Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-10

guns from the upper slopes
oi the Wantai hill forts anu
Inc small party of Japanese was VIZ
mallv annlhllated. The most desperate
nghtIng took PAIGE at this point
The last effort OF the assilohts was
made al midnight. assisted by Nrulleryl
wblob covered the slopes OF Wanlal hlll
Win AN avalanche OF shells. The RUS
slons fought with tremendous coufat-
eneaging the Japanese with bayoaeW
and erenades when they came 20 'Iose
quarters. The japanese hnally eslaD-
lishod trench line Eve yards IN iIoht
of the line of fortincatlons, when they
now occupy The forces are engaged w
throwing dynamite grenades ~ ea'n
other.
cAuLDRON OF BURSTING SHELLS
In the first assault against the fort on
me eastern pant of Rlhlung mountain
tbo Jaunpose were unable TO gain d loot
hold. although their artillery made me
Interior forts "a seethlng cluldron OF
burstlnr shells a strong force OF jap
orcsa worked up from the parallels N
me gorge between the Fort hill ana
uocblmakilma. and cntrenched ON lhe
MN An an effort 10 assist the force VINO
were attacking II from the rear ana
met with "a terrible fire from the outei
works ana with shrapnel from O lllse
Nm ihe rear A small party OF JapeN'ss
r,irpd roadway leading 20 the rear Oh
ibo fort. but vas forced TO retire.
mo attempts which were first inale
DO rush the western part OF luIlu,'s
mountain. Officially called ouhsrnnN
mountain. also ended I'm failure ue
Japanege reached the parape's lIoIn
the boat. but fed as fast as they came
rom me nre within the fort inc
wallis we're black with the assailants'
WHO we're delueed with shells from the
forf on Antse mountain across mo
iorro of the ehulshl valley between the
100 fortified ridges and from tort
immediately ln the rear called the sup
ponlng fort OF sungshu mountain
HANp.To.HAND ENCOUNTER
At9 o'clock at night o force Of 1000
volunteers from the right division lea
by general, started from a pom,
southwest OF Shulsh village pushed
up the gorge between the two iortlned
ridges. and attacked the supporting
fort Of Sungshu mountain, when is u
short distance outside the western con-
fines of Port Arthur with the lnten-
lion OF envelopIng the city from the
west. and also for the purpose OF AS
glgtlug the force attacking the TWO
Rihlung mountain forts This force
reached the Fort hill and engaged a
strong force o. Russians upon JUS
slopes in hand-to-hand encounter,
which lasted for two hours.
AT the same time the Japanese as
sautlng the east and west Rihlung
forts made desperate attempts to rush
the interior Of the forts They gained
the ramparts, inside which they esta0-
llshed trench lines.
The interior defenses Of both forts
are the same as those on North kek'
wan mountain but the East Rihlung
fort is the largest and strongest OF the
three forts II has upper and lower
levels The lower levels were the scene
Of the most awful struggle which last
ed from 10 o'clock until midnight I'M
der cover OF darkness the Japanese
poured over the ramparts and furious
IN attacked the first section Of bomb
proofs. The defenders received them
with bayonets and dynamite grenades,
while the machine guns on the upper
levels poured a deadly han into the
ranks Of the Japanese
CORPSE COVERED BOMB PROOFS
The struggle was absolutely hand
io-hand. The defenders Of the greater
part OF the bomb proofs on the lower
| levels of the fort were annihilated and