The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-09
GLIMPSES FROM THE
INSIDE OF THE PORT
ARTHUR INVESTMENT

yesterday as having curr.d on Aug
o. Whether the ngh.ng which pre-
| sumably did occur on the goth was a
separate attack or whether the Chinese
who reported the occurrence were In
accurate iu their dates cannot be de-
termined.
The night of August "a was quiet.
! on the morning Of the 2jth the Jap
| hnese artillery opened up along the en-
| tire eastern front. but most severely ON
the northern section.
During the night Of the 25th Captain
| Stempneffsky with a small force, made
a sortie and attempted to disperse a
! japanese battery located on Corner
| HILL" but without success. This sortie
was made from High Hill" The NO
vokrai' adds that the Japanese were
building trenches in front of the hills,
from Corner Hill" to High HILL" but
| II does not mention the retreat of the
Russians from the latter place. The
| japanese have about thirty guns, some
of them mounted in stone Chinese
houses. and others in the foothills along
| the beach.
In the vicinity of Louisa Bay, north
| west of Port Arthur, the japanese have
two hundred guns concealed in a corn
field.
CHEFOO, Aug 30, 8 p. ma junk
which left Liaoti Promontory the after
noon of August 2S brings confirmation
of the report of fighting at Palichuang
on the 26th, making it clear that there
had been a fight of several days dura-
ton in that section during which both
sides lost heavily. The japanese sue
ceeded in holding their position and
mounting guns which, together with
those at Chaochanko, exchanged n
fierce fire with Russian artillery from
two forts in the vicinity of TapingtZe.
Chinese who came in by this junk
affirm that the Russians are firing daily
from ItZshan and Antszshan forts.
This may mean that there Is another
undestroyed fort at Itzshan. or that the
Russians have recaptured that position.
one of the Chinese declares that he
has been engaged for twenty days in
carrying Russian dead from the fort
near Tapingtze.
REPORT FROM STOESSEL.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 80, 1857
p. indirect news from Lieutenant
General Stoessel. commander of the
Russian military forces at Port Arthur
up to August % and of favorable
character has been received here. The
Navy, as well as the Army, will share
in the Imperial decree, published today,
by which the terms of military service
for soldiers of the Port Arthur garrison
are reduced so that every month served
from May last until the end of the year
shall count for one year of the full
term of service. This is a repetition of
what was done at the time of the siege
of Sebastopol.
INCIDENT OF SIEGE.
CHEFOO, Aug. 30, s p. m.-The last
issue received here of the Novokrai,
the official organ at Port Arthur, con-
tains an account warmly praising the
conduct of Captain Lebedieff, COM
manding the Marines at Zaredoutni,
who stood on top of wall, his revolver
in one hand and his sword in the other,
and killed or wounded twenty odd Jap
anese, who, mounting on the shoulders
of their comrades, attempted to scale
the wall. When the Japanese were re-
pulsed Captain Lebedeff sat down and
was wiping the perspiration from his
face when shrapnel shell tore his body
to pieces.