonof returned 0" -" 49,
After landing at Pitsu-Wo the Japanese be
Ean marching toward kin-CnoM' jt;, On tnt ~
~ Nav 10 their forward guard, CONSISTING oL
a+oI1t two regiments of infantry passed the
tight on the heights above Sanchlhpu on inc
railroad about sixty miles from TOT =! +,,
bboUt thirty japanese vessels are lyihg norm
IF cana terminal. on the east coast or the
Iiao-Tung Peninsula below Pitsu-Wo
lieutenant General sakharom sent a dispatch
70 the general staff to-day, communicating
rano-t Of Lieutenant General Zassalitch, dated
May Il. as follows:
rroons which appeared 10 be division OF the
rspa1lese Guard have been advancing for tae
last two days from Feng-W anS-CEens westerly
in the direction Of Hai-Cheng- ,.
II Is reported that a japanese force, CONSIST
ing Of about a division Of infantry. INTENDED 10 10
march on SaimadZa with forty guns ana i'V''
From reports received from the River Dazaw
Il NAV be concluded that the japanese army is
concentrated IN three groups, the TWO SoulIieIl i
groups being on the lower section OF inc river
Tsyang. al Hondouhanya on the left banK OF
the river at Dayan, and at Donamyo' III lile
game locality and the northern group opposite
Uabalina on the road from -Wang-Cheng
10 SalIdza fourteen to sixteen miles from rehg-
II Is dificult to obtain information from tho
local Chinese. In one case we discovered 1hat
the Chinese had warned japanese troops ol ai
arnbuscade which had been arranged by COS
sacks.
The general staff has received the following
dispatch from General harkeViUch peSiii4e -
days date:
According to reports from the region or tfe
Tayang River sent on the evening OF May o.
the japanese had not yet occupied Taku-shan.
A eotnia Of Cossacks on the morning OF may
approached within nine miles Of Luan-Mlao
and became engaged in a fusillade with jap
anese company. The latter soon received rem
forcements our sotnia finding itself opposed
70 a Japanese battalion and half a squadron OF
cavalry. Meanwhile Japanese infantry erected
a crossing OF the river by turning TO the leII OF
the sotnia. Commander Saraieff withdrew his
men, but before arriving within six miles OF
sedzekhoge he encountered the enemys caValFy
screen, which retTeated under our fire.
We sustained no Losses IN either encounter.
The japanese seemed to have lost an officer and
soldier