The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-02
ASSAE-fS ON
 PlaT ARTHUR Japanese Attacks Grow in
 Fierceness. QUIET ON THE sHAKHE Mikado'S Men More Active Than Their Enemies. Kuropstkia May Withdraw If He is Coavisced That Fiesa NarsAai Oyama's Army outnumbers
 the Russians.

Japanese oficial reports regarding the seige of Port Arthur indicate that the attack begun October 2l, was still in progress. October 2s. the statement being made that the work of the be- seigers was increasing in effect. Noth- ing Of tmportance has developed on the Shakhe river, where both sides seem to hesitate to assume the of- fensive. although the Japanese are the more active In the matter of attacks upon Russian positions.
 FORT ARTHUR IN ASSAULT.
 Japanese Give out Details of Attacks
 On Fertincations.
 Tokio, Nov. 1s--(9 p. m)--Imperial headquartefs today published series of reports covering the operations against Port Arthur during the months of August. September and October. The chief interest centers in the tre- mendous attack which was begun Oc- tober 26, and Is still continuing. Hun dreds of Japanese guns began batter ing against the Nothern an deasteriy forts on October 26, the infantry mov- ing forward with desperate rushes where the artillery had prepared the way, while the engineers and sappers were running mines against the Rus sian forts.
 The report records . series of desper- ate encounter at close range and tell dramatic story.
 The reports, beginnig with that oov- erlng the attack of October 26. are as follows:
 From s:3o o'clock In the morning the forts or Sunghu and Rihlung mountains. the eastern group of forts on Keekwan mountain and fort lying nf taA lat barded with seise guns and naval ord- nance and 25o shells took effect,
 The naval guns directed against the sunxhu and Rihlung mountain forts l sent many affective shells. The para pet of RihNlng mountain fort was de- moiished aA openings were made in the fort Several portions of the cov- CT were destroyed. Two of the most important covers on Shunghu mountain fort were de- stroyed by our shells. One 15-centt- mertre gun was dismounted and am other damaged. One gun on the northern fort of East Keekwan noun tain was destroyed.
 From o'clock in the afternoon oth- | or seige guns were directed against the trenches on all slopes of Snnghu mountain and Rihlung mountain and against the trenches on the south side of Popsian mountain, All these trenches were heavily damaged by 5 l o'clock in the afternoon.
 | Charged the Trenches.
 A portion of our right wing charged the trenches on sunghu mountain and a portion of our centre wing charged against the trenches on Rihlung mountain and on the southern part of PopsIan mountain and took posses sion 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 coa- | function with the forts on West Siau | YanRkiu. Mantao Mountain. Golden Hill. Pia Yua Mountain and Luolin-
 chus. concentrated his fire against the
 points where our assaults were pro-
 Rressive
 The sound of our cannonade. the fire 1 from the guns of the enemy and the bursting of shells made an impress i've and dramatic scene.
 | The enemy's shells were defective.
 A large mine exploded on the slope of
 RthlunR mountain but none Of our
 men was killed thereby. On the same night with the same object of preven- l ting the Russians from making re-
 hairs. our sieges and naval guns shell
 d the forts of Rihlung Mountain. East 1 Keekwan Mountain anu SuueSc"" Mountain. .h,u guns were also shelled.
 TEussian Attacks Repulsed. The enemy holding Sungshue ana
 pttt,,ro mountains under the protec- l tto, of A. shell fire undertook several
 ntgbt attacks but all of them were re- | pulsed. .A,,ant win l continued ers of our naval guns was directed . a1atnSt sungschu. Itz, Payu ana hln- I,snsr noountains and also against the docI ward and the warshlps' OS tha effects of our bombardment ,hoaa deserving special mention are sne seesct realized against a fort on EasL | Keekwan Mountain where gun "nu .,so carriage were completely oes',oSeu' s"o deatruction of banquette lylhs -. ,the east end of the north fEont
 S tha centre of Rihlung Mountain Sr. .co.tertnR the cover thereof ana ao..roytr0 two small guns. and the dar,oIition of a gun on the east front of the same fort ..,. .s,.o. o, sevaral of our shells LOOK ehect oh the southwestern course or the same | fort destroying its cover ana smashIns | two machine guns into PIeS l
 sr,,, 1Isesd on a projected point on the SS',.,rsch,, mountain fort was dislo- oa.aS and one l2-centimere gun which
 was placed in the center of the left
 wing was demolished while the covers work of Engineer Corps. l Daring the night our engineer corps
 ,,,as ssnt against the, northern part of
 Esst Keekwan Mountain and succeeded
 ,n destroying the outer easement of a
 projected point Al, - .. a tn every means to obstruct our
 york assauIting and using bombs. At
 ,he same lime the Russians worked
 anergetically in effecting repairs on
 some portions of their forts damaged | october 2S bombardment with haavv and other seige guns was con- l tinued and its effect was good
 Two hundred and eighty-five eftec- | tive shells have been counted and be- sides these several other shells took l s-.-. ov, thea forf's uf Anahu mountain