The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-11-02
FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
is NOW VERY IMMINENT
TERRIBLE EFFECT or THE LAST
BoMBARDMENT.

Against the Town-Dafences Wrecked
by Naval and seige Gunl,-Trenches
Taken on Two Mountains-TwO Hum
dred and Eighty-ave Shells Take
EGect-Russian Guns Demolished.
Toxic, Nov. L. p. m.-Imperial
headquarters tonight published a ser
les of reports covering the operations
against Port Arthur during the months
of August, September and October. The
chief interest centers in the tremendous
attack which was begun October 26 and
Is still continuing.
Hundreds of Japanese guns began
battering against the northerly and
easterly forts on October 26, the infan-
| try moving forward with desperate
lrushes where the artillery had prepared
the way while the pioneers and sap
pers We're running mines against the
Russian forts. The reports which re-
cord a series of desperate encounters at
close range and tell dramatic story,
begin with that covering the attack of
/ October rs and are as follows:
! From $3.50 o'clock in the morning
the forts on Sunghu and Rihlung.
mountains, the eastern group Of forts
on Keekwan mountain and a fort lying
to the north of the latter were bonn
barded with our siege guns and naval
ordnance and ESQ shells took effect
The naval guns directed against the
Sungshu and Rihlung mountain forts
sent many effective shells. The para
pet Of Rihlung mountain fort was de-
molished and openings were made in
the fort. Several portions of the cover
! were destroyed.
Two of the most important covers
Ion Sungshu mountain fort were de-
Istroyed by our shells. One fifteen CEN
Itimeter gun was dismounted and
another damaged. One gun on the
northern fort Of East Keekwan noun
tain was destroyed
j From 2 o'clock in the afternoon
other siege guns We're directed against
the trenches on all slopes of the Sung
shu mountain and Rihlung mountain
and against the trenches on the south
side Of the Pohsian mountain. All these
trenches were heavily damaged by 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
"a portion of our right wing charged
against the trenches on Sungshu moun-
tain and on the southern part of Poh-
sian mountain and took possession of
them without heavy loss.
simultaneously with the occupation
of the places from which the Russians
had been driven, the enemy posted in
the forts in their vicinity, in coniunc-
ton with the forts on West Sltai
Yangkou, Mantao mountain, Golden
Hill. Pal Yua mountain and Laolin-
chus concentrated his fire against the
points where our assaults were pro-
crossing.
THE sound of our cannonade, the fire
from the guns of the enemy and the
bursting shells made an impressive
and dramatic scene.
The enemy's shells were defective.
IA large mine exploded on he slope
of Rihlung mountain, but non OF our
.Elnen were killed thereby.
i .sOn the same night, with the object
lof preventing the Russians from maxi
ling repairs, our siege and guns guns
shclled the forts Of Rihlung mountain,
Eass: keekwan mountain and Sungshu
Emountain.
The enemy's warships and mach1n-
cry buildings were also shelled.
sThe enemy holding sungshu and
Riillung mounains under he protec-
ton Of a shell fire undertook several
night attacks, but all Of them were re-
pulsed.
"on october u the bombardment
with our siege guns was containued
and the fire of our naval guns was di-
rected against Sungshu, Itz, Pal Yu
and Rihlung mountains, and also
against the dockyard and the warships.
sOi the effects of our bombardment
those deserving special mention are
4 the the effect realized against fort
on east Keekwan, where a gun and its
carriage were completely destroyed,
i the destruction Of a banquette lying be-
tween the east end of the north front
and the center Of Rihlung mountain
fort scattering the cover thereof and
destroying two small guns and the de-
mGlltion of a gun on he east front of
4 the same fort.
Several Of our shells took effect on
the southeastern corner of the same
fort, destroying its cover and smashing
two machine guns into pieces. One gun
lplaced on a projecting point of the
Sunghue mountain fort was disrnounted
and one 12-inch gun which was placed
lin he center of the left wing was de
]molished while the covers also were de-
stroyed
During the same night our engin-
eer corps was sent against the north
ern part of East Keekwan mountain
ana succeeded In destroying the outer
casemate of a projected fort.
i During the night the enemy resort
l ed to every means to obstruct our
/ work, assaulting and using bombs. AT
the same time the Russians worked en-
ergetically in effecting repairs on some
portions Of their forts damaged by our
shells.
"On October % the hombardment
with heavy and other siege guns was
continued and its effect was good.
| 1.-TWO hundred and eighty-five effect.
i've shells have been counted, and be.
sides these several other shells took ef.
feet on the forts of Anshu mountain
Itz mountain, Pal Yu mountain and or
a hill 203 meters high.
Our naval guns were directed chiefly
against Sitai Yangkou, Itz and Anshr
mountains, the warships in the. east