Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-20
THE JAPS' PLAN.
How Mikado's Little Soldiers 1ain
Ground Slowly but Surely.

military correspondent.
Tho siege Of Port Arthur has now ar
rived at that stage when the besiTSers'
.Ioted by their first triumphs, see the
,r,Us Of the fortress before them. II Is
tine moment which at SeVastopol the
allies failed to seize. Inc ASSUMING
,roore. flushed with the victory or the
Alma arrived on the hlgh plateau, De
fore Sevastopol and allowed Todleben s
genius the opportunity Of rendering the
r,lace almost impregnaple.
va committed several rcsious errors
that the japanese in the present cam
r,ion have carefully avoided. Landing
Il, an unknown country the Topography
~ ,rbich WAS only fairly indicated by
tho naval charts in their possession,
i'll, aIIiee commenced a task the mag
,i,,,d. NJ which they were insufficient
81 i,,..et or completely surround, the
ror,raes The north side. which the
Drggi,ne connected by bridge to the
,nckvard or south shore, was left OPEN
a.. ~, t.ciapnd were spared the incon-
,,.ui.ncc of attending to their SICK
,bo uera sent by this route away 10
f.h.ro,,oJ I.rinfOrcrmentS con-
etantlv arrived from Northern Russia
II is almost sup.rfluous 10 point out
that at Port Arthur the Russians ENJOY
mono Of these advantages. before the
war the japanese SWarmed INTO tne
rIacc in banks, shops, as rooll's. small
dealers. the clever ISLANDERS found en-
,Iovrnent. They kept their eyes ana
ara omen. They W"re rrActicallE Ire"
10 come ana 20 as they pleased. Among
the vorkm4n who carried the Ston" ana
materials to the heights of kfeWth
and Sungshu to build the forts that
now hold them at bay they were We'll
represented.
indeed their presence was regular
subject Of jokes among the Russian Of
tccrs who when they We're gong 10
lac shaved at the BARRIERS shop on the
,n1av near the Saratoff restaurant, used
10 say 10 strangers in the language
that many of them talk perhaps hctter
than their native Russ, "Aiiohs
IF.tat Major JaronaiS.
With ncrfect knowledge of the bus
fnees hcfor, thcm-of Port Arthur, It's
r,rrj.nn. sen and land offences, arma-
rpcnt. provisions, water supply, civil
ian population-thc japanese head
oIIartnr's staff ut Toxic drew NJ its
rlan of campaign. Accidents. which IN
ti,n. NAV hinder its development. even
mar ito success. Hut hitherto. at least,
the plan. rs far as We can follow its
,ynrkina out seems to have been fairly
wen fulfilled.
The attacks Of the japanese hay"
been directed ut tn" center and TANKS
Of the whole System az defense. II
must he remembered that sine" tn"
SLAMS taught hy Tollrhrn's rxampl. at
S"va2topol, hay" thrown up Very
efficient secondary line or drt"nS"
The eastern sectors. against WIN u
heavy attacks hav" been continuously
delivered We're already 50 carefully ar
ranged for mutual d,f"rS" by Gen
Vernandcr'S plan that comparatively
UttIr ncw work has been carried ont
there. on the north and vest. that IS
from SI"isZcying. (ShWishiYingD WI
I,gn north az tho marine Camp or ra-
ra,le ground. four and Z half miles frrn
thn inner harbor to I.iantieshan prom
ontory. il is otherwise.
Her" the country is moro or"n: tn
Important works on AnG'" hill ah'
High hll have been comn"rt"h ~
amall"r dcfrnSrS. IT. front a@Iin Z"
these mines or d""p rits filled witt
Ston, s. placed abov" explosives. wheel
explode. by contact when walked over
protected again Ivy wiz" enlargement
ana trnus de- lnup. have been pl"ntifitl!
arranged. The high mill"t, called 10y
tho Chinese koaliang. much resembling
maisc in leaf but growing rs high q
the s,1garcane. has been cut down il
IS III
destruction Of natural cover that IN
Jhpnnoso infantry advances nave h'ti
attended with such loss.
AntSuling WAS occupied by the jap
ancse after a fierce fight on July 80
Tho right wing advancing by tn" roat
FROM, near VoStillorahlei eight ships
hlv. was directed upon Shwangt1ku
T, tho right. or west Of that again. the
advance gradually extended. s""kInt
f,r n line Of lesser resistance rs thu
outv orl,s north of the great forts o
Antszshan and EtScchan same in view
In the meantime tho center moved to
ward SueiszcvinC and Stscshan to Civ,
n hand To the right. while tn" left
coming M from nalnv, was confront
ed by the outlying forts Of Takushar
and Si'ohouShan. almost due north tC
Takhc bay Against these was dirccte'
the first general attack, which lastc'
for four days.
The right then moved to Chiaokai i
rcicze and SeLt outpostS to firwooC
near kotaitung ana Tatao. Trenches
were dug for the infantry like tie rifle
pits before SrvaStopol on Aug. the
japanese. With the object Of forcing
the enemy to reveal his carefully con-
ccaled positions. opened fir al along
the lire. 50 that the first stage Of tht
investment which consists IN denying
all lines Of CCreSS t. the heSicgcd. ir
bringing up ones own heavy ARTILLERY
and amrlunitinn. and in preliminary
homhardmcnt to force tie enemy in re-
Spouse tC show the position of his
guns was quit" regularly undertaken
by the Japanese.
I'm this first operation the navy under
Togo lent TIE army supreme assistance
II closed tie hartor mouth. co-operat-
ing by Smelling the land defencas from
Pigeon bay on the west to Takhe bay
on the east. Best of all. with its COM
mlnd of the sea. il covered the trans
lnrts that brought everything neceS-