Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-01
JAPS Capture MORE F()PI2
PORT ARTHUR is IN sER,ou.
WAY FOR WATER.
Chinese Place Japanese Los...
Days Fighting at 5000, Ru..,.
clam 1t Was 3 Times as Many
- No Blood Shed Near Mukdsr =
ing Burial Ground Chinese Enn.

+ mo BLOOD Shed Near Mukder q
ing Burial Ground Chinese Emn..
Chefoo' Sept 26.-As result Of ~.
battle before Port Arthur which
gan on September 10. the
succeeded in capturing several IN
portant positions and TODAY tbo y
sian tenure of the big forts or,.,
ing the north, northeast and nortbM
sides OF the town is seriously tbron'
ened. 'nieat'
Chinese information places the Ian
anese losses under 5000 for the tbua~
days hghting, and this comparativo,,.
small casualty list is due to tho q.
cess1ve care used by the Jananoso -
making their preparations for tho "a
vance. Russian sources, however
claim to have information that the Ion
anese losses were unusually sevara
amounting to fully three times the
number mentioned above.
Possibly the most important cantru.
during the three days fighting was
that of Fort Kuropatkin, which wbiIo
OF minor value with regard to prevent.
ing the entrance into the town nv tho
Japanese, had been constructed for tbo
purpose of protecting the source of the
garrison's water supply. The control
of this water supply is now in tba
hands of the japanese.
| Without interruption the Jananese
are continuing their savage onslaught
upon Port Arthur. and after fighting
for hours amid rain of shell thew
have succeeded in capturing six i'm.
portant forts. The assaults upon
these strongholds were made with an
utter disregard of life, and so soon
as one company had been wiped out
another was moved forward and
thrown into the breach.
The storming of these forts was be-
gun Monday last and on Tuesday night
| the attacked positions were in the
hands OF Japanese. The assaults upon
the forts were made simultaneously
The Japanese batteries in the rear and
Warships in the harbor concentrating
their fire upon the six positions and
the infantry rushing up the hills with
fixed bayonets. Tuesday evening a
supplementary fort fell after desper-
ate struggle.
At Fort Esteshan the fury of both
ton. The Japanese attacked the fort
from all sides, swarming up the hill
over the dead and wounded and meet
ing the defenders on the wall. There
combat such as history has very few
parallels to tell of developed. Rifles
and swords were thrown away, as the
men were too near each other to use
any but short weapons effectively, and
hand to hand fighting began lasting
far into the night. The number OF
dead and wounded in this attack alone
exceeds several thosand, many officers
being among the killed on both SIDES
| Both INSIDE and outside the walls lay
heaps of dead The fighting did not
cease until nearly all of the garrison
were killed or placed out of the tight
| ing by being wounded The massacre
of Russians in Fort Esteshan is sald
to be the worst of the war. There was
letup in the firing on Friday, but oh
Saturday the assault was resunieu'
The booming of the heavy guns eau
be heard for miles distant from for'
Arthur.
The London Daily Mails Cheloo
correspondent says the japanese al0
now devoting their energies to an az
tempt to drive the Russian fleet lfow
Port Arthur.
The halt in active operations aroul
Mukden is believed to be due not on-.
to the fatigue of the japanese uoors
and the slowness in getting up n0I ~
sary additional supplies, but 10 ~
tinct understanding between the IN 10
csc and Japanese that there shaii
no bloodshed near the "holy CIV,
where the Chinese emperors are pai W
led 1t is expected that there wiz On
fighting north of Mukden, possiDi.
larger scale even than at LlaoySne