The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-01
The War.

Official Japanese reports show that
the seige of Port Arthur is making pro-
| gress, but they also testify 'hatkthe tx
IRENE stubbprness of the Russian de-
| fences has been successful at Sunshus-
| han, where the fort il reported to have
been blown up; and also on Rihlnng
Mountain, where the besiegers have
| made a substantial advance by the same
methods. This work is slow, costly and
difficult especially in the rocky hills
about Port Arthur.
long list of the decorations and pro
motions of naval officers at Port Arthur
signed Oct "a and just published shows
that the warships At Port Arthur then
| included the battleships Retvizan,
| Pobieda, Perezviet, Poltava and Sevasto-
| pol, the armored cruiser Pallada, the
gunboats Nsadnik, Giliak and Bobr, the
coast defence vessel, Otvashni, the
transports Amnr and Angara, and the
torpedo boat destroyers Stroni, slim,
Smell Serdiu, Bezshumi, Storozvi,
Berki, RlzSaschtchi, and Rastoropny.
The Moscow correspondent of the
London Telegraph processes to know
| that the dispatches Gen Stoessel, the
commander at Port Arthur, sent by The
destroyer Rastorophy to Chefoo con-
tanned frank statement of the hope
lessness of the sifustlon Gen stoessei
used words which can be literally trans
lated 90 lie g4rris IN IL beng starved
out"
The RUSSIAN battleships ~lssoi,
Velky, fl ,gshipof Rear Ad'l Voelker-
sam, and the Navarin arrived Al Suez
saturday morning from Port Said. Tie
bA a viz ri if,F Mt gh in
tervals and the whole of the division
passed through the Suez canal and an
chored in the roads
Imperial headquarters at Toka has is
sued the following announcement
The works for our attack having been
nearly completed against Sungshu
mountain port ARTHUR and the forts
| Is ing eastward therefrom. general as
sault was made on the afternoon of Nov
20, but owing to the enemy's stubborn
resistance our object has not been &C
complshed. "rhe fighting still contin-
ues."
Under date of Nov 20 it appears that
Generals Kuropatkin and ~akharoff are
sending daily long detailed accounts of
apparently rather unimpurtant fighting.
which may, however. possibly turn out
10 be the beginnings of another great
battle deciding the fate Of NUkdtn
Japanese in London decline to be-
lieve that there will be a cessation of
bostlities till spring
Gen. Nakharotf in addition to his re.
port of the Japanese attack on Tsink.
hetchen. announces that The Japanese
in force occupied the village of Nam
hantg and the adjoining ravine in front
of Poutil # Gone Tree) hill
No further news from Port Arthur
has been received, beyond reports from
Shanghai that the storming Of the Rus
sian stronghold continues.
despatch says that Admiral Rojest.
vensky's division of the Russian second
Pacific squadron is coaling off Swakop-
mund, German southwest Africa,
From Toxic comes the following dated,
Nov. 80: "Our forces. operating against
2o3 Metre Hill advanced at 10 O'Clock.
yesterday, from trenches already captured
near the summit OF the hills and are now
struggling for the southeastern portion of
the fort on the summit, and under
date Of Dec. I, the Japanese have cap
tured and now hold 2o3 Metre Hill.
With this vantage point gained, they be-
lieve Port Arthur must surrender before
long.
Quiet generally prevails along the front
at Mukden. The most important prob
lem now Is the supply of fuel and forage.
but commission which has been formed
is taking energetic steps to keep up the
supply OF both these necessaries.