The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25
TOGO RE o R1'S I.
FLEET HAS LEFT
Story Of Despe perate Assault on
T.. KeWan Fort 7 old inS Beiat.d VI,
Dispat s hots React
Sayastop Sharp
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~ Associated a Fress,) M 5
OIS1O VI Dec q. ne I, apanese forces
5besieging Port Arthur ycstcrday storn,ed3
ana r.1s now hold d he hegh y Is III east 81
Houyangs shukou. !.ss SsS ~
s5ss "a lA& dispatch from the Japanese L army
before Port Arthur timed midnight Il says: =
On Deccnlber 2. tho Russian defences
works on, he hi eg hts east i OF IIouyang-
sshukou, Slingshu Mountain, Rrhlung
4 fountain and tho II. forts were bonn
tba arded BY he3 apdnese Will heavy guils
which inflicted consld dernble daniag e. 81, AS
a. resul y OF the bomb ba rdmcnt, aud etach-t
inent Of tho japanese right wing . . u
dawn. Il D DecenlbcrS g, " alta cke ca the enemy
on tho 4. hcig Is east 4 OF III II yang shukou
and captured the ridge and heights ut
i7:t0 4 IN 81 the Il morning. Afterwards the
enemy concentrated his fro from several;
forts $at ~ Tai q ang kou, and Yahutsui}
upon 3 our newl occupied posi- tlon fol-
lowing this with q determined counter
attack during which hand grcnades were
thrown, but our force flnal lly rcpulsed tho
&enern j.. Lat Ter, asS The enalny,s 81 lombard y
4ment abated s. we \ constructed some de-
Sfenslye works SO hat our occupations be-
came more assured. AS a result Sof our
AcnyyB guns, bombardm during and be-
fore the satttck, tho y fort N west 3 e q Tai
Yang xou was set on fire. One lften-s
.rentimeter gun In each Of tho forts wos
destroyed. 5s The covers were also con.3
.siderably dana ged. tssI
II According to Tho statement OF prison
gers cnptured al kekwanS Il Mountain De-.
5ceip Dor 1s and gof Russians who surren-s
Fdereu In tho a vicinity OF n Ictse, Mountain
December q. 1aring$ a he Il battle Of 22o5
Metre SEIill. General ISondratenk com
Il Of the Seven East iberian]
Rifles pislons end iieneru
command eli ssS5 of The Fonrtll tillery
SBrlgad =, Netes killed and Genera ]: 51Socks:
commanding the Fo ourt East y S iberinl
Division, wa s wound ed
ii s Fleet With draws. 81
$Adlniral i {Tog . announces the Withdraw
al z OF the maj jority OF the fleets from
Port Arthur. tiS 59s 5irs ssisi3 IS Se8 8
Il Admiral r rogo, "a telcg gra plr1ng under date
off, December o2d. Sc III 3,i
After 2o3 Metro Hill was occupied a s
the result OF d gallant and desperate :.
tack bystl,o; besleglng army, the lombard 4
ncntg OF tho enclny's squadron5by siege and
other heavy guns beca me effective. In con-
sequence. the attleshlps Poltava and Ret
VIA II were sunk. and. subsequently,5t the
battleships Pobieda and Pcrezviet, the
protected cruiser Pallada and I lie q r.
1norcd cruiser Bayan were sunk The
battleshipS sevastopol escaped the land
Sbolnbnrdmcnt. left the harbor Dccenl-$
ber 0tll. and ncllored ;nea r G ntao Noun.
tain She was attacked there continu-
.ously4 by our torpedo boats and heavily
damaged. The main strength Nof tho enc
my is completely crushe Il Il Only a az weak ss
gunboat. the Otvashni,, and several tor
pedo boats dcstroyers remain afloat. !. Y M
der the circumstances. our combined fleet
has been removed as unnec cessary from N
the blockade OF Port arthur, which had
been maintained since May 1st. have;
arranged for closer watch for ships q +.
tempting to run! the blockade and [ to
watch the4remnant Of the 5enenly's squad !. -
rOn. t
During the blockade. We suffered from
the enemy $, mines. both load and float
ing on the high seas, 4! and from dense
'fogy$, The cruiser, NJ yako Saiyen and nd
sYoshino. Hatsuse. bat tleshlpo: Ia nlmon
sel, were sunk, and many ga liant and loyal
officers and men were killed, but we sue
eeeded in maintaining the Blockade, When.
ftn,,ar III esncnnd 5i Ioa ia Nf89