The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-08
JAPS PRESS
PORT ARTHUR.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF OUTER
DEFENsEs FALL.
IN AnvANcE M MllKnEN
TO ADVANCE ON MuKDEN
Japanese Army Will Try to Drive Out
kuropatkin When Sufficiently
Reinforced.

Toxic, Nov 6.-There was pub
lished last night a series of reports
from the besieging forces at Port Ar
thur, covering the operations from Oc-
tober so to November 3, inclusive.
These reports show that the Japanese
continue to vigorously press the at
tack and that they are using heavy
artillery to batter down the Russian
de1enses, following the artillery fire
with vaiorous infantry rushes. The
five days fighting covered in the re-
ports gave the Japanese number OF
distinct gains, materially shortening
the defensive power OF the garrison.
The reports are as follows in the or
der in which they were received at
army headquarters here:
Received October 80: Our army
from early in the morning OF October
80 continued bombardment with
large and small seige and naval guns.
AS / o'clock in the afternoon our
forces in all directions assumed the
advance in attack formation. A por-
tlon of our center and right advanced
against Sungehow and Rlhlung noun
tains and against the north fort OF the
east group in keekwan mountains,
and by sundown took possession OF
their counterscarps and destroyed
some machine guns which had been
used to defend the flank.
Another portion OF the center
charged at l o'clock in the afternoon
against H" fort, lying between the
North fort Of the east keekwan noun
tain group and the east fort OF Pan
!Lung mountain, and despite the vigor.
Gus fire of the enemy succeeded in
taking possession of the fort. At
O'Clock our troops Immediately com
menced defending the fort.
During the evening the enemy re
peatedly counter-attacked and by
1O:3O o'clock the fort had to be aban
doned Undaunted by the failure te
hold the fort, General Inchinoe per
sonally leading his men advanced
against the enemy and at IL O'Clock
retook the fort and made it's posses
sion certain. Our left at l o'clock II
the afternoon delivered an assault
against the eastern group of forts on
Keekwan mountain and two of the
nGlSuUOIluS lOICS duu CdpLu1 GU q Iva
lying northwest of the east KeekwaI
mountain group.
| Received November 2.-"On Octo
ber 81, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon
our left delivered an assault agains'
| the north fort of the eastern GROUP
on Keekwan mountain. A portion o.
the column on reaching the eastern
counter-scarp engaged in the work o.
fortifying that place.
'Puey fort and the fort northwest ol
the eastern group of keekwan noun
tain forts, which were taken on Octo
ber 80, now prove to be firmly in oul
possession. The work of ATTACK
against the outer parapets OF the forts
| is progressing WE'LL
"Also on October 81, the harbor and
dockyard were bombarded with heavy
and naval guns. The Russian gunboa1
Giliak was hit several times and oul
shells sunk two steamers. A somewhat
extensive conflagration occurred in the
vicinity of the pier, sending up grea
volume of smoke At o'clock on thu
! evening of the 31st the enemy at
+, tempted an attack against the extreme
right of our army, but he was com
pletely repulsed by midnight"