The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-28
JAPANESE OPERATIONS
AGAINST PORT ARTHUR

daytime, the enemy erected a hello
trope in order to survey our move
ments. But this we destroyed.
ENEMY USES DUM-DUMs.
] The same day in the Central Column
several of our men were wounded by
dum-dum bullets fired by the enemy.
13th.-Three shots fired from our
large calibre guns hit the Peresviet.
One of the shots caused a fire lasting
Is minutes. The bartleship is presum-
ed to have already lost her fighting
capacity.
i AS the result of the complete cutting
off of the enemys water source a,
Lungyen, the river-bed, hitherto dry.
was covered with water 80 centimet rs
deep.
| 14th.-Thirteen shots from our large
calibre guns hit the Sungshushan Fort
Other forts and enemy's warships were
also struck.
STEADILY APPROACHING ENEMY.
16th.-Between 4:25 and p. M, the
Central Column, slxilfully taking adj
vantage of our gun fire, rushed into
the fort at Hachimaki-yama Ca height
southeast of Erhlungshan) and 1.-the
entertainments on the sides of Erhlung-
shan, and occupied them after short
but fierce fight. The enemy's loss is
not exactly known, but the dead bodies
left by him on the field alone do not
fall under 100 Our spoils consist of a
field gun, a small calibre gun, two
machine guns, some rifles and a guam
tity of ammunition
17th.-At about 1870 a. M, some so
of the enemy issued from the south
of the 203-metre height and attacked
our troops in the trenches directed
to the above height. They retired
after throwing explosives into the
trenches and exchanging fierce rifle
fire with our troops. About the same
time, the enemy's forces of unknown
strength attacked US in the direction
of Hachimaki-yama and Erhlungshan,
but they We're all beaten back by our
men.
Between 10 and u p. m, insignificant
forces of the enemy twice attacked our
troops in the trenches directed to the
2o3-metre height, but they We're also
repulsed.
Our troops on the Hachimaki-yarna
were attacked several times by forty or
every time. The gorge of the above
mentioned height is still occupied by
the enemy who is erecting defence
works there.
SITUATION INSIDE PORT ARTHUR.
1Sth.--A Russian soldier who has
following statement:
n fr17r1 r1f
danger, our superior officers compel
the inhabitants, Chinese or otherwise.
to work day and night, allowing haro-
ly time for rest. Complaints and be-
wailings are consequently heard in
every direction. We combatants suffer
from privation, and for several months
have not received any pay. We are
put to excessive work. 1 have, there
fore, decided to surrender"
1t is also stated by the prisoners
that, owing to the Increasingly heavy
damage caused by our bombardment,
Stoessel has organized a body of 400
determined volunteers out of his troops,
and by promise of decorations and
money rewards is trying to make them
attempt sorties in various directions
with the object of destroying our guns.
NEARER AND NEARER.
19th-The trenches directed to Erh-
lungshan and the North Fort of Tung-
kikwanshan having advanced quite
close to the enemy's position, we are
subject to assiduous obstruction from
the enemy day and night. Our work
is, however, making steady progress
21st-The enemy's obstruction grad
ually increases, but our work is stead
lily progressing.
22nd-Our work in the trenches
directed to Erhlungshan and Tung-
kikwanshan continues to receive the
enemy's obstruction,
Since last night we have bombarded
with large calibre guns the enemy's
warships and arsenal.
23rd.-We picked off and killed nine
of the enemy moving in the vicinity OF
Sungshukeu.
The enemy in the vicinity of Erh-
lungshan has lately constructed wood
en- guns, by means of which he dis
charges explosives against our troops
working in the trenches.
The trenches directed to the North
Fort of Tungkikwanshan have APP
preached within so metres Of the fort.
Our troops are SuIlGElHS very iAhSiA
from the enemy's obstruction, and their
work is consequently making little
progress
24th.-As the result of our lombard
ment, q fire occurred in the city of
Port Arthur at a. m. and was only
subdued at 5 a. m.
The Central Columns trenches di-
rected to Erhlungshan have approach
ed within about 80 metres of the
enemy's fort, and although great oo-
struction is received from the enemy,
the work is making good progress.
It appears that the enemy has of late
been pushing a tunnelled passage to-
ward us from the North Fort of Tung-
kikwanshan. AT about p. m. ne caus-
ed an explosion at the head of our
tunnelled passage, but we sustained no
casualties.
Tonight the enemy shot at us two
heads of fish torpedoes from Erhlung-
shan.