Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-30
RUSSIANS HAD
THE BEST Of IT.
japanese Made an Assault Re.
tired and Left Their Dead on
The Field.
NIGHT SORTIES STILL CONTINUE,
Russian Scouts Can Go All Around
The japanese In Matters Of
WoodcrllC

Mukden, Nov. g9-Tho activity Of the
Japanese against Gen Renuenkampff's
front continued Nov gS eliminating
before noon IN one Of the oayerest fights
In recent weeks The japanese retired
only about COO yards. but after the Eight
the Russians collected 2aO japanese
dead all from the Seventh and Ninth
reserve brlgades, The Russians also
captured q large quantity OF rifles. en-.
trenching tools and Red Cross stores
Night sortles continue. Russian
scouts prove very adaptable to this sort
Of work. and can go an around the
japanese IN woodcraft
On the night OF Nov % party of
siberian sharpshootcrs went out and
captured every one Ot the guards IN
lront OF japanese party cutting fire
WOOD, without ar0usng the suspicious
OF the Japanese that anything had
happened.
On the evening Of Nov. 81 party
OF Russian volunteers virtually wiped
ont the village OF Nanganza. situated
az the foot Of the double bumped hin
opposite Poutiloh, Clone Treel hin. Tho
Japanese had been occupying a build
ing In this village every night and ham-
pering the Russian sharpshOoters,
Attacking the village In the rear. the
Russian volunteers drove out the Iapa-
ncse from the village early On the eyen-
ing, mined the building and retired
The Japanese subsequently reoccupied
the village, which was blown up, and
almost the whole village destroyed
The Russian losses during the whole az
fair were three men Killed and fifteen
wounded.
Chinese report that the main Japan
nese force is located az Shilikhe ON the
railroad ten miles south OF Shakhe, but
1t Is impossible 20 estimate its numbers.
The japanese at close quarters es-
peclally during the night fighting,
usually use Russian words and phrases
with the object OF misleading their foes.
Gen. Linevitch has especially warned
the troops on this point
JAP FIRE SWEEPS HARBOR.
London Nov. SO.-According to a
Toxic dispatch TO the standard there
Is an unofficial rum0r that the Japanese
hauled large calibre guns TO the top
OF 2O3-meter hill whence their fire has
a sweep Of the whole harbor at Port
Arthur
This report doubtless goes beyond
the facts but various dispatches ndi-
cate the progress the Japanese are
making In the reduction OF Port Arthur
Japanese here explain the great I'M
portance Of the capture of 2OS-meter
hil, which, besides giving command of
the harhor, will serve as wide breach
made by the wedge the japanese had
previously driven IN between the Etz
group and the Russians last retreat In
the ravines Of Lao Tie mountain They
declare that retreat to Lao Tie viii be
effectually cut on, and that II Is not
unlikely that Lao Tie viii be slmul-
taneously attacked in the final assault.
Bennett Burleigh wires 10 the Daily
Telegraph from Chetoo that In the last
assault the japanese lost 400 men IN one
hours fighting. They claim to have
captured two more Of the northeastern
forts and a third, which Is part OF the
West Kekwan fort. and to have effected
a Judgment az Pigeon Bay thus turning
the fort on 2O3-meter hill, and that they