Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-08
DESPERATE FIGHTING CoNTlN.
YES DAILY AND LOSSES ARE
EXCESSIVE.
JAPS GET BUSY NEAR MUKDEN
FALL BACK AFTER ONE OF THE
sEvEREsT FIGHTS OF RE.
CENT WEEKS.

LOHuOH, NOV. 6U.-EccOrOlQg TO q
Toxic dispatch to the Standard, there
is an unofficial rumOr that the JaDan-
csc haured large-caliber guns to the
top of 203-Meter hill, from whence
their fire has a sweep of the whole
harbor. This report doubtless goes
beyond the facts, but various dis
patches indicate the progress the Jap
anese are making in the reduction Of
Port Arthur. Japanese here explain
the great Importance of the capture
ofo 2O3-Meter hill, which, besides Civ.
ing
Command of the Harbor,
Will serve to widen the breach made
by the wedge the Japanese hal previ-
ously driven in. between the Else fort
and the Russians last retreat in the
ravines of Laotie mountain. They de-
clare that retreat to Laotie will be ef-
fectually cut of, and that it Is not un-
likely that Laotie will be slmultane-
ously attacked in the final assault.
Bennett Burleigh wires to the Daily
Telegraph from Chefu that in the last
assault the
Japanese Lost 1000
In one hours fighting. They claim to
have captured two more of the east
ern forts, and third, which is part
OF the west Keekwan group. They
claim, Mr.. Burleigh says, that they
have effected Judgement at Pigeon
bay, thus turning the fort on 2O3-
Meter hill, and that they are now
tunnelling from the gorge below Lao
tie hill, which they hope to first dam
age and then rush. The dispatch adds:
Desperate fighting is proceeding
daily and the losses are admitted to
be excessive; but the Japanese insist
that Port Arthur must fall within
twenty-one days."
Situation Is Critical.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 3O.--Foreign
reports of the fighting at Port Arthur
are accepted here very seriously If
the Japanese have taken 2O3-Meter
hill as reported, and are commanding
the whole harbor. it is believed that
the situation is critical Experts on
Port Arthur topography assert, how
ever, that it is more likely that the
Japanese have occupied some posi-
lions at the base of the hill and be-
lieve that with the concentrated fire
of the covering forts the Japanese
will find the top of the hill untenable
II they arrive there.
Held Back by Heavy Fire.
Berlin, Nov. 3O.-A dispatch from
Toxic to the Taglische Rundschau re-
ports that the Japanese storming Port
Arthur was abandoned on Nov. %,
though large breaches had been made
in the Sungshu, Rihlung and Keekwan
forts, the Japanese were unable to en-
ter on account OF the heavy fire from
tthe other forts and the resistance of
the garrison.
Severest Fight in Weeks.
Mukden, Nov. 30.-The activity of
the Japanese against Gen. Rennen.
kampff's front continued Nov. %, cul-
minating before noon in one OF the
severest fights in recent weeks. The
Japanese retired only about 600 yards,
but after the fight the Russians col
lected $50 Japanese corpses, all from
the Seventh and Ninth reserve brig
AIDES. The Russians also captured
large quantity of rifles, intrenching
tools and Red Cross stores.
Night sorties continue. Russian
scouts prove very adaptable to this
sort of work, and can go all around the
Japanese in wOodcraft.