Military Agent in China, has kindly plac. ed at our disposal the following telegrams Makden, 12th May.
General Mitschensko reports that he found two Japanese detachments of considerable strength; one in the neighbourhood "of the lower part of the Tayang-ho and the other at a distance of one day's march east of Suyang.
He did not discover anything of the enemy between Fénghuangchéng and Saimachi. The Japanese army continues to advance very slowly.
A second train reached Port Arthur on the 1th May.
The number of the enemy who landed at Pitsowo, near the promontory of Konochuy and in the bay of Kinchou, is not yet fully ascertained, but it seems that it is not very strong.
Continuous engagements are daily taking place between advance detachments of both armies, The losses on buth sides are insiguiticant, The Japanese troops are advancing from Pitsewo, and from the other places at which, they had landed, to Kinchou. The advance detachments showed them. selves on the night of the 10th inst. on the heights near Saushilipu.
13th May.
General Stessel reports that, on the Lith May, as soon as he received on the 7th May the report that Pulantion was occupied by the Japanese, he sent out several patrols of cavalry to reconnoitre in the direction of Pulantien, Pitsowo, and Kerr Bay which were followed by detachments of mounted infantry.
On the 10th May he sent six battalions of infantry and one battery of artillery under the command of General Fock towards Sanshilipu. As they advanced toward the North they compelled the one. my's cavalry and a small detachment of infantry which wore near the railway to retire in an eastern direction.
During this engagement with the enemy we had two men killed and 14 wounded.
According to information received since from private sources the Pulantion station pied by the Fapanese and mumtnication ix new eusich is clear of the enemy: the jupanese columns composed of about rieing slowly along the hills in the direction of Siouyen. We have further information that the enemy is concentrating considerable forees to the north of Takushan, The Japanese columns started on the lith May from Féughuangchéng to Liao. yang. In an engagement of our cavalry With the enemy's outpost near the village of Selutchih, Lieut Von Val of the 2nd Chita Cossacks was wounded and two Cossacks killed.
Everything is quiet in the Primorski district. Captain Balshakoff reports from Corea that the Coreans themselves are destroying the telegraphs between Ken. cheng and Sei Some Japanese ships are hi ig from our squadron on the Corean coos in the bay of Pallad (Signed) Quartermaster-general.
During the 12th of May a Japanese de-achment of about one battalion of infan—try and two companies of cavalry occupied Pulantien. This detachment left the station the same evening. The train go. ing from Dalny returned back.
During the night of the 13th of May Pulantien was illuminated with the searchlights of the enemy.
On the 13th of May the Japanese reappeared near Pulantien and Wafungtien and destroyed the railway. We closed the stations at Wafungchou and Wantzealin.
In the eastern detachment there are no changes.
We discovered the enemy's cavalry patrols twelve versts (8 miles) to the east of Suiyen.
Between Saimachi and Lienshaukuan the Hunghutze are attacking our flying post (mail).
Forty versts (27 miles) towards the southwest from Kuanchéngtse the Chinese are commencing an insurrection against the Russians and Christians.
According to information received on the 12th and 13th of May the advance of the enemy from Fénghuanghéng towards Linoyang is proceeding indecisively, having rather a demonstrative character.
It is possible that the enemy's main boily is marching towards Haichéng or towards Kaichou. Another considerable portion of the enemy is concentrating to the northwest of Takushan, We have taken measures to clear out the region between Lienshankuan and Sai-machi from the Huvghutze. In our engagements against them, which have taken place at different times, we lost three Cossacks killed, one wounded and tone missing.
During the 13th May a band of these Hunghutze, 300 strong, assailed the mines at Yentai, and they were repulsed with a loss of thirty wien.
We have information of the appearance ofalarge band of Hunghutze, 16 versts (12 miles) to the west of Liavyang.
The patrols of the railway guards that were sent out towards the west, along the Sungari River, could not reach Petuna, owing to the large number of bands of Hunghutze congregated there.
(Signed) Major-General Fiove, Quartermaster-general.
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