The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-05
ATTACKS HAVE
BEEN REFUSED
Japanese Unable to. Take Pori
Arthur by Storm.
GARRISON WORN AND WEARY
STILL THERE IS NO THOUGHT OF
SURRENDER.

Chefoo, Sept 4. 10 p. n.=-The second
general assault. on Port Arthur as
sumed crushing proportions Aug. % and
continued undated until the morning
Of Aug. 81. when the Japanese retired
everywhere except from Palichuang.
which they have apparently firmly Sc
cured. This information comes from a
Chinese messenger sent to Port Arthur
! by the Associated Press, and IL con-
firms previous fragmentary adViees,
The messenger adds that Itzshan was
! re-attacked Aug. 80 with great fury,
but the japanese were unable to secure
a position.
Another Chinese, whO departed from
Port Arthur Sept. ?, says that a fierce
assault was made on the left flank at
3 o'clock in the morning OF that day.
The assault lasted until a. m, when
the Japanese retired. The lombard
ment then recommended, the japanese
firing chiefly from Suishiying and Pa
liehuang, the Russians from Antszshan.
Japs Lost the Most Men.
The japanese losses, according to the
Russian estimate, were 5000 during the
four tiays from Aug. q TO Aug. 81. The
Russian losses are placed at 5000. Dur
ing the assault shells from the field
guns and rife bullets fell in. the city
The Russian ships i'm the harbor par
! ticipated occasionally in the firing.
A reliable authority in touch with
events at Port Arthur declares that a
week ago the garrison numbered ap-
proXimately $4,000. Accepting the Chi
nese report Of the recent losses, the
efficient men now number $4,000. The
past weeks adVices confirm previous
deductions that the japanese are bend
ing their fiercsst energy to secure an
inSress along the railroad. 1tZshan,
Rhlungshan. Palungshan, Antszshan
and other positions frequently men-
! toned, sustaining the most desperate
and repeated assaults and lombard
meuts, all directly or indirectly, block
the plan Of the japanese.
Will Take Time.
The arrangement Of the forts afford
/ ing MUTUAL support renders the Japan
csc scheme exceedingly difficult of exc
| CUtioG. No japanese have been near
Liaoti promOntOry for some time. The
} Japanese now expect, 1t is stated. two
/ months or possibly more Of fighting
! before the. fortress is. taken. They give
the garrison no rest. Assaults 30 SOON
er cease than the artillery increases
! It's thunder. Inc garrison IS SAID 10 De
greatly worn and weary. but deter
mined TO continue resistance. always
hoping that General Kuropatkln Will
soon gain sufficient strength TO come
to their relief.
The Russians in Chefoo fear that the
recent Japanese victory at Lao Yang
will have a despairing effect on the
Port Arthur garrison when they learn
OF it, When this information will
reach them is uncertain, as the Japan
csc blockade is very tight. The Asso
ciated Press messenger was put to
work carrying Russian dead anu
wounded upon entering Port Arthur.
He escaped Thursday and boarded a
: junk, which gas promptly Overhauled
by japanese torpedo boat destroyers.
Finding seven copies Of the Port Ar
thur Novikrai concealed on the mes =
Senger, the japanese took him to alny,
where he claims that he was beaten and
suspended by the queue for the pur-
pose OF compelling him. to admit that
he was a spy. He was finally recOS-
lnized by n Chinese official interpreter,
who secured his release.