Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-14
GENERAL KUROPATKIN.

taken of our approach, we proceeded to place between the first two forts in line with the sunken Japanese trans port.
 ''The second, or Mantseyang, fort; the Bread hill fort, on the summit of the mountain on the western side, about three-quarters of a mile distant from the entrance to Port Arthur, looked to have suffered from terrific fire
 "The defenses in parts appeared to be shattered. The earthworks were torn up, and no guns were visible.
 Many shells evidently had fallen all along the line of the forts on Tigers Tail peninsula, which protects the west port from the sea. Little, could be seen of the Notifications on Huang- chinshen or Golden mountain owing to the drifting smoke.
 ''On the east of the harbor entrance the masts of another foundered ship were visible behind the Retvizan. A number of destroyers lay a few yards inside, but they did not appear to have steam up.
 '"The houses in old Port Arthur, as far as they could be seen through the smoke, appeared to be uninjurcd, yet nowhere was there a sign of life or even the fiutter of flag in the desert ed roadstead and the smoke hidden forts. From the fires and ghost-like quiet it might have been q city of death.
 '"ro the east of the city lie barra cl1s of recent construction, but l was Tna- ble to perceive a single solder
 Tokyo advices say official anG pri- vate reports both indicate that Admi- ral Togo's last attack on Port Arthur was the most effective since tie first assault of month ago. One Kussan torpedo boat destroyer was sunk and several Russian torpedo boat destroy CTS seriously damaged. The fortiiica- tions and city were. subjected to heavy bombardment lasting nearly four hours. #%
 The naval bombardments of the land works have generally been ineffective, yet the peculiar typographical condi- tions of Port Arthur make immunity from serious loss from bombardment almost impossible. Admiral Togo's torpedo flotilla opened the action by boldly steaming in under the batteries and successfully placing q number of mechanical mines at the mouth of the harbor.
 Following that there was desperate bow to bow encounter between the tor pedo boat destroyers, in which the Jap anese appear to have scored a clear victory. Then followed long range duel between the cruisers, ending in 4l1. D. the only Russians engaged. The closing action was the lombard ment of the inner harbor, in which the Russians suffered the loss of twenty soldiers and two civilians killed and three civilians injured. Colonel Yer shinin, governor of Port Arthur, was slightly wounded. The Japanese used three or four hundred Russian shells which they found on the captured transport Manchuria. Only four Japanese cruisers were ac- lively engaged. The forts replied with several shots whenever the Japanese left cover of Laothieshan promontory. Besides the Retvizan the battlesnip PetrOpavlovsk received slight damage from a shot.
 
 of the armored cruiser Novik in talk ing a portion of the fleet out of the harbor on Friday morning appealed to the patriotism and excited the admi- ration of the garrison.
 1t is reported that Japanese caval- " patrol engaged a part of the Rus sian scouts near Kasan, west of Anju. The Russians numbered thirty.
 Marquis Ito, accompanied by a nu- merous suit, has arrived at Chemulpo, Korea, by special steamer, the Hong kong Maru. Marquis Ito had an audi ence with the mikado before leaving Tokyo and was given a letter for the emperor of Korea.
 A cable dispatch from Peking says reports received there state that tine whole of Manchuria is in utter conea1- sion owing to the Russians having seized all food supplies and other com- missariat necessities. The natives are streaming south toward the ports and gre suffering great hardships The late military governor of Kirin has commit ted suicide owing to his inability to 1 relieve the peoples distress or stop the Russian depredations.