The San Francisco call., 1904-12-09
RuSSia'S0nCGPOWHr-
ful Naval DiVi-
sion Lost,
Every Other Vessel in HaT
Dor at Mercy OF Jap
aleSe Guns.

LONDON. Dec. 9.-The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent before Port Ar
thur telegTaphs that all the Russian
batueships and cruisers. together with
the gunbOats Giliak ana Fusadneck
have been sunk OF destroyed and that
only the torpedo boat destroyers re-
main intacs.
According To special dispatch fr.,m
Toxic and Shanghai. giving unofficial
reports, the crews Of all the Russian
Warships in the harbor OF Port Arthur
were landed and apparently no effort
vas made 70 move the vessels. The
japanese viii now turn their attention
to the torpedo boat destroyers and
when these have been destroyed ihe
guns VIII be directed against steam
ships ano transports in the harbor
MaI aoFices 70 Japan describing tie
the capture Of -e5-Neter Hill say that
the Japenese drenched the timber
works II the trenches with kerosene
and started a furious fire. which was
tanned by a strong gale The japanese
aoEznse V'as-Tery slow They were
Obliged 10 make roads with bags Of
earth Il was a sudden decision to
make a night attack that brought vic
tory 70 the Japanese. Nothing is vet
oIhclally known as TO the extent Of the
japanese casualties
DESTROYED ONE By ONE.
TOXIC, Dec S.-The following report
from The commander Of the naval land
battery in front OF Port Arthur was re-
ceiEed al , o'clock this afternoon:
The battleship Pobieda's middle fun
mel Is seriously damage The vessel
IS listing aft and is submerged to the
steruWallL
The battleship Peresviet's upper
deck is submerged
The battleship Retvizan is listing to
starboard and her upper deck is near
ly submerged.
The protected cruiser Pauada.
which is lying between the Retvizan
and the mineship Amur. cannot be dis
unctly seen, but there seems TO be 2
ElEht sinking sstern- The actual ex-
tent OF the damage sustained by her is
Dot yet known
The arm0red cruiser Bayan is now
burning TO her fOredeck
The battleship Sevastopol appears
10 De lying in The east harbor alongside
the great crane, but only the tops Of
her masts are visible. A hill complete
y hides her hull
The principal aims taken by the
naval and military guns to-day are at
the Paliada, Bsyan and SevastoDoI."
The commander Of the battery Of
naval guns, reporting al 2:30 O'Clock
to-day, said:
AT 12.30 o'clock to-day il became
certain that the battleship Peresviet
had been sunk She is in the same con-
oition az the battleship Poltsva.
The protected cruiser Paliada is be-
ginning 10 iist 10 port We are vigor-
ously BON harding the Pallada"
The commander Of the naval land hat
tery, reporting on December 7, said:
An observation taken to-day ODE
cember y from 203-hleter Hil shows
that the turret ship Poltava lies sunk
en, as reported on December s. The
b2ttleship Retviza1 seems TO have
sunk, her stern being under water.
The bOmbardmcnt to-day Decem-
Der y has heavily damaged the battle
ship Pobeida- which is listing 10 star
board and showing the westward Dor
ton cf her huii' which is painted red"
RUSSIAN DEAD IN TRENCHES.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY. BEFORE PORT
ARIHD1l Dec. 8.-The correspondent
OF The Associated Press visited 20s-
Meter hill, the scene OF the awful six
days nght, which ended with its can
ture by the japanese. The advance
works and the crest Of the hill were
torn away, the slopes OF the hiIi were
covered by debris and the trenches
were smashed and filed with soil. In a
single section Or the trenches. 100 wards
long. more than 200 Russian dead or
wounoes were seen They had bee, bor-
ribly mangled by, dynamite grenades
on the morning ~ Decernbc~ , The
Russians granted permission, 80 the
japanese to gather their dead and
wounded from the Eastern Fort Rsdre
fight of November IS Yesterday the
Same concession wzs asked for bv tbe
Russians concerning 203- Meter Fsflr
The request was granted. but the privi-
lsge was Withdrawn to-dsv
CHEFU. Dec S.-The lightshfn from,
Newchwang. having left that station
IN anticipation Of the immediate clos
ing Of the Lao River, arrived here To-
day. Fer captain saw four Japanesa
batfieships. fhree cruisers and ten tor
pedo-boats outside Port Arthur. He be-
lieves that the entire japanese fleet is
now there.
Polish Reserves Ordered 10 Front.
WARSAW. Dec. S.-Two divisions
OF the Sixth Corps. stationed at Lom-