Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-11
ELSE MOUNTAIN WANTED.
Proving a Serious Obstacle to the zap
ture Of Port Arthur.

che Foo Nov. 1G.--Etse mountain ac-
c,rdinp 10 Chinese. 20 OF Whon ar
rived mere. Thursday, from fort Ar
thur. = proving costly oDstacie ~
,hs Iananese. On the mornings OF NOV.
6 and 3 fierce assaults on the position
,,.nr.. made BY the japanese who were
repulsed. I'LL,
turing the second assault a smell
airing over the Other hills from PAIL
chuang dropped on Else mountains ana
demolished a land mine controlling the
station. and exploded otner nli'ie'
The Russians we're noldlhg lhe
trenches on the boundary Of thf mlhTo
section. Six or 100 were killed. Inc jap
anese not having reached the pla
were unhurt.
Ets@ mountain owes the best part oi
Its strength TO the peculiar t"p's api'
of the surrounding country Whi'h pr
vents q direct artillery fire ana uor'
ont enable the Japanes' I" ahEahce
trenches with tn. euc""ss evident ei7e-
whore
The Japaneec advanced on 1t IN both
,na,,ncee from behind distant MUS
u,itt. th. fullest fore th~ ground Wouid
allow DQI III liI'' I'447 '-'-.N
,bev were. COMPELLED - traverse in the
face Of machine guns thrlr rains
d.ciroated Both times tn japanese
broke the wire "ntan%lrmcntS I'D places,
one soldier with leg torn on was
seen irving 10 bit" the wires.
correspondent who has just arrlvf1
here after a visit TO Port Arthur says:
The battIeship Pcre7viet Is as badly
battered by japanese shells as IN"
Czarevitch. The Bayan is also badly
damaged.
"Wnrn Admiral Wren learned from
ne tha. the Baltic fleet vas still In the
Mediterranean he expressed his des-
nair. His officers openly declared them
scjves lost All the v..sselS are moved
to new anchoragcs every night in or
der TO avoid the shells that IN" Japan
.sc are dropping into the harbor.
There In plenty Of coal but ammun-
ton 10 scarce. An immense RUSSIAN
vessel has been sunk across the nor
rowet part oE tn" cntran"" to the mar
bor 1t Is Ranked at each ond by TWO
Japanese wrecks. Many mines ais" aIn
In making the channel 10 tn" harbor
narrow and tOrtuouS
IAN along the road - Cen. Stoe9-
sells house We're seen the raVaSeS Of
the ircessant bOmbardm"nt.
"Thnre Is no fresh food except horse
flesh. Ten horses ar. slaughtered daily.
One hundred horses ar" all that remain
cd when | left A single egg costs -
kopecks 05 cents). Size" tn" japanese
CAPTURED the reservoir there is nothing
To be had but cist"rn water. Typhoid Is
prevalent.
Gen Stocseel learned from mo for
tho first time Of Kuropatkin'' defeat
He was not inclined to credit IN" story
until convinced by some che Foo news
papers I showed him. II perfectly as
founded him to know that kurOpatkir
is near Mukdpn H.. believed him to b.
advancing sOuthWard. He said in Rus
sian. "Th.r" is no help. then. but I.
die or go to the MatauvaIna prison.
He asked that kuropatkin'S reverse
be- concealed from IN" garrison. WhiCi
Still believes that kurupatkim is at
lacking Cen. Nogi's rear
When ] was taking luncheon viii
Cen and Madame StocSS"l a bumt
burst outside. the whole house wa!
shaken and the upper windows shatter
ed. No one was killed. Nine Stnesse
quietly ordered her servant to m"n'
the window with paper"