The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Desperate fight
At PORT arthur
RUSSIANS AND JAPs STRUa.
CLING FOR DECISIVE VIC
TORY AT THE FORTRESS.
THE JAPANESE RECEIVE
HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS
Thirty Thousand Men from the North
Said to Have Joined the Attacking
Force-Russia Glories in the De-
termination Of Her Troops.

ChefOO, Aug. 23.-The nrst detailed
of the general assault on Port
indicates that a tremendous
is raging and thai victory ID
hanging in the balance.
Chinese who left Port Arthur Sun
day and arrived here Monday state
that the japanese by making desperate
charges, which were reinforced by an
artillery fire from Shushi Yer and
Louisa bay, swept from the north into
Pigeon bay territory and drove the
Russians back from the main forts.
The ground being comparatively fiat ! n
this vicinity, the Japanese were unable
to hold it in the face of the Russian
artillery fire and they retired north an
eighth of a mile beyond the scene OF
fire.
The Chinese declare that the Japan
ese captured one important fort To-
Gated on the Itzshan hills, midway be-
tween the western coast and the rail-
way on a line drawn approximately
from a point midway between Pigeon
and Louisa bays.
The fighting resulting in the capture
of this fort was very severe. The po-
sition was first subjected to a bonn
bardment for over 48 hours. Then the
Japanese infantry assaulted It and COM
PEELED the Russians to retire. The
Russian artillery, then directed a heavy
fire on the spot, compelling the Japan
ese in turn to retire.
Attack Russian Center.
The Chinese just arrived, who bring
the latest information from PortArthur,
were employed by the Russian author
tiles carrying the dead off the field and
also ammunition, which they say IS
plentiful, confirm the statement that
the Liati promontory was not assault
ed for the reason that it Is i~mpregnable
from the sea side and the Japanese are
unable to move on it from the north.
The Japanese main attack has been
the heaviest against the Russian CEN
ter and right, particularly against the
center fronting which the Japanese
have taken up a strong position at
Shushiyen..
The Japanese believe that their ~
perior physical condition will win the
y battle for them by wearing out the
Russian garrison, which is constituted
of less hardened material, down to the
, point Of exhaustion by the persistency
of their attack and their refusal to &C
7 cept a repulse.
} The temperament of the Russian
J garrison is logged and determined.
\ jap Reinforcements.
\ Chefoo, Aug. 23.-It is asserted in re.
( liable quarters at Port Arthur that the
J Japanese have received reinforcement
Of 10000 men from the north.
The steamer Victoria, which arrived
( here Monday evening from Newchwang
J reports hearing spasmodically heavy
firing at Louisa and Pigeon bays re
spectively northwest and west of Por
Arthur between ten o'clock Sunda,
night and n in the morning. Sh,
saw searchlights playing freely ant
skyrockets signaling at one o'clocI
Monday morning. The ship was too ia,
away to hear or see anything further
Praised at So. Petersburg.
) st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-The storm
s ing; of Port Arthur, which the foreig,
: dispatches say is progressing, Il
riveting all attention. The brave
stubborn resistance which Gen. Stoes
sci is making is evoking high praise
and the war Office and public are HOP
ing almost against hope that he will
be able to hold out in spite Of tn,
heavy odds against him. The lates
news, that the Japanese are unabl
! to establish a foothold at Louisa ba,
]. and at the most westerly fort Of tn
4 Inner d%efenses, is considered en-
\ c%ouraging.
A dispatch from Rear Admira
q Prince Ouktomsky, at Port Arthur, b.
\ way of Chefoo, says that only two off
\ GERS were killed en- board the ship
4 which returned to the harbor afte
. the fight Of August 10, but his il
\ formation about the condition Of tn
n ships is unsatisfactory, the admiralt.
x explaining that he probably avoide
q going into specific details, owing t
u fear that the dispatch might fall int
n the hands of the Japanese.
= News that the Port Arthur squad
T. ron has again sailed out is expects
y at my hour, as Rear Admiral Prime
Ouktomsky's orders are imperativ
< to go out or destroy his ships BIZ
> fore the fortress falls.
The loss Of the gallant Novik in
\ fight against two Japanese cruisers q
Korsakovsk, island of Sakhalin. is nc
|. yet known here, as the authorities ar
y awaiting the report of Vice Admire
h Skrydloff before making the new
3 public. The cruiser by her exploit
|: had endeared herself to the Who'll
y country, and her loss will create
u more sentimental effect than that &
any ship In the feet.
4 Russian Cruiser Sunk.
!? Toxic, Aug. 23.-After a severe en-
~ gagement with the protected cruiser