Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-10

captain TJAMA AMOS KILLED
Fifteen Officers and 175 Men Were
Rescued and Thirty eight Lost
Their Lives - Nine Torpedo Boats
Built for Russia Complete in United
States.
BULLETIN.

Toxic, Dec. 10.-The Japanese cruis-
Or Saiyen struck mine and sank Mo-
,vsnnbsr 80. Tho majority Of the crew
was rescued.
Fifteen officers and hundred and
sssventy five men were rescued. Cap.
cain Tajima and thirty eight others
lost their lives.
Toxic, Dec. 10.-The commander OF
the Japanese. naval guns at Port Ar
thur reported Friday night as fol-
lows:
"Our bombardment today resulted IN
llye hits on Pobedia, seven on Bayafi,
setting her on fire and causing list
to port. She threatened to keel over
at high tide. The upper decks of the
Retvisan and Poltava are submerged
to within foot Of the coming tow
ers. The Pallada and Pohieda are list
ing considerably, both exposing their
hulls below the water line. At hig4l
tide q portion OF their upper decks
seem to be submerged.
.The Peresveit at high tide has her
stern walk and fore topedo tubes sub
merged. The Gilak is lying close to
land near the southern base Of the
Pejua mountain Sc is evidently dam
aged and is resting on her bottom.
..The Sevastopol left the harbor at
dawn and anchored, evidently for the
purpose OF escaping our lombard :
lment."
Headquarters of the Japanese Third
Army Before Port Arthur, Nov. 2S.---
(vta Tien Tsin, Dec. 10.)-Probably
held at headquarters for censorship:
The general assault on Port Arthur
which began at noon November rs, is
still In progress. In the first series
Of assaults an attempt was made to
capture the forts at Rihlung and kek-
wan mountains by penetrating the
n,.incfpal line Of Notifications sur
rounding them and to envelop the
city from the east. At the same time
. strong force pushed UP the gorge Oh
Shishi valley between two fortifed
rides and attacked the supporting tort
ill the rear Of West Rihlung moun-
tain, officially called sungshu noun.
tain, with the intention Of envelopins'
the city from the west.
The attempt failed after the most
furious fighting that has been witness :
"a since Port Arthur was invested. Ihs
lighting lasted from noon Of Novem-
her rs, until after dawn Of the folioW-
Ing day. without cessation.
The assault began in the early morn
mo With terrible bombardment of the
1'nrts on the western half of the east
arm fortified ridge by a battery whlcn
had been placed in position on the
crest Of q ridge to the rear. For hours
,he whole western half Of the fortined
ridge was deluged with heavy snels.
Al noon the principal line OF forum
cations was perfect hell OF pursuing
shells. and the spectacle was more
unnderful than anything previously
s seen.
me front lines Of infantry, having
haen strongly reinforced, began an at
escE simultaneously along the END OF
She line from east Kekwan iHouii.aii
to west Rihlung mountain.
Thru this haze caused by the SMOKE : =. :
bursting shells the assaulters coulo pe
seem emerging from the cover OF .ne
narallels as well as swarming up .ne
fnrtified ridge at half q dozen diiIerehs
points. ana rach;ne
Rides rapid fre guns, anu Ai.''
r,,ns blazed from the Russian posltloh
srhare advances were made In the open.
invne men went down by hundreds. me
sfrrts were belching smoke ana purst-
lirir shells and the rampant walls were
mack with assaulters, who or reachlng
tl,e crests met with an awful fire from
within the forts which swept down
line after line Of Japanese.
AS fast as the assaulters were re-
p,Ilsed more Japanese swarmed up,
only to be moved down in turn.
The determination and fury OF the
Japanese assaults were equalled by the
stubbornness of the Russians.
On the eastern extremity of the line
the Japanese made an assault IN an
attempt to capture the Russian trench
q, situated midway of the slope of
East Kekwan mountain.
The Russian shrapnel fire made the
captured portion Of the trenches per-
feet hell. while the Japanese shrapnel
fire assisted the captors to push east
and along the trench lines.
The assaulters succeeded in holding
some eighty yards of the trench in
front of the parallels but their efforts
10 rush tHe leASi Aiiie Se7s ~
was a failure owing to impossible
burning pits which filled the whole
snace of the trench on the northern side
as well as to the fact that their pro-
eress was barred by the fire of the
Russian machine guns.
The japanese built traverse walls
OF their machine guns, and tried to
cross the hills but they were unable to
clio so.
AT 6 o'clock in the evening a furious
russian counter attack drove the Jap
anese back to the parallels with great
loss.
4f- ,s;clock the japanese captured
the same nortion of the trench and
made desperate but unsuccessful eff
forts to covef the pits.
The awful struggle continued until