Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06


attacking 203- Meter Hill in deter
mined endeavor to retake the summit.
Il is estimated they have lost $500
men in the attempt. The Japanese are
Increasing their defenses on the posi-
tion and are confident In their ability
10 hold 1t. The works against the
forts on Sungshu mountain eastward
are progressing speedily and all indica-
lions point to an early general assault.
Port Arthur besiegers report as fol-
lows: "On Saturday, December 8, our
naval guns bombarded the enemy's
ships. The Pobieda (battleship) was
struck six times, and vessel of the
Retvixan (battleship) type was hit
eight times and on the other ships six
teen shells took effect.
i ION Monday the Pobieda was hit
seven times, the Poltava (battleship)
Aleven times, and the Retvizan eleven
Hines. At three in the afternoon one Of
our skells struck magazine south OF
Peiyu mountain, causing a heavy ex-
pIosion. The conflagration which fol-
lowed was not extinguished for two
hours.
The same day our heavy guns were
directed at the enemy's ships. Perse-
Niet (battleship) was struck twice and
two more shells observed to be on fire,
for an hour sending up great volumes
OF smoke. The attacking operations
against Sungshu mountain forts east
ward are carried on day and night.
Two 36-milimetre quickfirers were
captured Sunday
General Oku's headquarters, via Fu-
San, Dec. Elm the village near the
actual japanese lines houses are being
repaired and built and scores Of wells
are being dug, the villages being de-
nuded of trees and quantities of fuel
being prepared. Every indication points
to an intention to remain on the pres
knt line during the winter.
.Mukden, Dec 6-There is persist
knt rumor that the force of Japanese
sent to turn General Rennenkampff's
flank has been repulsed with great loss.
The story is not yet officially confirm
ed, but details are given with great cir
cumstantiality. It is stated that Rem
nenkampf awaited the Japanese at
the mouth of one of the captured
passes and the latter threw themselves
nnsuspectingiy into the ambuscade,
where. after the fight, the Russians
collected 500 Japanese corpsee. It is
added that there are 1000 more Japan
Rse corpses which 1t has been impossi-
BILE to collect owing to the fire Of the
Japanese. This does not include the
Japanese loss In wounded. The Rus
Dian loss, according to this account,
was only thirty or forty men.
Mukden, Dec. 6.-The night of Dec.
=. the Japanese began a heavy artill-
cry fire on Poutilom (Lone Tree) Hill,
paving the way for an infantry attack.
The Russian artillery answered vigor-
ously for several hours, and then
slackened. The japanese imagining
the Russian fire had been silenced,
flung themselves in masses against the
trenches, where they were allowed to
come within close range, and then were
met with withering volleys and coun-
ter charge with bayonet. The Japan
ese fed having sustained enormous
losses.
A Cossack expedition which was sent
the night of Dec. to capture a Japan
ese battery on the Russian right flank
was only partly successful. The Cos
sacks wiped out the Japanese sentries,
killed the gunner and got possession Of
the battery, but were unable to re-
move the guns owing to the rapid ar
rival Of Japanese re-enforcements.
On Dec. 8. Captain Gichkoon and
Corporal Companetz crawled up close
to the japanese position, where they
remained under heavy fire all day
making sketches of the whole position
and returned in safety.
An attack by the Japanese on Pou-
tilon Hill on Dec. probably was due
in part to a wish to distract attention
from sapper operations on neighbor-
ing hill near the village Of Shakhe, but
these operations were discovered and
repulsed and the Japanese fed
The night Of Dec. there was an
ether Russian attack on Japanese