Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

and made assaults on forts Suishi Yang
and kuropathin and on the Russian
position on 20a-metre hill. The Jap
day. They also captured four addi-
tional forts south of Suishi finR
mountain and two forts southeast OIL
hill, intlicting serious casaul-
ties on the retreatlng Russians. Inc
Japanese attacked 203-metre hill dur
ing the night and managed to secure
the foothold on the northwest point OIL
Summit hill. which the Japanese pre-
pared as q base for further operations
and then reinforced and desperate
fighting followed. a gallant little com
.pany of Japanese, without FOOD OF
water. managed to hold the positioh
thruout the 2tst until the night oil '"e
22d. when they retreated.
During the fight the Japanese t"reM
bombs and stones at the RUSSIANS anu
Sept. 25 the Russians conferred thelf
fire upon the Japanese trenches le1oi''e
to Rihlung mountain. a detachi''e''.
OF Il hundred Russians advanced ana
attacked the Japanese miners Thfrty
Russians charged into the trenches ana
twenty were Killed before the Survivors
retired. Sept. 81 the Russians again
shelled the Jauenese miners and tWen-
ty Russians charged the Japanese,
twice throwing mombs into the trench-
es. During the 2Sth the Japanese
borrbarded the Russian fleet Seven or
eight shells struck the Russian war
ships. Sept. 80 the battleships
Perseviet and Pobieda each were hit
five times. The night of October 2
the Russians desperately attacked the
Japanese miners and siege line but
were repulsed after q fatal battle.
The Japanese continued to shell the
Russian fleet and hit the Poltava, Per-
soviet and Pobieda. During the nigh.
OF the 4th the Japanese surprised the
Russians and destroyed two guns on
Yen Chang HILL The Russian attacks
on the Japenese miners and the Jap
anese shelling of the fleet continued
thruont the early part OF October the
Russians varying the routine October
10 with night attack, In which they
used dynamite. against the west fort
on Pan Lung mountain. They were
repused. October IL the Japanese
captured the railroad bridge south Of
Lung Yen. October IL, and 13 the
japanese shells set fire to the Peres-
viet, apparently disabling her. They
also set fire to another warship. name
unknown.
October 16 the Japanese center, talk
ing advantage of the bombardment,
stornled and captured a fort In the
center of Rihlung mountain, after a
desperate struggle. The Russians left
behind them a hundred dead, one field
gun, one small gun and two machine
guns. Desperate lighting also took
place around Sungshu mountain and
203--'Metre hill October 1S the Jap
anese captured some Russian prisoners
who said the fate OF Port Arthur was
near at hand, ane, that Gen. Stoessel
was offering rewilrds in money and
medals for four hundred volunteers to
make sortie and destroy the Japan
ese guns. From October 1S the Jap
anese continued to drive their trench
es forward the Russians desperately
October "a the Russians ran
a traverse from east of Keekwan
and dynlmited the Japanese
traverse. A col1fagration ragged at
Port Arthur during the afternoon OF
the Gath. October 25 the Japanese
guns sank thousand ton steamer
at the end of the harbor.