Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-30
A HOT BATTLE
Assault on Port Arthur Vigor-
Cusiy Resisted by the .
Chinese Forces:
THE JAPANESE LOSS LIGHT,
But Several Thousand Chinese
Were Killed, Wounded
or Captured. .'%t~&

LONDON, Nov. 26.-The Times pub.
fishes a dispatch from Hiroshima,
Japan, giving the report Of Field Mar
shall Count Oyama, whose army cap
tured Port Arthur. The report says:
The second army began the attack on
the landward forts at Port Arthur at
dawn Nov. 81. The Chinese offered a
very strong resistance until, finally, we
seized the fort to the west of the cav
airy and artillery parade grounds at
$50 o'clock. We took the fort on
Golden hill at 4 o'clock on the after
noon of Nov. 20. All the other forts
were taken. Over 200 Japanese officers
and men were killed or wounded. The
spoils are abundant and include q
specially large number Of large guns
and a quantity of ammunition. The
Chinese garrison at the lowest estimate
was 20, CD0 men.
Chinese Fought Vigorously.
A dispatch from Port Arthur via
Hwang.Ju Thursday has been received
here. 1t states that the Chinese fought
vigorously The Japanese lost 2S0 men
killed or wounded. The Chinese loss
was owe. 1000.
The dispatch adds that for over a
fortnight past Count Oyama's army had
been steadily marching in two divi-
sions down the peninsula to Port
Arthur, keeping in touch as far rs pos
sible with the Japanese fleet. The
country was very difficult of passage
especially for the artillery. Except in
the cultivated valleys there were prac-
tically no roads. No organized resist
ance was offered by the Chinese troops
for three quarters of the march. Since
then, however, there were
Occasional Brushes With tho Enemy.
On Tuesday tho right divisions ad-
vance guard had skirmish with the
enemy, who retired in good order. The
enemy's positions were reconnoitered
and found to be. strong and held in
force. In the afternoon the fort and
village of Shuisy Ching was captured.
Both divisions moved forward during
the night. Early in the morning the
right division crept up the range of low
hills to the northwest Of Port Arthur
and carried them with rush. Guns
were then dragged up and fire opened
on strong redoubt about 1000 yards
distant. The enemy returned the fire
briskly. The Japanese infantry ad-
vanced against a well directed fire
without faltering. Shortly before 8
O'Clock
The Fort Was Carried by Storm
in most gallant fashion. The Chi
nese stood for minute or two against
the final onslaught, fighting fiercely.
Then they fled toward the dockyard.
The right division then advanced in
force against the Kokinsan fort, which
was armed with several heavy Krupp
guns, which were we'll served. Scores
of men were killed or wounded in this
brief advance. The fort was strength
ened by trenches and loopholed mud
walls, but all were carried without
difficulty. At noon the fort itself was
stormed and captured after short but
desperate fight. EARLY Thursday morn
ing Lao Mu and the upper forts were
attacked in succession, all being cap
tured without serious loss on the jap
anese side. It is estimated that the
Chinese loss was over 1000 killed and
wounded and several thousand were
taken prisoners