Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-07
EQUALLEO AT PORT ARTHUR.
Heavy Bombardment Believed to be in
Anticipation Of Taking Of 0deu-
siye by japanese,
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS DISABLED.
They Are the Rclyilln and POltaya~-
Rcsultof Plunging Fire--Russians
Withdraw to Alaskan Hill.

Mukdcn, Dec. 7.--Cannonading OF
great volume was heard around Pout-
lon hin, ana the railway yesterday
morning II continued during the day
and evidently owing TO the tremend-
Gus noise reached It's height from Q TO
8 o'clock IN the afternoon. II was un-
IKE anything OF the kind heard hereto
fore except nc Port Arthur.
This tremendous noise Is believed to
be due to tho constantly increasing
number Of siege guns OF large callbcr,
all Of which seemed 10 be IN use yes-
terday
Rumors Of an attack by the Japanese
az various dates have been current for
the past two weeks and the impression
prevails that yesterdays heavy bom-
bardment was IN anticipation OF the as
sumption Of the offensive by the Jap-
anese
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS DISABLED.
Toxic, Dec Z. Noon. The headquar-
lers Of the japanese army In front OF
Port Arthur has reported confirming
the disabling OF The Russian battoships
Retvlzan and P0ltaya and stating that
the cruiser Bayan is aground.
Ihe report goes on 60 say az follows;
owing TO the plunging fire from 203-
Meter NIL, the enemy has withdrawn
TO Akasaka hill.
"On Dec. 8, our forces occupied an
entire fort at ! p. m. subsequently
our forces after dislodgng the enemy.
occupied an emlnence north OF Guerh
kou and two eminences north Of San
lIchiam at p NJ
'On Dec. 6 at p. m, IN response %
the bearer OF the enemy's flag OF truce
nm armlstice OF five hours was granted
Tor the removal Of the dead"
FUEL QUESTION SOLVED.
Mukden, Dec. 1.-THE question of fuel
which promised 20 create immense dr.
fcultIes As now in q fair way 10 being
happily solved by the use OF coal from
the Fushun mines, which are now being
worked. There Is sufficient coal AZ FIJI.
thun TO supply the army and the hair
million dugouts along the ffont are
Wen adapted for the use Of coal.
Several squadrons Of Cossacks are
pursuing % band Of Chinese bandits
VINO recently cut the railroad line he
tween Tie pass and Hardin.
REPORT ON COMPARTMENT.
Tokyo. Dec. z, Noon.-The commanders
OF the japanese naval guns in front OF
Fort Arthur telegraphing on Dec. 9,
says.
AN observation taken from 2O3-
Meter hill shows that the tlrret ship
Poliava Is sunk and that the battleship
ketvizan Is listing heavily TO port.
observations taken Dec. covered
the results Of the bombardment Of Dec.
3, are now taking observations from /,
hill near Shushlylng.
since Dec. we have daily lombard
cd the enemy's lleet lying south OF Pal
lu mountain. From that point onlv
the masts and funnel tops OF the hat.
tleships Pobieda. Retyizan or tho cr1ls.
or Pallada could be seen but Il was I'M
possible 10 count the number OF our
shells taking effect
ION other ships explosions. resulting
from our shells could be seen. but ow-
ing TO their positions behind hills Il was
difficult exactly TO Identity them.
The total ~ our shells taking effect
on the tnemys ships We're as follows.
on a vessel Of the Pobeda type. "a: on
the battleship Retyizan or the cruiser
Pallada. 81 on the turret ship Poitaya.
H. Besides these, 50 other shells struck.
from which explosions followed.
ION Dec seven shells struck the
.battleshlp Pobeda and about $3.50 D. m.
q DIX explosion was observed south "
Palyu mountain resulting from the ef-
tects Of our shells evidently on a pow.
der magazine
THE successful result OF the bon4
IA L.
men TO stIll greater effort"
The Poltava was an armored ,pr,ot
shin Of lOs6O tons displacement ana
1875 indicated horsepower she wa.
built in S. Petersburg In 1894 ana went
into commission In 1888 Her cost ~
construction was uerly 5000 OOO Her
armament consisted OF four l2-inch. Il
b.9-iuch ana "a smaller caliber breech.
loading rife guns Of the Russian Krupp
pattern She had a crew OF 200 men.
She had q speed OF 1872 knots.
The Itetvlzan Is battloship Of ZOO
tons displacement aud rs 900 Indicated
horsepower She was built in Philadel-
phia iu 1902 Her armament consisted
N four l2-inch 10 6-inch. 90 3-inch 70
3-n0nnder and six l-pounder guns "
Russian Krunn pattern. Her speed was
rs knots per hour,
So. Petersburg De-. Cen. Sakhar-
m under to'ay's date reports that the
Russian main guard at the village
eouihWari Of Laotcheugulni pass was
driven out Yesterday by the japanese
artillery The Russians fcli back on
ihe pass after sustaining a few casual
ticg The Japanese attacking force
subsequently retired toward Dapindu
mountain
The night Of Dec. was quiet,
Gen. KuropotkIn, 10 a telegram to the
emperor, mentions Japanese attacks on
einoh.upu and S1udglanm both Of
which were renuIsed and an unimport.
ant OUTPOST AFFAIR on the right wing
when the Russians routed and bayon-
cited "a Japanese guard.