Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-12-07
CLOSING IN
ON FORTRESS
Mikado's Forces Take Another
Strategic Point .. Entire Rus
sian Squadron Out Of Com
mission.
SIEGE GUNS AT MUKDEN
Preliminary Offensive Movement oi
Japanese Believed to Have
Begun There.

Toxic, Dec. 1.-THE japanese troop
occupied Alaska Hill fronting on Por
Arthur yesterday, December 9Th. Th'
Russian armored cruiser Bayan is re
ported to be aground.
Confirm Destruction of Battleships.
Toxic, Dec. 1.-THE headquarters O
the Japanese army in front of Port Ar
thur has reported confirming the dis
abling of the Russian battleships Ret
vizan and Poltava and stating that thu
cruiser Bayan is aground.
Conducting Destructive Bombard
ment.
Toxic, Dec. 1.-THE commander o.
the Japanese naval guns in front Of
Port Arthur telegraphing December
9Th, says: observations taken Decem
Der 9Th covered the results of the bonn
bardment of December 5th. We are
now taking observations from hill
near Shuishi Ying Since December 2
we have daily bombarded the enemy's
fleet lying south of Paiyu Mountain.
From that point only the masts and
funnel tops of the battleships Pobieda,
Retvizan and the cruiser Pallada could
be seen, but it was impossible to count
the number of our shells taking effect"
Che Foo Without News.
Che Foo, Evening, Dec. 7.-Che Foo
is again without news regarding the
operations at Port Arthur.
Terrific Cannonading at Mukden.
Pekin, Dec. 7-Mukden reports a
tremendous noise caused by cannonad-
ing around Poutiloff Hill and the rail-
way, which began December 9Th in the
morning and reached its height be-
tween three and five o'clock in the af-
ternoon. 1t was unlike anything of the
kind ever heard before except at Port
Arthur. The effect is due to the con-
stantly increasing number of siege guns
of large calibre, all of which seemed
to be in use yesterday. It is reported
to be the preliminary of the Japanese
offensive movement.
Fuel Problem Solved.
Mukden, Dec. 1.-THE question of
fuel, which promises to create i'm
mense difficulties is now in fair way
to being happily solved by the use of
coal from the Fushun mines, which are
now being worked. There is sufficient
coal at Fushun to supply the army and
the half million dugouts along the
front are we'll adapted for the use of
coal.
Several Minor Encounters.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 7.-KurOpatkin
in telegram to the Emperor mentions
the Japanese attack on the villages of
Sinchinpu and Soudianin, both of
which were repulsed and an unim-
portant outpost affair on the right
wing, when the Russians routed and
bayonetted the Japanese guard.
Trying to Save Coal.
Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 1.-THE Rus
sian cruiser Dnieper, the transport Ok
can and two torpedo boat destroyers
sailed eastward today. The Dnieper
Wv GU luC uCOCI w III VI uCl W CCOll-
omize in the use of COAL The Russian
war vessels have now all left this port.
Russia Has Plenty of Soldiers.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-THE military
strength of Russia is still untouched
by the present war, according to the
official report of the war Office OF
764 districts there has been thus far
only partial mobilization in 423 dis
tricts, and in "a of the latter only a
few categories were touched. In none
are the reserves exhausted The reg
ular establishment include the guard
and grenadier corps, two cavalry corps
and % regular corps, exclusive of two
in Caucasus, two in Turkestan and
the Siberian corps Ten of these corps
are now at the front. Four more Eu-
ropean corps and five rifle brigades are
also under orders to fill up three ar
mics to 100000 men each. The pres
ent plans contemplate the use of only
eight of the q regular European
corps.