The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
UNDER COVER OF
EIGHT RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS
ESCAPE FROM PORT ARTHUR
DURINa A BLIZZARD.
Japs Undermine and Capture Kekwan
49,. Fort-Russians Said. to Have Re-
taken 2o3 Metre Hill-other News
Of the War. -

London, Dec q. The fDaily Tele-
graphs Chefoo Hcorresp ondent reports
that eight torpedo boat destroyers
have escaped from Port Arthur. where.
for the last "a hours, he says, severe
.snowstorm has. been raging
Hill Recaptured.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 23-Gen. Kuro-
patkin has telegraphed to the general
staff that he has received a report from
Chinese sources to the effect that the
Russians have recaptured 203-Metre hill
at Port Arthur. with the guns mounted
by the Japanese.
Japs Undermine Forts.
London, Dec. 20.-According to spe-..
-cial correspondents with the japanese
army, the capture Of the Kekwan fort
was complete surprise to the Russian
garrison, there having been no prepara-!l
tory bombardment. japanese sappers
drove shafts 40 feet under the parapet.
of the fort from the escarpment and
moat. In these two tons of dynamite
were exploded simultaneously, COM
pletely wrecking the interior OF the fort,
while siege and shrapnel guns shelled
Russian troops in the vicinity. This oc-;
Cured at two o'clock in the afternoon.
A detachment of japanese infantry
made headlong but premature rush
and so or dannder a
mass of debris, greatly delaying the at
tack. DesplfA this .mtschS4ce Mother
IHylolunteer Ecs dashd fof nd. sndep7s
tgned tho rstepetsn tl ttinst ha
/ sssiansl al 6sssal' st1oSgl reinforced,
and a. h9rce. handsto-hapd struggle. Lev. With
bayonets and grenades was continued
till near Midnight when the few Rus
sian survivors retreated tothe city. and
the fort was captured.
rs ssvastopol NOV Useless. 81 ].
[ Toxic, Dec. pa report received
from Vice Admiral Togo at ten o'clock
says: IA prisoner, taken by our feet.
who is considered to be. reliable reports
that as the result of our attacks since
December 10 eight torpedoes strucksthe
neck OF the battleship Sevastopof and
that at least one took effect on her hull.
The Sevastopol is now headed toward
the outer part of the entrance to the har-
Dor, with her stern aground and her gun
ports amidships almost awash. It will
be difficult to restore the seaworthiness
Of the warship.'' Eefs's
The report says that the battleships
Peresviet, Poltava, Retvizan and SPo-
zelda, and the cruisers .Palada anG
Bayan have been abandpned,s and NO
boats are seen near them.
.Ess To Attack Baltic Fleet. III
London, Dec. 21.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at Hong-Kong says he
has learned on trustworthy authority
that powerful japanese squadron Of
<battleships and armored cruisers is pro-
ceeding, south, accompanied. by Is col
Tiers and transports, to attack the Rus
sian Baltic squadron 'sa7iiasa
According to the Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph It is re-
ported that q Japanese squadron of eight
warships and Is transportsisg going south
to meet the Russian squadron.
Runs Blockade.
London, Dec. 22.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Chefoo correspondent says that
the steamer Lady Mitchell, which sailed
from Tsingtao with supplies, ammuni-
ton and dynamite, reached Port. Ar
thur during snowstorm four nights
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