Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-02

since August l form a recital of al- most continuous fighting of a desper- ate nature. The Russians first strug- gled desperately to block every Japa1l- csc advance and then met the concen- trated artillery fire of the Japanese with it's kind. Latterly, since the Jap- nnese began running parallels and fraverses and extending mines, the Russians have been constantly making sorties. They rushed into the Japan ] csc trenches and engaged in ferocious struggles with the engineers and pi- oneers. With desperate courage the Japanese continued to close in upon the fortress, progressing stage by stage. The Japanese infantry never failed to respond when asked to make an assault on almost impossible posi- tions and when the troops gained a foothold they generally held it with unf1fnching determination.
 The reports commencing August 1 record the assault and capture of Taku mountain, general advance following and then a general bombardment, opening August 19, and August 20 an attack on Pantlung mountain. Electric wire entanglements protected the lat ter position. The Japanese artillery first shelled the Pantlung notifications fiercely and then August 21 the Jap anese infantry charged and were driv- en back owing to the deadly fire from the Russian machine guns and the irl- sufficiency of the preliminary destruc- tiOn of the wire entanglements The Japanese were also forced to abandon a fort southeast of Keekwan noun tain, which was captured after desper- ate lighting, owing to the enfilading fire of the neighboring forts. During the morning of August % the Japan ] ese troops forming the center army charged the east fort on Pantlung mountain and by noon had captured fwo-thir6s of it. The Russians contin- ued to hold the keep, resisted desper- ately, aided by the fire of the west fort, and forced the Japanese to aiban- don the positions occupied. The Jap csc center immediately reformed, stormed, captured and held the west fort, forced the abandonment by the Russians of the east fort and mas tered the entire position.
 On the night of August g the Jap mnese center with the right co-operat- ing, attacked the heights northwest Of }Wangtai and the north fort east of Keekwan mountain, but the troops Iwere forced to abandon the attack on account of the heavy losses sustained from machine gun fire from every di- rection.
 1 In the morning of August 27 the Russians concentrated their artillery fire attacked the entire Japanese line and were repulsed. Until the end of the month and the first week in Octo- Der the Russians continued to attack and shell Pantlung mountain. They managed to seriously damage the new Japanese works there and to hamper the operations of the Japanese miners
 By August 9 the Japanese mines had reached within about 40 yards of Fort Kuropatkin and about 200 yards east | of the northern forts on Keekwan mountain and some 30 yards from Fort Suishiying.
 August P the Japanese discovered that the Russians were endeavoring 10 mine Pantlung mountain.
 The afternoon of August 19 the Jap- nnese, using siege and naval guns, opened general bombardment and at G o'clock in the evening made assaults on Forts Suishiying and Kuropatkin and on Russian position on 203-me- Ire hill.
 The attack was continued at dawn, August 20, with the result that the Japanese occupied Fort Kuropatkin i'll the forenoon of that day. They also captured four additional forts south of Suishiyang mountain and two forts southeast of 174-metre hill, inficting serious casualties on the retreating Russians. The Japanese attacked RO3-metre hill from the east north and west during the night and com pany of the Japanese managed to reach and secure a foothoId on the fnorthwest point of the summit of the Fl hill which the Japanese prepared as a base for further operations and then endeavored to capture the entire posi- tion. The Russians, however, were reinforced and desperate fighting fol- lowed. The gallant little company of Japanese, without food or water, man. aged to hold the position throughout August 21 and until the night of Au- r gust 2, when they retreated. During the fight the Japanese threw bombs and stones at the Russians
 August 25 the Russians centered their fire upon the Japanese trenches leading to Rihlung mountain A de tachment of one hundred Russians then advanced and attacked the Jap anese miners, Thirty Russians charged into the trenches and twenty were killed before the survivors re tired.
 August 27 the Russians again she'll cd the Japanese miners and twenty Russians charged the Japanese, twice throwing bombs into the trenches.
 During August 2S the Japanese bombarded the Russian fleet Seven or eight shells struck Russian war ships August 80 the battleships Peresviet and Pobieda were each hit z five times.
 The night of October ? the Russians 4 desperately attacked the Japanese miners and also the Japanese siege line, but were repulsed after a fierce battle. The Japanese continued to ] shell the Russian fleet and hit the q Poltava, Peresyiet and Pobieda. During the night of October 4 the q Japanese surprised the Russians aIiJl destroyed two guns on Yenchianr hill.