The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-13
KARKEVITCH REPORTS
MOVEMENTS OF JAPANESE.

st. Petersburg, May 12.-Gen. Karke-
witch, in a dispatch to the general
staff, says that on May part of the
Japanese. vanguard appeared in the
valley OF the Sedzi river and that a
considerable body of the enemy con-
tinues to occupy Douanmyo. Another
detachment, composed apparently of
one battalion of infantry and half a
squadron of cavalry, is situated about
hve miles north OF Takushan.
Other information indicates that on
May 10 japanese force of 10000 in
fantry and fifty guns, chiefly OF the
mountain type, halted for the day at
Hung-Kia 'husz and advanced on May
IL towards Stu Yen.
Another telegram, received by the
general staff from Gen. Karkevitch,
says:
"On May 4 some sixty Japanese
transports and warships appeared at
sea between Pitsewo and Cape Ter
minal. Detachments of sharpshooters
were sent to reconnoiter, and a small
detachment of infantry was sent from
Polandien.
THE troops sent to reconnoiter an
nounced that the Japanese were land
ing near Cape Siao Kahuseitsa, in Kin
Cnau bay, near the mouth OF the
Tchen-Yu river, and were posting a
division of 10000 men in the neighbor-
ing villages. The Russian population
was withdrawn from Pitsewo.
Having fulfilled it's task our small
detachment retired on the evening of
| May 3, but met en- route d superior
force of the enemy and took another
road. The detachment was pursued by
| the Japanese for a distance of six
| miles, and our casualties were one
| SharpShooter wounded and three
horses killed.
The japanese, on the evening of
May 3, sent two regiments towards
Tant Sia Feng and also two detach-
| ments south and west of the points
of Decentralization.
The Japanese appeared at o'clock
on the morning of May at Polandien,
and then Japanese infantry came up
and opened fire on mail train bound
north, but without result.
THE Japanese evacuated Potandien
| May I, probably because a great storm
began to gather, and also because they
| feared being cut off.
"On May 8, a small deta achment of
| cavalry effected a reconnaissance to-
wards Sanchilipu, Pitsewo and WI
Fung Tien, covering in a day sixty
| five miles.
THE railway is still free of the en-
| emy.
japanese detachments, consisting of
one and q half to three companies
each, kept watch and passed the night
east of the railway. They then pro-
| ceeded southwest.
Our detachment having arrived
seven and a half miles north of Pit
sewo, advanced to within three-quar-
| ters of a mile of a fortification under
| construction, which was occupied by a
| Japanese infantry company. During a
| fuslade one of the frontier guards was
wounded
According to Chinese information
| 10000 Japanese landed east of Pitse-
wo with field artillery apd siege guns
and Pitsewo was occupied by 1900
| men.
"a Japanese detachment of four or
! five companies on May attacked our
| posts near the village of Shi-Hei, kill
| ing four of our frontier guards and
wounding eight.
ION May 10 the Japanese left the
railway line and railway communica-
tion with Port Arthur was re-estab-
lished by Lieut. Col Spinadenoff of
the Fourth Trans-Amur Railway Bat
talon. with soldiers of that battalion.
"Detachments of the Japanese ad-
vance guard occupied an May and 10
the villages of Mutsiatun and Siatia-
tin, nine miles south of Holandieno
Other detachments of the Japanese ad-
vance guard have taken up positions
seven and a half miles west of Pitsewo.
"A squadron of the enemy's cavalry
approached within fifteen miles east of
WI Tung Tien, but turned back on
meeting our scouts.
"The village of Tant STA Fang was
found occupied by a detachment con-
sisting of cavalry, artillery and in
fantry. Cannon fire was opened by the
Japanese on coming into contacr with
our small detachments, which had pen
etrated within three and three-quarter
miles of Pitsewo."