The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
Daring Deeds Reported tQ
 Car. GEN.. TsERPNsKY DEAD Since Nov. 25 Fighting Has
 Been Ceascless. witA Bravery seldom Essallsa ia Ias- tsry, Russ ana Jap Have Tsusnt Before Fortiaessisas sf Bs-
 leassered citadel
GEN.. TsERPNsKY DEAD

St Petersburg, Dec. 18.--0ener&l 0ko~i esseps dispatches to the Empsrcs. which were received Friday night. were given out today. The frst is. dated November a5. and is as follows: T am happy to inform your maj- esty that on November 90. after an increased bombardmcnt. the Japanese attacked one of the forts on the ilorth-S eastern front and leaped with pore ton of their forces on the parapet. They were annihilated by rife Ire and the bayonet and thrown back into the trenches. Their reserves were scak-' tered by shrapnel.
 From November a1 to November e3 fort and. in spite of great losses, ef- fected by their perseverance, passage, between two forts on the northeastern front. At 5:30 o'clock on the evening of November 2s after heavy firing, tho Japanese suddenly hurled themselves against several works on this front and seized a portion of the trenches. but they were thrown back by the re- serves after a fierce bayonet struggles They returned at midnight and again occupied a part of the trenches but [2 o'clock in the morning all was over and your majesty's heroic troops were able to rest and start repairing the damage caused by the bombardment.
 From the goth to the 24th tho Jap- anese lost more than 2.000 men. All of our troops behaved as heroes. The following especially distinguished themselves. Generals Kondratenko. Ni- kitin, (commander of the artillery and Gorbatowsky. GA dozen other ofIlcsrs in lower grades are also mentioned in the dispatch.)
 'Bombardment of the town and har- bor continues daily. A number of buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustain ed some damage. The gsrrisons are in excellent spirits"
 In another dispatch dated November 2S, General Stoessel says:
 "The 2Sth and 27th were the blood fest days in the assaults on Port Arr thur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th against our left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repuised with great loss to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked de- tachment on Pan Lung Mountain. but were repuised, as also was their attack on 203 Metre HiIl
 At Point of BayoneE
 "On the 26th the Japanese began to lombard and attack fiercely the forts on the northeastern front and the advanced trenches. The trenches re- peatedly changed hands. Nevertheless on the night of the 2sth we threw back the Japanese at the point of the bayonet. The enemy succeeded in blowing up the parapet of one of the forts and began building parallels there. At another fort on the same night they laid sacks along the ram part. but our artillery dispersed them. Towards 10 o'clock in the evening the Japanese attacked battery on our left flank in considerable strength and at first obtained possession of a portion of the works. but our heroes brought bayonets into use and the Japanese re- tired, leaving heap of their men. Along the whole front the Japanese re- opened a violent fire against the in- terior of the fortress. keeping 1t up until 5 o'clock on the morning of November 27.
 'srhe help which God sent us on the birthday of our mother, the Csarina. gave us further victory"
 The message mentions the eame four oflcials as given in the preceding des- patch, together with several others who specially distinguished themselves.
 On December 5th General Stoessel re- ports:
 At ' o'clock yesterday morning the Japanese, having concentrated all their forces, began an assault of POS Metre Hill. bombarding 1t simultaneously with eleven inch and sixteen inch shells. A fierce fight ragged all day. We repelled three assaults. Towards evening the Japanese succeeded in ob- taining possession of the crest of the hill and immediately got two machine guns into position thereon. Among the wounded are General Tserpinsky and Lieutenant Colonel Boutonssoff of the frontier guards. Colonel Irrmann performed prodigies of valor."
 General Stoessers last despatch is dated December 10 and says:
 since the capture of Visokaia hill (2os Metre HID our ships in the har- bor have been suffering from eleven inch Japanese shells.
 General Tserpinsky succumbed to his wounds. The troops are in excel- lent spirits"