The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07
III Axe OF ARTILLERY.
Story ST Terrible Fighting That hat
Resulted in Capture Of VOLTS
Mountain.
/, !; no 4, Il i ssociated Press.S.

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CHE FOO. August 6, ! 2: Ma ne ne VS. VS. /
paper published at Port Arthur |,
brought in here to-day gives sfrag r1entalry
details OF & the III recent heavy lighting It'll
around the fortress. S35 81.
The Japanese artillery opened u q de: de-
S.,ltorys fire on the afternoon Of July
o5th. That night the Il RUSS lans slept :
on their arms III the trenches They
occupied a line sixteen miles lone The
next morning, July 18th, the fog clea a. RED
away at 6 O'clock and the ia panese then
began to fire along the entire line. THIS
fire was kept up until dark. The j ap "a n n
ese workmanship was most accurate.
showing that they had derived benefit
from the practice of8tiys preceding day.
Their heaviest fire was directed against
the batteries which included the twelve
inch naval guns commanded by Prince
5Tscheidse and Captain shrydl off, A per-
2fect shower OF shells hit the cart i works
or went screening into the valley 4. Pc
hind, doing considerable damage to the
artillerymen. 5S 3 &. !.
The hottest fighting began ut $day break
Of July eth. The battle commenced un-
der the rays. OF a scorching sun.&'Ih ne,
Russian right wing was commanded py
Ma jor- General Kondra terko, H who s was
compelled TO undergo the brnnt OF terrl-
fic cannonading. To this fierce lire tho
Russians replied with deliberaa ton he e
naval battery was again made the tar-
get for the heaviest fire, and 1T was evil
dent that the ] apanese were trying to
silence the most dangerous Russian posi-
Etion A perfect shower ofashrnpncl was
thrown into the valley behind the RUS
sian 81 batteries, when N Maj General
iKondratenko remarked that the Japan
ESQ evidently believed that the Russian
reserves we're in this valley. From the
naval guns observers occasionally saw
shells bursting near tfe other batteries
AS the day wore on the activit OF the
fJapanese fire increased, In the mean
while the Russian infantry passive Wit
nesses OF the artillery duel, Ia In their
trenches awaiting an attack, 1hey were
well protected, and but a few shells fell
among them,
Al q o'clock volley firing gave warll-
Ing OF the Japanese assault which fol-
lowed swiftly. AS the apnnescs N fantry
advanced the Japanese rtlllery8 fire
Sslackened somewhat, but the Russian bat
kteries replied with Increase sYlgor while
the Russian riflemen volleyed rapid Y with
ess advanced intrepdlysln the face Of a
fire which Is described fas a thousand
iyolleys In simultaneous eruption, The
Japanese advance against The Russian
right wing ceased and n the. Russians
icheered, hut at this moment news ar,
rived from General stoessel, the COM
mander-ir- at bort Arthur, ans
fnouncing that the terrific pounding to
which athe Russian right wing has been
subiected was nothing more than q lnagk
"a cover the concentration Of q apanese
troops preparatory to an tack upon the
Russian loft wing Of which Volts
Mountain was the key General stoessel
commanded the presence of Ma1or- Gem
Seral Kondratenko. who, wit b his staff,
mounted his horse and at once stated to
Join the command r. nrehlef q fter hay
Ing ing ridden IL short distance. Major Gem
eral Kondratenkn was Az compelled to
al nnsA betwaen I wa roads. ana Iona and