Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-12
COT THROUGH
Kuropatkin Sends Ammuni-
ton Supply to Port Arthur.
BATTLE REPORTED At MOLTEN Pass
General ZassaIitch Said to he Slain.
SkrydIOR, New Commander,
VIII Go On to Port



Arthur.
LONDON, May ~. - Advices from
st. Petersburg say General Kuropatkin
has reported to the emperor as fol
lows: .ffZ4
"Reconnoissances between SalftsZa1-
pudza and Fengwangcheng have failed
to discover japanese troops.
"a Japanese column of considerable
strength has advanced from Feng-
wangcheng in the direction of Hal
cheng.
"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 a train OF
ammunition which had arrived at Lao
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 its falling
into the hands of the Japanese.
1.-The task was carried out, and the
self sacrifice of the men of the Fourth
railway battalion was crowned with
complete success.
"Ihe train arrived at Jinchau sta
ton, forty miles from Port Arthur,
safely, where 1t was handed over to
General Jokoff, who Immediately dis
patched it 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 ~Sanchllipu, about
sixty miles from Port Arthur.
about thirty japanese transports
are lying north of Cape Terminal, be-
low Pitsewo."
A Paris dispatch says it is rumored
that there has been a big fight near
Molten pass between the Russians and
General Kuroki's army.
The Russians lost heavily, Lieuten-
ant General Z~assalitch being among
the killed.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff and Vice Adj
miral B~ezobrazoff 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 Manchuria are
~foreshadowed in official dispatches Civ
en- out late last night by the war com
mission.
The japanese forces have moved
from Fengwangcheng toward Hal
cheng, which is thirty-two miles east
by north Of Newchwang, and it is the
opinion of the general staff that they
should certainly reach their destina-
tIQpf within two days. If the Japanese
OCCUPY Haicheng, with Port Arthur
thus e~ffectually cut off, Newchwang,
which the Russians have already dis
mantled. would pass into their hands.
The entire 1iaotung peninsula in fact,
save Port Arthur and perhaps Kaiping,
would he commanded by them.
A Saskatchewan report says that be-
sides acting energetically In southern
Manchuria and moving OH H0icheng
General Kuroki has kept in mind the
necessity of outfianking General XII
ropatkin at Llaoyang, as is shown In
tile fact that he has started n divi-
sion consisting of forty guns and
1900 cavalry toward Saimudza. In
view of General Kuropatkin's 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 am from.
A Japanese detachment is reported
officially to have occupied Kwantein.
sien, but 1t is believed likely to be
small scouting party belonging to Gen
eral Kurokis army.
From Tokyo comes the information
that Vice Admiral Togo, having heard
many mysterious explosions in Por'
Arthur, has reached the conclusion
| that possibly the Russians were de
: s%troylng their warships to preven'
their caDture nv the japanese.