The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-13
laps AT PlTSEW0.
Gen. karkevitch Makes Official
Report to General Staff Concern
ing Entrance to Pitscwo,
1Bv Associated Press.)

ST PETERSBURG, MaS l..-Ne.'si" !,
karkevitch in Il dispatch TO inc genera. az
staff, says that OH May Sth part OF Wy
Japanese advance guards appeared III
M valley OF Scdqui River, and that q
considerable body Of The enemy continues
70 occupy Douanmyo. Another detneh-
ment. composed apparently Of one bat
TALON OF infantry and half squadron
OF cavalry. is situated about i've mics
north OF rakushan.
Other Information Indicates that ~
MAY 10th. a Japanese force OF lpeto m
fantry anu fifty guns. chiefly OF 'nc
mountain type, halted for tie DAY ~
Hung kaipushe aud advanced oii -Maas
It'll towards Sill Yen. >.
NJ Another telegram TO the general stall
drom General ltarkcvitch says:
4 con May 4th some sixty Japanese
transports and warships appeared 1T
sea between Pitsewo and Cape let
mlnal. Detachlncnts OF shaipsnooleLi5,
were sent to reconnoitrc. and a small
detachment of Infantry was sent from
lolandicn.
THE troops sent to reconnol're an
thaa apa1egih Weie n in
Kln-Clau Bay, near the mouth OF the
division Of 10000 men iii the neighbor-
ing villages. The Russian Dopliiatloll
was withdrawing from Ptsewo.
"HavinG fulfilled It's task our small !
detachment retired on the evening of
MAY 9Th, but met eli route a superior
force of the enemy and took another
road Tho detachment was pursued by
the Japanese for n distance OF SIX
miles, and our casualties were one
sshnrp,sho'oeter wounded n1t and three horses
THE Japanese on tho evening Of
May 5th sent two regiments towards
Tant STA Fang, and also two delncll..
3 ments. south, and west of the points of
Decentralization,
Japanese scouts appeared at s
o'clock on the morning of May 9Th
at Polandien, and then Japnncse IN
iuillrS cane III ana opened ire On
aThe japanese evacuated Polanden
AIay 18th, probably because a great
ssGrm t Resan Feared s BEING cut t off
"On May sth small deta climcnt of
Russian cavalry effected q reconnois,,
sance towards Sanchilpu, Pitsewo and
VII FunE-Tien, covering in a day SIN
"The railway is still free of the en-
\ envy.
4. three companies each kept watch and
l,H%SEtl tn@ nignI east OF the riulWay.
J1hcv then proceeded southwest.
n "Our detachment having arrived
seven and half miles northwest OF
Pitscwo. advanced to within three
quarters of a mile of fortificaton
under course of construction. which
waS occupied by Il Japanese infantry
K company. During fusilade one OF
the frontier Gualdh WAS wounded.
@ According to Chinese information.
20.Cal japanese landed east Of Pltscwo.
with field artillery and siege guns, and
~ PDsewo was occupied by 1,500 men.
"a Japanese detachment Of four or
five companies on May 9th attacked
our post near the village of Shi-Elci.
killing four of our frontier guards and
WOlIudInrr gIpht
"on MAY 10th The Japanese left the
railway line. and railway commune
ton with Port Arthur WAS re-estab-
lshed by Lieutcnant-Colonel Spinid-
Onoff. of he Fourth T'ransamur Rail-
VS. Battalion, with soldiers of that
battalion.
"Detachmerts Of the Japanese adj
vance guard occupied on May 9th and
10th the villages of Nfutsiatun and
Siatiatin, nine lpiies south OF Poland
ieno. Other detachments of the jana
oese advance guard have taken up posi-
tons seven and a half miles west OF
Pitsewo, s
"A SQUADRON Of the enemys cavalry
approached within fifteen miles east
of Wu.1En1ig Ticn. but turned back
on meeting our scouts. NJ
THE village of Tant Sia Fang was
found occupied by detachment con-
sisting Of cavalry, artillery and. infan-
try Cannon fire was opened by the
Japanese on coming into contact With
our small attachments which had pen
etrated within three and three-auar-
ter miles of Pitsewo."