The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-28
JAPANESE OPERATIONS
AGAINST PORT ARTHUR
Official Report In Diary Form of Army and
Navy's Assaults From August to October
20---Effects OF Smelling.

: our trout and rear from various batter
les, as. Well as from the Russian war
ships appearing off the coast near. Yen
chang. Our men We're placed in diff
cult situation, but stubbornly held out
till evening, when the enemy was COM
pletely repulsed. His bombardment,
however, still continued During the
above enga cement our troops We're at
q time greatly harassed by the contin-
ual fire of the eneIny's war-vessels on
our flank and rear, but subsequently
we We're fully protected by our Naval
guns operating against this enemy, as
well as by the Combined Fleet.
COMMANDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR
AND SHIPS.
The results of the bombardment of
Port Arthur by our Naval guns were
effective beyond expectation. For IN
stance, fire broke out in the town at
about 10 am. on the 7th, and the flames
We're not got under control until l pm,
while to-day at about $40 am, our
projectiles struck the Retvisan, causing
great confusion on board the vessel,
A steamer (about 1000 tons) was also
struck and sunk The enemy eoncen-
trated the fire from his batteries and
warships on our naval guns, but to no
effect.
10th.-At about am. the enemy pro-
fusely fired at us for about one hour,
with his guns, machine guns and rifles,
from various ports south of Tung-
but it is not known for
what reason the firing was carried out.
IMPERIAL soLICITUDE FOR
SAFETY OF NON-COMBATANTS.
11th.-In obedience to His Majesty's
Command. Marshal Yamagata, Chief of
the General staff Office, dispatched the
following messa ge TO the Commander
in-Chfef of our Manchurian Armies
His Majesty the Emperor, out of
pure benevolence and goodness, sin
,ereIy desires that the .non-combatants
NJ Port Arthur may be kept free from |
the disastrous effects of fire and sword |
as much as possible. In pursuance OF :
his Imperial wish, you are ordered to
escort to Dalny and hand over TO the
commander Of that port such women, /
children, priests, diplomats of neutral
countries and foreign military attaches !.
1t Port Arthur. as may desire to ta ke !,
,efuge therefrom Those non-comba-
ants al the StrOagnofu WHO Qo Itot 70
ong to the above category. in so far as
20 doing may not jeopardize, our
trategical interests, may similarly be
Iealt with
12th-From about 10 a. m. our force
,ombarded with Naval guns three OF
he enemy's battleships in the western
iarbor-
1sth-About one hundred Russians
tationed in the vicinity of Wukiafang
ct fire to that place this afternoon and
hen retired to Tungkikwanshan- The
nemy's bonbardment remained the
ame as it was on the previous day.
14th-Our Right Column com
lenced operations during the night
nd attacked the enemy in its front
nd succeeded in occupying the lire ex- /
ending from Kantashan to the heights
-est of Suikiatun via the highland
orth of Siaotungkeu and Sui<iatun
tut We were unable to maintain the
boy-e line owing t. the eneny's stub
ORR resistance on the heights south
est Of Nieppankeu and thoze east OF
faotunei-eu which were strongly for
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