The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-02
Japs Haze Continued CannoD-
 adi0g for Many Days
SCENE WAS SPECTACULAR
Great Damage Is Inflicted at Port Ar. thur By Terrific Onslaught Which Was Begun By the laps
 Last Wednesday.

Tol1io, November 1-9 D. m.-Imperial headquarters today published a series Of reports covering the operations against Port Arthur during the months of Au- gust, September and October. The chief interest centers in the tremendous attack which was begun October 26 and Is still continuing, hundreds of Japanese guns being directed against the northerly and easterly forts on October 26, the infantry moving forward with desperate rushes where the artillery had prepared the way, while the engineers and sappers were running mines against the Russian forts.
 The reports report series of desperate encounters at close range and tell a dra- matic story.
 The reports beginning with that cover- ing the attack of October 26 are as fol- 1 lows:
 From s:3O o'clock in the morning the forts on sungsehu and Rihlung moun- tains, the eastern group of forts on Kek- wan mountain and fort lying to the north of the latter were bombarded with 1 SleBt Ru0S dnu ndNdl OTalldlGeg dllu 2JJ shells took effect.
 "The naval guns directed against the sungschu and Rih1ung mountain forts sent many effective shells. The parapet of Rihlung mountain fort was demolished and openings were made in the fort. Sev- eral portions of the cover were destroyed.
 Fort Covers Are Destroyed. sgrvo If fha rnnsf i,nnortant noverr oY, Sungschu mountain fort were destroyed by our shells. One 15-centimeter gun was dismounted and another damaged. One gun on the northern fort of East Kek- wan mountain was destroyed.
 From o'clock in the afternoon other siege guns were directed against the trenches on all slopes of Sungschu noun tain and Rihlung mountain, and against the trenches the south side of Popsian mountain. All these trenches were heav- fly damaged by o'clock in the after noon.
 "A portion of our right wing charged against the trenches on 5ungscnu noun tain and portion of our center wing charged against the trenches on Rihlung mountain, and on the southern part of Popsian mountain, and took possession of them without heavy loss. 1 Simultaneously with the occupation of the places from which the Russians had been driven the enemy posted In the forts in their vicinity, In conjunction with the forts on West Sitai Yangklu. Mantao mountain, Golden Hili, Pia Yua mountain and Laolinchus concentrated his fire against the points where our assaults were progressing.
 Made Dramatic Scene.
 "The sound of our cannonade, the fire from fba of pd ho bursting of shells made an impressive and dramatic scene.
 'The enemys shells were defective.
 "A large mine exploded on the slope of Rihlung mountain, but none of our men were killed thereby.
 "On the same night, with the object of preventing the Russians from making repairs our siege and naval guns shelled the forts of Rihlung mountain, east Kek- wan mountain and Sungschu mountain
 "rhe enemy's warships and machine guns were also shelled.
 "The enemy holding Sungschu and Rihlung mountains under the protection of a shell fire, undertook several night at tacks, but all of them were repulsed.
 "On October 27 the bombardment with our siege guns was continued, and the fire of our naval guns was directed against Sungschu, Itz. Payu and Rihlune mountains, and also against the backyard and the warships.
 Guns Completely Destroyed. Of the effects of our bombardment those deserving special mention are the effect realized against fort on east Kekwa mountain, where a gun and its carriage were completely destroyed, tl.e destruction of banquette lying between the east end of the north front and the center of Rihlung mountain fort. scat tering the cover thereof, and destroying two small guns, and the demolition of a gun on the east front of the same fort
 Several of our shells took effect or the southeastern corner of the same fort destroying its cover and smashing two machine guns into pieces. One gur placed on a projected point on the Sung schu mountain fort was dislocated, and one 12-centimeter gun which was placed in the center of the left wing was de molished while the covers were also de- stroyed.
 During the same night our engineer corps was sent against the northern part of east Kekwan mountain and sue. ceeded in destroying the outer easement of projected point.
 During the night the army resorted to every means to ohstruct our work. as saulting and using bombs. At the same time, the Russians worked energeticahs in effecting repairs on some portions oi their forts, damaged by our shells "On October 2S the bombardment with