The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-07
Latest War News.

Toxic. November ao.--Thc imperial
| headquarters tonight summarized the
Port Arthur situation as follows:
with regard to the enemy's forts ut
Sungshu mountain and eastward, we
have captured the crests, Klacls aud
cOunterscarps, and their viClnltlcs, but
the time to charge has not yet come.
AT present, We are destroying the
easements and other caponicrs. AT
Two hundred and three meter hill, by
| several charges, wH succeeded III cap
turing the enemy's shelter trenches
| near The summit. Atpresent our force
| Is holding Its position and enueuvUr
ing to capture the whole tort"
Chcf0u, November 30.-Chinese
leaving Port Dalny, November ?S, ar
rived nero today. They reported the
fighting at Port Arthur continues.
They heard firing Nov, 90, while on the
way The Chinese assisted III carry :
ing the Japanese wounded from the
| trains to the hospitals anu personally
| counted 1000. The Japanese, they add
| seemed depressed.
London, December 1.-The CORES
pondent ut Chefoo Of tho Daily Tele-
graph says that the attack OH 203-me-
ter. Mill resulted in heavy losses to tho
| first division OF the Japanese stOremsr.
| simultaneously with this assault the
| correspondent says tho men of tho
| ninth and eleventh divisions advanced
and menaced the Rihlung and kewan
| forts. 1t is stated, the correspondent
adds that within the last "a hours tho
Japanese casualties have tOtaled 5000
and it is asseI ted that the attacks have
been planned to continue until Decem- :
Der ~, when 1t ls hoped tho capture of
Port Arthur will be- completed.
Toxic, December At is reported
| here that the Russians have attempted
| to retuke 203 meter hill. They assem-
bed strong force and assaulted the
| position, but were repuised with heavy
1883.
The Japanese, finding sailors among
| the Russian dead, believe that it men
| making sOrties, tho complement of the
| force must be falling short.
The fact that the Russians are fOrti-
| flying the positions available between
Liaoti and Nantai mountains, increases
| the belief that they will make their last
stand there.
Continuous underground works have
been constructed III the vicinity of
| Sinchinpu 2 miles west of the Shakhe
| soldiers to pass from point to point un-
seen and i'll safety. AT the village OF
| Tizele tho lines are 30 close that the
voices OF the Japanese can be heard IN
| the Russian trenches
| Toxic, December 3.-The first armis-
| tice between the cOmbatants at Port
| Arthur WAS declared on December 2
| for the purpose Ut burying the dead.
| 1t lasted six hours. The Port Arthur
beslegers report that yesterday bearers
| of flags of truce in the direction Of the
! left wing arranged for partial armistic
| to extend from 10 o'clock in the morn
| ing to in the afternoon for the remOv-
al of the dead and wounded.
Toxic, December Sit is reported
that the Japanese bombaI dment
against the fleet at Port Arthur is pro-
ceeding to the satisfaction OF the at
tacking forces. On the evening OF the
4th inst. Sunday two or three Rus
sian ships were flied and burned in a
half hour. Their names and the ex
tent of the damage done are not
kr IN. 1t is generally believed that
tho Russian fleet must either make an
early sortis OF suffer irreparable dam
age.