Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
Russian Fleet Being Destroyed
by Meter Hill Fire.
NEXT ASSAULT 10. ED THE SIEGE
v~Iadivostok Reports Sinking of Id
suma North OF MiaotaO Islands.
Russia Denies Loss of Three
Thousand.

LONDON. Dec. IA special dispatch
from Fladivostok says that the Japa-
nese armored cruiser Adsuma has been
blown up and sunk by a mine north of
the Miaotao islands in the Liaotl chan
mel.
Adyices from Tokyo say: Our heavy
guns mounted on Meter hill continue
to lombard the enemy's ships. The
battleship Peresviet has been struck
twice, and two more Shells lodged in
other ships. A vessel of the Poltava
type was observed to be on fire, send
ing up a great volume of smoke.
TIE ~battleship Pobieda was struck
six times, n vessel of the Retvizan type
was hit eight times, and OH other ships
sixteen shells took effect.
Later, following the same plan, the
Pobieda was bit seven times. the PoIta-
VA eleven times and the Retvizan elev-
en- times. One of our shells struck II
magazine south of Peiyu mountains,
causing a heavy explosion. The on
fiagiation which followed was not eX-
tinguished for two hours.
The attacking operations against
the Sungshu mountain forts eastward
are carried OH day and night. Two
thirty-six milinieter quick tirers were
captured in Il half moon fort defending
a counterscarp on Rihiiing mountain.
1.-THE Russians ARE nightly attaching
Meter hill in II determined endeavor to
retake the summit OF the ground in
contention.
I'VE are increasing II defenses on
the position and have Succeeded so far
in repelling all the assaults. The Rus
Slams have suffered the heaviest losses,
and it is estimated that they have sac
rificed 5000 men in an effort to recap
ture the ground. which we arc conf
dent of our ability to hold.
observations Indicate that the gar
rison is feeling the shortage of men.
Tie works against the forts on Sung
shu mountain eastward are progressing
speedily, and all indications point to an
early general assault, although the date
when it win begin is kept secret.
1T is expected thattth next general
assault will. result in the fall of Port.
Arthur"
Advices from st. Petersburg this
morning say that, although the war
office and the admiralty are still with
out late direct news frolil Port Arthur,
confidence in the ability of the fortress
to hold out continues tesbe expressed.
The Tokyo estimate that the Rus
slams lost 5000 men in the attempt to
recapture Two Hundred and Three
Meter hill is declared to be absurd,
and it is pointed out that such a loss
would imply the virtual crippling of
the resistance. yet Ah reports from
Tokyo admit that tseDdral Stoessel cons
tinues to make counteri attacks.
Emperor Nicholas will start on Dec.
IA on a ten day trip to, Minsk, the eau
casus and the Don to bid farewell to
troops ordered to the far east.
A Mukden dispatch says:
"The report that General Rennen-
kampf has administered Il heavy &c
feat to tie Japanese t0ntfiues to cir
culate among the Russian troops, but
has not yet been officially confirmed.
To the earlier rumor mentioned above
there is added the report that the Rus
slams have succeeded in carrying off
twenty-four guns, which they captured
in the rout of the Japanese, but We're
ut first unable to remove owing to a
cross fire from the Japanese forces"
Russian Cruisers Leave Tangicr.
TANGIER. Morocco, Dec. e. The
Russian cruisers Oleg and Izumrud