| Show JAP transports t troops land from them unopposed and with field artillery and siege guns occupy surrounding country st petersburg may 12 general barkevitch Kar kevitch in it dispatch to the general bays that on may 8 part of the japanese vanguard appeared in the valley of the cedzo river and that a considerable body 0 the enemy continues to occupy Douan myo another detachment composed apparently 0 one battalion of infantry and halt squadron of cavalry Is situated five allea north ot Ta kushan other information indicates that on may 10 a japanese force of infantry and 50 guns chiefly of the mountain type halted for the day at hung kia lusze and advanced on may 11 toward shuyen another telegram received by the general staff from general barkevitch Kar kevitch says on may 1 some sixty japanese transports appeared at aea between alt aeao and cape terminal detachments of sharpshooters were sent to recon and a small detachment of infantry was sent the troops sent to announced that the japanese were landing in kin chau bay near the mouth of the yu and were posting a division of men in the neighboring villages the russian population was withdrawn from eltse wo having fulfilled its task our small detachment retired on the evening of may 5 but met en route a superior force of the enemy and took another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 sharo shooter wounded the japanese on th 3 evening of may 5 sent two regiments toward tan sla fang and also two detachments south and west of the points of disembarkation japanese scouts appeared at 8 on the morang of may 6 at Pol andlen and then japanese infantry came up and opened alre on a mall train bound north but without result the japanese evacuated Pol andlen may 7 probably because a great stoart began to rather and also because abe feared being cut oft A small detachment of russian cavalry effected a reconnaissance con toward san achl LI and wu fung tien covering 65 miles the railway is still tree ot the enemy japanese detachments consisting of one to one and a half companies each kept watch and passed the night east of the railway then they pro proceeded ceede southwest our detachment having covered seven miles northwest of ad danced to within three quarters of a mile of a fortification under construe alon which was occupied by a japanese infantry company dolne a fusillade one of the guaras was killed according to chinese information 20 japanese landed east of with field artillery and siege guns and was occupied by 1500 men A japanese detachment of four or five companies on may 9 attacked our posts near hel killing four of our frontier guards and wounding eight on may 8 the japanese left the railway line and communication with port arthur was established reestablished re on may 9 a squadron of the ene mys cavalry approached within 16 miles 0 wu fung tien but turned back on meeting our scouts the village of tant sla pang was found occupied by a detachment con of cavalry artillery and infantry cannon fire was opener by the japanese on coming into contact with our small detachment which had penetrated within three miles of |
