The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-09
The Russian Accusation
 Against the Enemy.
EXCERPTS FROM NovAKRAl
Port Arthur Papers Accounts
 of Fighting.
Japanese Have Cat oR Reservoirs h Itey Hill, and Sea Water is Dis- titled for. Use by the Beleag-
 sred City.

Chefoo, sept. S.-(S:lo a.. m.1-Ine Port Arthur Novakrai of August 90 gives some details of the recent light ing in front of the beleagued fortress. At 6 a. m. August 27. during q. se- were attack. Colonel Kirikon. conn manding the 14th regiment. ordered a detachment to remove the dead and care for the wounded near an un- named fort on the east flank.
 When within rife distance of the Japanese, the Russians hoisted Red Cross flag. The Japanese gave invit- ing signs with their caps, whereupon the. Russians, thinking all was we'll. continued forward. However, when the detachment had reached the dead the Japanese opened fire on them, fa- tally wounding petty officer.
 The Russian detachment thereupon retired. Captain Spanoff who cons manded the detachment thinking that the Japanese had fired by mistake, and seeing further beckoning signs by the Japanese. ordered the detachment ous a second time. The Red Cross flag was again hoisted. but the Japanese fired again and wounded one private.
 Attempt Abandoned.
 The detachment again retired and the attempt to remove the dead was abandoned.
 August there was little fighting on the west flank. The Japanese had two companies entrenched at Shiat- siatung. The Russian artillery opened a severe fire on them and dismounted two of their guns, but the Japanese held their position.
 At 9 a. m., August 2S, the Japanese bombardcd Fort No. 22. on the east flank. using field batteries posted at the left of Eagle Nest Hill. The Japa- nese batteries were well scattered and hidden and eventually fired on Eagle Nest Hill and Rocky Hill.
 At p. m. the Japanese shelled Bat tery No g.. It was observed by the Russians that the Japanese were build- ing battery to the left of Orphan Mountain At 8 D. Dl. batteries were posted on this position by the Japanese and firing was begun. The firing was directed chiefly against Furgan Fort.
 Bombarded all Night.
 All night the Japanese bombarded along the whole east front, directing their fire against the roads behind the batteries with the evident intention of destroying the roads by which guns can be removed in case the Russians are driven from the forts.
 During August 2s a peculiar contrast to the warlike proceedings on the east flank was presented on the west flank by the Chinese who had resumed work in the fields as though war did nor exist. The Chinese. who have grown accustomed to the firing, paid no at- tention to the Russian fire, which was directed nearly altogether from a bat tery northwest of Davidson Hill.
 There was no fighting on the west flank Ne night of August 2s. At o'clock in the morning of August 29. hnf ANfn mountain opened fire on the Japanese concealed in the corner of a hill. The Japanese immediately scattered
 Chinese report the death at Chao- chanko of an active and intelligent Japanese general. but the Novikrai was unable o'Iearn his name. {.
 Oats Becoming Scarce.
 The Japanese control Paluchang but only small attachments are seen at dawn each morning. They apparently occupy the place merely as a light out post. Chinese report that oats and straw for the Japanese horses are get ting scarce. The Japanese ammunition depot at Litung has been destroyed by Russian shells.
 From August 27 to August 20, the Russians buried under a severe fire 700 decomposing Japanese bodies on the northeast frontier in order to prevent a pestilence. A letter reaching Chefoo from Port Arthur says the Russians are sea water. as the Japanese have cut off the reservoirs in the Itz hill.
 The last copy of he Novikrai which has reached Chefoo shows evidence of an increasing severity of the Russian Although 1t mentions that the Japanese have occupied new posi- tions, 1t does not tell how they secured them