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hour retired
| 2Sth.-F'rom 10 a. m. till p. M our
naval guns fired on the Russian war
| ships in the harbor, and it was dis
tinctly witnessed that the warships
were struck seven or eight times, the
| crews extinguishing the fire by means
| of pumps.
| 30th.-To-day the bombardment of
| the enemy's warships was continued
/ by our naval guns, five or six shells
apparently hitting the battleships Pc
| resviet and Pobieda Last night the
battleship Sevastopol changed her
anchorage to the eastern harbour.
OCTOBER
2nd.-The result of today's bonn
| bardment by our large calibre and
naval guns was also very satisfactory,
one of the shells having undoubtedly
struck the left side of the turret of the
enemy's flagship Peresviet. about 2:s0
o. m Several other shells were also
effective.
From 7:30 .. m. to about the next
morning. the enemy advanced on our
trench leading to Tungkikwanshan,
| from every side The fighting was
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| but our men finally succeeded in driv-
| ing back the enemy at all points.
| About the same time, namely, 1880
a. m. on the 3rd, a battalion of the
! Russians assaulted the right of our
siege line. but retired after an hours
| exchange of fire.
| 4th-Fire was poured by our large
calibre and Naval guns on the enemy's
u
| da, and Peresviet We're struck several
times.
At p. m. body of our troops. with
| the object of demolishing the enemy's
47-mm. quick-fring guns on an eleva-
| ton south of Yenchang, surprised the
enemy and completely accomplished its
object. After having dismant1ed
quick-firer and a machine gun there,
our men retired to their former posi-
ton at the foot of Takushan This
step was taken because these guns, by
their bombardment, had proved no
small menace to the passage at our
rear.
During the same night the enemy re-
peatedly attacked our trench leading to
Erhlungshan.
5th.-One of the projectiles fired by
our large calibre guns, which lombard
ed the enemy's warships, hit the Pol
tava, while the fire of our Naval guns
told on the large buildings at Laohu-
wei peninsula, three of which were
totally destroyed.
ENEMY'S SHIPS SEVERELY
DAMAGED.
6th.-Two of the shots from our large
calibre guns struck the Poltava and
Retvizan. Another hit a store in Lao
huwei peninsula and set it on fire.
7th.-During the bombardment which
We maintained on the Russian war;
ships with guns of large calibre from
the 1st to 18th October, according to
moderate estimate, the battleship Po
bieda was struck by one shell, the
battleship Retvisan by four. the battle
ship Peresviet by four and the battle
ship Poltava by five shells. In addition,
these vessels Were also hit by several
shells from our Naval guns. The re-
suit is that the Poltava. Peresviet and
Retvisan appear to have lost their
power of motion. On the morning of
the 9Th the crew of the Poltava were
seen to be landing by means of sever
al Chinese boats, and SO were also the
crew of the Retvisan on the morning
of the 18th. 1t was also noticed at about
noon that the Poltava was towed into
the East Harbour. The majority of
the other warships have also shifted
their anchorage into East Harbour. Up
to dat .aree Russian hospital ships
have taken refuge in the western
harbour. The same night one of the
enemy's electric lights at Erhlungshan
was destroyed by our gun fire.
9th.-During an artillery duel about
D. M, some two companies of the
enemy descended the 203-metre emin-
ence, and were advancing upon Erh-
lungshan, when they were discovered
by our garrison at Haishushan, who at
once opened fire on them. The enemy
then withdrew to his former position.
During this engagement, the enemy
removed seven machine guns from the
direction of Itsz' sian to the direction
of Erhlungshan.
During the night the enemy appear
ed to have apprehended attacks by US,
and from about s p. NJ. opened a ram
dom rifle and gun fire from various
positions
10th.-At about 9 p. m. some so Rus
slams made several sorties against the
East and West Forts of Panlungshan,
explosives being thrown into our posi-
tions; but the enemy was replused each
time
The enemy is throwing numerous ex-
plosives every night into our trenches
directed against Tungkikwanshan fort.
with the object of obstructing our
work.
ENE.MY's DESTRoYERs COME OUT.
11th--At about $3.50 p. M. nine of
the enemy's destroyers appeared twice
off Yenchang, and after exchanging fire
with our destroyers and batteries on
land, retired into the barbour. Their
appearance is presumed to have been
prompted by the desire to observe our
disposition on land
The right wing of the Central Army
to-day picked off IA of the enemy's
soldiers in the neighbourLood of the
railway bridge south of Lungyen. We
also captured on the same day over
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