Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-07
A JAPANESE GAIN.
Besieging Army at Port Ar thur Capture Inner Defense.
TO FORCE RUSSIANS OUT OF MUKDEN
VIadivostoI< strongly HeId-TSuropnt- kin Reports Victory over the Japs When They Attacked His
 Right Flank.

LONDON, Nov. Especial dispatch es from Tientsin this morning report that the defenders Of Port Arthur have retired to the Liaoti hill fort, where they are intrenched and will hold out desperately with ten guns of large caliber. Many Russians are de- serting and surrendering. The Japa- nese, it is added, are advancing with irresistible energy.
 A Tokyo report of the capture of Wantai hill, dominating fort within two miles of the railway terminus, shows that the Japanese are making rapid strides
 The troops of the mikado have ire quently stolen into the native town of Port Arthur after dark, but invariably were driven out at daylight with heavy losses. The, Japanese have four large forts facing the Russian works on Rihlung mountain and Shanshu noun tain, where they are mounting naval guns on stone foundations.
 Mukden dispatches to Berlin state that the Russian commanders are pre- pairing their men to hear of the fall of Port Arthur.
 1AANANCO 1LOAl+ say tlldG LuG Japanese are still working hard in- trenching their front, which begins to look like continuous fort. It is be- lieved they are preparing seriously to advance, making their front strong, possibly in order that it may be held by comparatively small force while the heavier force engages in fanking movements. The Japanese have learned by bitter experience not to expect much from a frontal attack. They are obliged, however, to maintasn a strong front to prevent General Kuropatkin from breaking through their line and carry ing the war to their rear.
 There is considerable evidence to in dicate that the Japanese will make every effort to force the Russians out of Mukden not only for the moral ef feet on Europe, but upon the Chinese as well. Mukden is extremely inpor- tant to them as winter quarters.
 The Japanese continue to receive re- endorsements, and it is believed by Russian military men that their ad- vancing depends only upon accumulat- ing sufficient men.
 General Kuropatkin has reported the repulse of Japanese attack on his right flank on Nov. 5.
 A Chefu report says that as the re- suit of months of preparation Vladi- vostok is now strongly protected, ac- cording to Captain Halversen of the Norwegian steamer Fungus, who ar rived there five days out from that port with 700 Chinese refugees who were unable to live at Vladivostok any longer owing to the high prices ofSfood and other necessaries due to the war. Captain Halversen says that the Vladi- vostok system of fortitications begins many miles outside the city proper and grows stronger as the city is ap- preached.
 If the Japanese make an attempt to capture Vladivostok 1t is the belief of Captain Halversen that they will find it to be second Port Arthur.
 A dispatch from General Kuroki's headquarters says that the positions of the two armies are unchanged. The Russians continue infrequent and in effective bombardment, principally at night or in the early morning, with heavy guns, devoting their energies chiefly to the Japanese left, where the lines are nearer than elsewhere.
 The cold weather of the past week has eliminated in a sharp wind and fiurries of snow. The ground is frozen, but the soldiers build few fires for warmth lest they draw the Russian shots. They have remarkably and in- geniously well constructed shelters of cornstalks wherever they are unable to occupy Chinese houses. Fur overcoats are being used.