Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-26
FIERCE FIGHTING
RUSSIAN PORT ARTHUR REPORT
Story Of Heavy Japanese Losses.-Bs-
sissers Bringing UP Mors Heavy
Guns-Ald Of Chinese Engineer.

sieoers Bringing UP Mors Heavy
euns.-Aid Of Chinese Engineer.
Lao Yang. Aug. :3.-The following
Ii supplied by Russian correspond
ent OF the Associated Press:
with each additional report from
Port Arthur wonder increases both ut
the persistence Of the Japanese attack
and the heroic stubbornness OF the de-
tenders Of the fortress. The japanese
are literally throwing away thousands
OF lives In the hope OF shaking the
courage OF the Russian troops.
Major General Fock says he IL con-
fdent the fortress cannot be taken. but
that II It IL taken the whole japanese
army will have to immediate itself on
the slopes OF the fortihcations.
There were hve desperate assaults
on Green hills July 2Gth. the japanese
returning each time with apparently in
exhaustible yeinforcements. On the
1nal assault. however. the Japanese
broke badly. throwing away their guns.
cartridge belts and even their boots. to
facilitate their flight. and leaving 1000
dead or wounded.
Our surgeons worked heroicaily.
impartially aiding japanese and Rus
SLAMS. Tho Japanese were so touched
that they tearfully thanked the Rus
sian surgeons.
The assault on Green hills was re-
peated on July 27th. and there were
frequent hand-to-hnnd encounters. the
Russians leaving the trenches to follow
their enemies.
THE assaults OF July 2sth and csth
on Wolf hills were not followed up.
the Japanese being too severely shak-
| en-. We evacuated the Wolf hills chief
ly for strategic purposes. Us the hills
made the line Of defense too long to ef-
fectuaiiy Withstand the furious attacks
Of the Japanese.
The assault Of July Goth was made
In the darkness Of night. In the hope
Of surprising tho Russians. Sixty
thousand men were hurled against l3.-
| 00O. but we drove them back again and
again ut tho point Of the bayouet. II
was another Shipka paSs.
The japanese poured In fresh bat
tallons and tho slopes. covered with
the dead and tho dying. literally ran
with blood.
Our Thirtrcnth regiment was forced
from It's position. but the Fourteenth
regiment came up and with tho bayo-
net again disiodecd the viciors.
As near ~ can bc nEecrtAin~d this
assault cas-, tho Japan-~r 10000 mon.
Tho Japanese io1sc~ since the sie.o BE-
gan have been 5000 m~a. The cx-
plaslon of one mine wiped out 5000.
This VAS an awful sight. A volcano
Of stones dismemb~r-d the bodies Of
the soidi~rs. while tho sky vas iit up
with = purple Eiarc and the mud walls
Of the Chinese villages were thrown
down by the shock. After this night
G~arfai sio~xs~i collected 10000 Japa-
CSC rnes.
The japanese Installed twenty siege
| guns on the Wolf hills August hth.
-Four of ,aesr are t~eire-insh guns.
They have not yet reached our shore
taiicrics. which arc still out Of range.
bot they have damaged the drydock
aud tho railway station.
The japanese arc mapping the
town by sections fof tho purpose Of
bombafdm~n, and they arc assisted In
this task by = Chinese engineer. Who
recently deserted to them.
The japanese hrv an average Of so
shells daily and the, keep up their nss
10th day and night