Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-29
DYNAMITE MINES EXPLODED.
Made Breaches Ia Front Wall Through
Which Men Charged Under Cover
OF BOmbardment
GARRISON, 500 STRONG, ESCAPED.
Line of Japanese at Port Arthur is
Much Closer to LiaOti
Mountain,

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Before Port Arthur, via Fusan Dec
g9.-Rihlung fort was captured at 3
o'clock this morning with a thousand
Japanese casualties. Seven dynamite
mines exploded at 10 o'clock yesterday
made breaches In the front wall
through which a large body OF Japan
csc charged under cover Of tremen-
dous bombardment and captured the
first line Of light guns, A bitter fight
resulted IN the capture Of the fort. The
garrison, numbering 500 men, escaped
SUCCESS AT LAST.
Toxic, Dec 20, noon.---After months
Of fighting, sapplng and mining the
japanese forces finally occupied Rib
lung mountain last night Dec. 2S),
A report received from headquarters
OF the Third japanese army before
Port Arthur received here on Wednes-
day, Dec. rs, at midnight, says:
ION Wednesday Dec. g. at 10 o'clock
IN the morning the left center column
Of our army, following some heavy
explosions on the frontal parapet of
Rlhlung mountain charged and occu-
pied the parapet under cover Of fire
from heavy guns and constructed de-
Tense works despite the enemys fierce
FIRE
AT 4 o'clock IN the afternoon when
our occupation was practical, We
charged and occupied the inner lines
OF heavy gun positions, subsequently
dislodglng remnant OF the enemys
force stubbornly holding the Gorge
fort which we occupied and captured
the entire works"
JAPANESE LINE Al PORT AR
THUR.
Chefoo Dec. 29.--rhe japanese line
at Port Arthur Is now, as q result OF
the general attack beginning Dec. 25,
much closer to LlaotI mountain. Chit
nese who left Port Arthur yesterday
and arrived here today report that a
greatly inferior Russian force defend-
ed the outermost OF the trenches for
three days retiring when the japanese
artillery had secured an ennlading POI
siton. The fighting mostly was at
range Of two-thrds Of mile, the
japanese fearing mines, The Russians
retired to Chingkakao.
Japanese who arrived nj Chefoo to-
day from Port Dalny say the recent
lighting also resulted In the capture of
n hill called by the japanese Yang
thuban, POSSIBLY Keekwan mountAin),
enabling the Japanese to seriously
harass land communication with the
Llaotle forts and with the forts on Else
and Antse mountains. The capture OF
langthuban hill followed several night
attacks during one Of which the Japan
ese became confused, killed each other
and retired when the mistake was dis
covered by the appearance of the moon.
The japanese here further report that
severe lighting has occurred on the
northeast flank particularly at Rihlung
mountain where, when the japanese
left Port Dalny the Japanese forces
had made some progress. Details OF
ms ftghting have not yet reached Che
FOO
Two steamers recently ran the block
ade OF Port Arthur. one Of them was
captured by the Japanese when
emerging rom the harbor
Chingkakao, referred to In the dis
patch from Chefoo as the place TO which
The Russians retired, after leaving the
LiaOtIe trenches, is possibly Chingtao,
or Chingtau fort, near the southern ex-
uemity Of the Tigers Tail peninsula.
RUSSIANS lombard BRIDGE.
Toxic, Dec. 20, Noon. -Manchurlan
army Headquarters reporting today
on Dec q. at . o'clock in the after
noon the Russians with heavy field guns
hombarded the Shakhe river railroad
bridge In the nelghbOrhood OF the sta
uon and the Russian guns at Talientun
thelled Chihslantun and Shullntzu. Rus
san cavalry attacked Heilintun at sun.
rel on the same day, but We're repulsed
ny japanese cavalry AZ $3.50 on the
same evening the Russian cavalry en-.
Neloptd the Japanege pickets, who were
reinforced and finally repulsed the en-.
envy The Japanese casualties We're
three men killed"
RUSSIANS FIRE AT RANDOM.
Gen. Oku's Headquarters, Via Fusan,
zee 29--No change has taken place at
ihe front Of the Second army. The
Russians continue a daily lombard
inent, firing at random. and resulting in
lew casualties. The japanese soldiers
PICK up l5-centimeter shrapnel cases
ana With them make charcoal burners
70 heat the bomb-proofs Occasional
collisions take place between patrols,
lhe Russians always retiring. Both
siaes seem satisfied 10 remain in the
trenches.
heut.Gen. Sir William Nicholson. d.
rector general OF military intelligence
OF me British war Office, who was at
,ached 10 the Japanese army, left yes
terday on his way to England.
AS RUSSIAN WAR OFFICE. SEES IT.
81. Petersburg, Dec 25,-The war OF.
nye points out that the occupation Of
Hihlung mountain at the best only
makes the japanese masters Of the en-
ure terrace beyond the principal forts
OF keekwan and still leaves the main