Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-22
STILL HOLDING OUT
Port Arthur Doggedly Resist
ing the Japanese.
DESPERATE CHA RGES
nFs1EGERs CONFIDENT OF WEAR
ING OUT THEIR OPPONENTS.
Fire is Accurate and the Hospitals Are
Filled With the Wounded
Recent Reinforcements.

Russian authorities carrying the ue'o VA
the field and also ammunition. when 'hey
saw is plentiful, confirm the statement
that the Liati promontory was not as
saulted for the reason that II IS irhpiee
nabIe from the sea side and the Japanese
are unable to move on 1t from the nortn.
The Japanese main attack has been the
heaviest against the Russian center ana
right, particularly against the center
fronting which the japanese have taken up
a strong position at Shushiyen.
Pigeon bay had been the scene of fight
ing several days before the final assault
had begun the Japanese never being able
to hold for long any territory they might
gain Their attacks were made mostly at
night, during foggy days and misty morn
ings.
The Japanese believe that their superior
physical condition will win the battle FOR
them by wearing out the Russian garrison,
which is constituted of less hardened ma
terial. down TO the point of exhaustion by
the persistency of their attacks and their
refusal to accept repulse. The tempera-
ment of the Russian garrison is logged
and determined
Gen. Stoessel, who is heavy, rides cease
lessly his chargers, which are showing the
strain upon them, although the general
changes MS mounts frequently.
Theater Hit by Shell.
Both officers and soldiers have grown in
different to the shells which enter the
town frequently. Recently the Chinese
theater was hit and score of people were
killed and wounded One shell exploded
In the corral of the Chinese who tell the
story, killing five donkeys.
Civilians are allowed to leave the bomb
proofs during the luls IN artillery fire, but
these intermissions are rare and everybody
is WON ana anxious over the. situation. An
unusually large proportion of young com
p&ny officers has been killed, which is par
TALLY owing to their duties and TO their
reckless daring.
While the Russians apparently believe
they will hold the Japanese in check, their
confidence In their successful resistance is
not absolute. The Japanese have guns
mounted on nearly all the hills, which for
merly formed Russian outposts The Japa
nese fire is accurate. The hospitals and
Chinese houses at Port Arthur are full of
Russian wounded. The narrators say the
dead, until ready for burial, are stored in
warehouses and are then buried on the out
skirts Of the town. Quicklime being used
freely to prevent Infection.
Three large ships and two gunboats are
being repaired in the dockyard and basin.
tho other ships being behind the shelter of
the Tigers Tall peninsula.
The tunks now depart from Laotie Light
house. That point has been hit by a shell.
Arthur that the Japanese have received
reinforcements of 10000 men from the
north
The steamer Victoria which arrived here
this evening from NieuchwGng reports
hearing systematically heavy firing at Lou
lisa and Pigeon bays. respectively north
ives. ana west OF Port Arthur. between 10
O'Clock last night and in the morning She
saw searchlights Playing freely and sky-
rockets signaling at l clock this morning
Inc snip was too far away to hear or see
anything further.
Desperate Japanese Charges.
Chinese who left Port Arthur yesterday
ana arrived here today state that the Ian
aEese' by making desperate charges. which
We're reinforced by an artillery fire from
nhVshi Yen and Louisa bay swept from
the Lorth into Pigeon bay territory and
a the Russians back from the main
iorts. The ground being comparat iyely fat
IN ms vicinity, the Japanese were unable
70 Iodu IL In the face of the Russian artil-
i.iy hre' ana they retired north an eighth
OF a mile beyond the zone of fire
The Chinese declare that the Jananas.
GapLured one important fort located on the
Itzshan Hiils midway between the western
coast o ana the railway on line drawn
aProAimateIy from point midway be-
tween Pigeon and Louisa bays
The hghting resulting in the capture NJ
a Ems iort was very severe. The position was
nrst subjected to a bombardment for over
Iorty-elght hours. Then the Japanese in
fantry assaulted 1t and compelled the Rus.
slams TO retire. The Russian artillery then
nantna neaVy nre on the spot. COM
Peihhs the Japanese in turn to retire
The Belief at St Petersburg.
ST PETERSBURG. August 22-The
latest reports from Port Arthur indica tie
that the garrison there is holding out with
wonderful tenacity in the face of persistent
desperate assaults. The only question ,s
now long holU Of
such awful punishment and whether the
garrison In the fortress can ourIast the
japanese ammunition and men
me report that thirty regiments have
oceii urawn from General Oku to strength
en- the attackers is believed to indicate fha,
the Japanese southern army is in despera To
Straits, and seems to show that the Japa-
nese have not enough men to prosecute
simultaneous campaigns of great mapn,
tude in the north and south.
Inc storming of Port Arthur which the
r rT,e,hm oispa,ches say is progressing is
rNetlhs all attention. The brave stubborn
resistance which Gen. Stoessel is making
Is evoking high praise and the war office
anu pubic are hoping almost against hope
mat he VIII be able TO hold out In spite
or the heavy odds against him. The latest
news, that the Japanese are unable to es-
tablish foothold at Louisa bay and at the
most westerly fort of the inner defenses is
considered encouraging.
An official dispatch from Rear Admiral
Prince Ouktomsky at Port Arthur by way
pI tHeIoO says tndt only TWO OfflcerS were
killed on board the ships which returned to
she harbor after the fight of August TO-
put his information about the condition of
the ships is unsatisfactory, the admiralty
explaining that he probably avoided going
tnto specific details owing to fear that the
dispatch might fall into the hands OF the
Japanese.
News that the Port Arthur SQUADRON has
again sailed out is expected at any hour
as Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky's orders
are imperative TO go out or destroy his
ships beyond the possibility OF repair before
The fortress fans.
The loss of the gallant Novik In a fight
against two japanese cruisers at Korsak-
ovsk, Island of Sakhalin, Is not yet known
here as the authorities are awaiting the
report Of Vice Admiral Skrydloff before
making the news public. The cruiser by
her exploits had endeared herself to the
whole country and her loss will create a