Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
Russian Reports Of japanese
Assaults on Port Arthur.
GEN. OYAMA PRESENT
PORT DALNY SAID TO BE FILLED
WITH WOUNDED.
Hundreds of Guns Continue to Pour
a Destructive Fire on the
City.

CHEFOO, August c5.-Russian advices
received here say that the japanese as
saults on Port Arthur August y and %
We're repulsed with tremendous losses. 1t
Is added that the attempt Of the japanese
to capture Fort No. / cost them 10000 men,
and that their attack on Fort Etseshan re-
suited in their losing 1900 men killed or
wounded Port Dalny is said to be filled
with wounded men.
The Japanese are hiring laborers here for
service on the Lao Tung peninsula.
1t is reported that the Japanese are OBJ
tanning provisions through the port of Wei
Hai-Wei.
LAO YANG, August 25.-Field Marshal
Oyama, the japanese commander-in-chief,
is understood to be with the besiegers of
Port Arthur.
DELAYED Russian Advices.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 25.-The
emperor has received a dispatch from
Viceroy Alexieff, dated August "a, saying
that Gen. Stoessel reports from Port Ar
thur, August 10, that at 4 80 in the morn
ing of that day the Japanese began an
assault on Uglovoi Hill and opened a
fierce bomba rdment on the fortifications
en- the north and east fronts with their
batteries on Wolf Hills.
The japanese, he adds. are digging
trenches in front of Suyshin and along
the entire Lunkhe (Tiger) valley.
Japanese Reports.
TOKYO, August 25.-Hundreds of Jap
anese guns continue to pour a destructive
fire into the city and harbor, along the
lines of forts and intrenchments, pre-
paratory for the infantry assault. 1t is
evident that the Russian lines have been
weakened and partly penetrated in the
vicinity of Autzshen and Itzshan forts.
The entire line of Russian defenses i'm
medately about the harbor are within
range of the Japanese guns. A number of
Russian forts and batteries continue to
be vigorous The Japanese death roll will
be heavily increased before they are cap
tured.
The direction of the Japanese attack
creates the impression that the city and
defenses on either side of the harbor en-.
be made at Lao Tsan. japanese official
channels of information. remain closed, and
the navy departments announcement OF
the striking Of mine by the battle ship
sian forts by the cruisers Nisshin and
Kasuga are the only disclosures made for
several days.
1t is believed here that both sides have
suffered heavy losses, and that the final
record will make the siege the bloodiest
since Sedan. The japanese are supremely
confident OF the ultimate result The peO-
pie are everywhere decorating streets and
houses and erecting arches and flagstaffs
in preparation for national celebra tion
of the expected victory.
The Wreck Of the Sevastopol
Further details of the disabling of the
Russian battle ship Sevastopol have been
received here. 1t seems that on Tuesday
afternoon while engaged In shelling the
Japanese land forces from a position out
side of Port Arthur the battle ship struck
a mine and was disabled by the explosion.
She was towed into Port Arthur. The
japanese battle ship Asahi was detailed to
watch the Sevastopol. Her commander re-
ports that the Russian ship emerged from
Port Arthur Tuesday morning and CO.
operated with certain Russian batteries in
bombarding Japanese forces on shore. This
firing had been kept up for several hours
when the Sevastopol suddenly struck a
submerged mine. The explosion caused her
to list heavily to starboard, and at the
same time she lurched forward almost
burying her bow She was towed back
into Port Arthur by tug.
Admiral Kataoka reports that the jap
anese cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga fired
upon the Russian forts Tuesday. They dis
covered that the Russians were sheIling
the Japanese land forces from a position
near Lungtsintsz The Nisshin and the
Kasuga steamed in close to land and after
a short bombardment silenced the Russian
guns.