The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Ry Ana Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 1S.--Gen.
stoessel's dispatches 10 the emperor
which were received Friday night
were given OUT today. The first is
dated Nov. 25, as follows:
Il am happy to inform your majes-
ty that November 20, after an increas-
ed bombardment. the Japanese at
tackled one fort on the northeastern
front and leaped with a portion Of
their forces on the parapet. They
were anihilated by rifle fire and the
bayonet and thrown back into the
trenches. Their reserves we're scat
tered by shrapnel.
From November q to % the enemy
violently bombarded the fort and, in
spite of great losses, effected by their
perseverance a passage between the
Two forts on the northeastern front.
The Midnight Attack.
"At $3.50 O'Clock in the evening of
Nov. %, after heavy firing. the Jap
anese suddenly hurled themselves
against several forts on this front
and seized a portion of the trenches,
but they were thrown back by the re-
serves after q fierce bayonet struggle.
They returned to the assault at mid
night, and again occupied a part OF
the trenches. but were annihilated by
our bayonets. At o'clock in the
morning all was over and YOUR ma.
jesty's heroic troops were able TO
rest and start repairing the damage
caused by the bombardment
From the Goth TO the oath the Jap
anese lost more than 1000 men. All
of our troops behaved as heroes.
The bombardment of the town and
harbor continues daily. A number of
buildings have been destroyed and
the harbo~ has sustained some dam
age. The garrisons are in excellent
spirits
In the other dispatch, dated Nov.
2S. Stoessel says;
5Ioodiest Attacks Of Al.
"The goth and 9th were the blood
lest days In the assaults on Port Ar
thur. The attacks began on the night
of the 25th against our left flank, near
Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsei
with great loss to the Japanese. The
same night the enemy attacked a de.
tachment on Panlung mountain, but
were repulsed, as also was their at
tack on Visokai (203Meter) hill.
Changed Hands Otter.
"On the 26th, the JapaneEe began
to lombard and attack fiercely the
forts on the northeastern front and
the advanced trenches. The trenches
repeatedly changed hands. Neyerthe-
{. less. on the night of the 26th. we
threw back the Japanese at the point
of the bayonet The enemy succeed
ed in blowing up the parapet of one
of the forts and began building par
allels there At another fort on the
same night they laid sacks along the
rampant, but our artillery dispersed
them. Towards 10 o'clock in the
evening the Japanese attacked a bat
terry on our left flank in considerable
strength and at first obtained posses
soin of a portion of the works. but
our heroes brought bayonets into use
and the Japanese retired. leaving a
heap of their men. Along the whole
front the, Japanese reopened a violent
fire against the interior Of the fort
ress, keeping it up until O'Clock on
the morning of November %"
A dispatch from Stoessei Novems
Der 80 says:
Since the twenty-seventh the jap
anese have been carrying on a vio-
lent bombardment making incessant
as quits in considerable force against
Wis kaia (2e3-Meter) hill. The as.
saults were repulsed."
JAMS Lost 10000 Men.
Dec. 2 Stoessel reports:
The twelve days assault which
commenced November 20 was def
nitely repulsed last night. The Jap
anese, according to prisoners and
Chinese. lost at least twenty fhol,-