The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-07
TWAS AWFUL
FIGHTING
CaptuIe Of 2O3-Meter Hill a
Continuous Slaughter.
BOTH SIDES LOST HEAVILY
Story Of the Capture Told in Detail
How the Assaults Continued
Until Crowned With
Success.

New York, Dec. GA copyright cable
to the Times from the London Times
says.
A dispatch from Toxic to the Times
Isays:
Unofficial details Of the capture of a
high hin, Or 2os- Metre hill, show that
the struggle began at p. m. on Nov
l27, when the besiegers concentrated the
fire Of their heavy gums Of the parapets
Of Red hill, 900 metres south Of High
lhill. After that their infantry advanced
in widely extended order from Kinkia.
Turn and ukistun. Reaching charging
distance, four consecutive charges were
delivered betaween and o'clock. The
fourth succeeded, but during the night
the Russians made three counter at.
taclIs, the third Of which was specially
furious, and drove out the Japanese.
On the morning of Nov. rs the Jap
anese, instead of advancing via Red
hill, made a direct move on High hill
The attack began az daylight and was
continued with desperate resolution, the
Japanese advancing into the valley be.
tween Red and High hills. They re-.
eeived he fire from both forts and were
decimated, but, sweeping on, stormed the
slopes of High hill and captured the
southeast corner Of the northern face.
Meanwhile another force effected lodg-
ment near the parapets Of the west
face. These operations were very cost
ly, both sides throwing numerous gron.
AIDES.
On the Goth the Russians made fur
ious counter attack and bore back tic
Japanese from the southeast corner
swept them down into the valley be-
tween Red and High hills, and also
partially dislodged the Japanese from
the southwest face of the hill. The
Japanese, however, chung to the trenches
80 metres below the crest. Strong
Japanese reserves were then brought ap
and when these reached the lighting
line, at dawn on the 30th, the attack
was renewed again on the southwest
face Of the hill. Through the whole fore.
moon the fighting was continuous, but
the Russians gave no sign of yielding.
Meanwhile the Japanese artillery
found the exact range in the early a.
ternoon and poured on the southwest
angle shells which moved down the
defenders, the Jap ships also aiding
with indirect fire from Pigeon bay. At
5 P. M, when the Russians showed
clear signs Of weakening, the Japanese
made a renewed rush from the trenches
lat the southwest corner but the Rus
slams did not move. The casualties Of
the assailants were heavy.
st this critical moment reserves were
poured into the Japanese fighting line.
and with shouts that rang over TIE
whole of Port Arthur the assailants
hurled themselves repeatedly against
the Russians, who, finally, at 1880 >. M,
broke into groups Of 20 or 80 and re-
tired suddenly.
Almost simultaneously the assail.
ants Of the southeast angle pushed home
their attacks, and the whole fortress
was occupied at p. m.
After this Red hill was carried, but
the same night the Russians, whose
large re-enforcements, summoned bv
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iivered six desperate countersattacks,
the sixth Of which continued from 4
a. m. till noon At first the Russians
repeatedly closed up to bayonet dis
lance, and there was series of hand
to.hand struggles, the assailants fall.
ing back and again advancing. Finally,
after terrible losses, the Russians re-
treated to Antszchan and Itszhan,
leaving the Japanese in assured posses.
sion. The capture Of this hin is re-
garded as very important, as the Rus