The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-23
JAPANESE HOLD
LIFE VERY CHEAP
Thousands Moved Down in
Front of PORT Arthur.
ENORMOUS LOSSES ALREADY
FORTRESS STILL HELD BY THE
RUSSIANS.

I lao YANG. Aug. 22.-The following
is supplied by a Russian CORE
spondent Of the Associated Press:
with each additional report from
Port Arthur wonder increases both t
the persistence of the japanese at
tack and the heroic stubbOrnness Of
tie defenders of the fortress
The japanese are literally throwing
away thousands OF lives. in the hope
of shaking the courage 90 the Russian
troopE-
Major General FOck says he is con-
1idcnt the fortress cannot be taken,
but that if it is taken the whole Jap
anese army VIII have TO immediate IT
self on the slopes of the Qualifications.
Made Five Assaults.
"There were five desperate assaults
or Green hills July -, tie japanese
returning each time with apparently
inexhaustible reinforcements. On the
final assault, however, the japanese
broke badly. throwing away their
guns, cartridge belts and even their
boots TO facilitate their flight, and
leaving seven thousand dead or wound
Cd.
Our surgeons worked heroicaily,
impsrtially aiding Japanese and Rus
SLAMS. The japanese were 50 touched
that they tearfuIly thanked the RUS
sian surgeons
The assault on Green hills was re-
peated on July =. and there were fire.
duent hand-tO-hand encounters. the
Russians leaving the trenches TO follow
their enemies
The assaults of July p and July %
on the Wolf hills were not followed
up, the japanese being too severely
shaken We evacuated The Wolf hills
chiefly for strategic reasons. as the
"a nF ton
long to effectualIy Withstand the fu-
TiOus attacks of the japanese.
The assault of July 50 was made in
the dark of night in the hope of sur
pTising the Russians Sixty thousand
men were hurled against cur 1900.
but we drove them back again and
again at the point of the bayonet- il
was another Shipka pass
THE japanese poured IN fresh bat
taliOns. and the slopes, covered with
the dead and the dying, literally ran
with blood.
Our Thirteenth regiment was forced
from its position, but the Fourteenth
regiment came up and with the bay
cnet again dislOdged the victOrs-
Heavy japanese Losses. ,..-
As near as can be ascertained this
assault cost the Japanese ten thousand
men, The japanese losses since the
siege have been twenty-eight thous-
and men, The explosion OF one mine
wiped out 5,000 This was an awful
sight a volcano of stones dismem-
bered the bodies of the soldiers while
TIE sky was lit up with purple glare
and the Maud walls of the Chinese VII
lage were blown down by tie shock
After this fight General StOessel col
lected 20.0o0 japanese rifles
The japanese installed twenty siege
guns on the Wolf hills Aug g Four of
these are Pinch guns. They have
not yet reached our shore batteries
which are stiIl out OF range, but they
have damaged the dry dock and the
railway station
The Japanese are mapping tie town
by sections for the purpose Of bonn
baTdment and they are assisted in this
task by a Chinese engineer who re-
Gently deserted to them.
The japanese fire an average of 500
shells daily and they keep up their
fire both day and night