Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-08
JAPANESE UNABLE
To HOLD POSITION
Rumored That They Have
Evacuated 203 Meter
Hill.
REPORT STILL UNCONFlRMED
Cannot Be Verified BY Russian Ad-
miraIty or War Office Say Position
Will Not Help Japanese Until Othe,
Forts Have Been Taken.

st Petersburg. Dec. 5.-Neither the
admiralty nor the war Office Is able
to confirm the report from Che Foo
that the Japanese have been unable
to hold 203 Meter hill; but this new,
is quite in accordance with expecta
tons. Experts here are convinced
that the capture of 203 Meter hill will
be of no advantage to the Japanese
unless they can gain possession OF
the neighboring forts.
st. Petersburg. Dec. 5.-Admira
Wirenius, chief of the general staff
of the Russian navy, when questioned
last night, said he fnew nothing Of
any intention to send the Black sea
feet to the far east. He believed
the question had not been mooted.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 5.-General
Kuropatkin telegraphs under date o.,
December 3, reporting unimportant
skirmishes. He says that Russian
scouts found at one point on the left
flank seventeen Japanese corpses en-
tirely stripped of clothing; probably
by local inhabitants. General Kuro
patkin relates the discovery of two
wounded Russians, who had been over
looked and left in the trenches since
October 16. One of them, who had
been less severely wounded than his
fellow, procured food by searching
the bodies of the slain, and upon this
they had subsisted for forty-five days.
the sentry. We encircled the battery
and attacked from the rear. The Jap
anese had not expected such an auda-
cious and sudden attack, and when
the Don Cossacks charged on a dead
run, followed by chasseurs on foot,
the Japanese were badly scared and
unable to realize wat was happening.
They rushed, half dressed, from their
tents, only to be received by spears
and bayonets. The fight lasted only
a few minutes, when the whole camp
broke and fed in wild paic, leaving
eight guns in our hands. We had no
losses, and only one man was slightly
wounded. The Japanese left at least
fifteen dead and probably as many
more were wounded"
Continued crouching in rife pits
and incessant firing have so hardened
the men to danger that they ignore
it. Peculiar war sports are becoming
popular among the troops.
General Rennenkampff's Cossacks
are still in pursuit Of Japanese and
have driven them out Of the villages
of Intsagoundzy and Dapindunigan,
taking many prisoners and rifles.
Toxic, Dec 5-The directory of the
lighting around 203 Meter hill, which
is published in the Japanese papers,
describes the losses involved in the
storming of the Russian position from
dawn of November % to IL o'clock iL
the forenoon of that day. A Russian
counter attack began at dawn on No.
vember 20, and was so furiously
pushed that the Japanese were com
pelled to retire from both sides of the
hill into the valley. The attack was
renewed the morning of November 80
when all the japanese reserves came
up" from the southwestern corner;
but these assailants only advanced
thirty q etres by o'clock, so stubborn
was the resistance and the japanese
suffered severe losses. Then, being
reinforced, the Japanese maintained
the struggle with terrible earnestness
Furious charges were repeatedly
lnade and the Russians were compelled
gradually to retire. The southwestern
summit of the hill was not occupied
until Z o'clock in the evening and the
northwestern summit not until 8
o'clock. During the night six Rus
sian counter-attacks were repulsed.
One, which was launched at 4 o'clock
in the morning, was characterized by
several bayonet attacks and was per.
sisted In until noon, December 3.