The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-04
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enemies is scurvy, which is moving
down the men and eleven inch
shells which know no obstacle and
against which there is no shield.
There only remain a few who have
not been attacked by ScurVy. We have
taken all the possible measures, but
the disease is spreading. The pas
sive endurance of the enemy's bonn
bardment, the elevn inch shells, the
impossibility of replying for want Of
ammunition, the outlook of scurvy
and the loss of mass of officers, all
these causes diminish daily the capa-
bilitieS of the defense. The tale
of the losses of higher officers is an
indication of the enormous losses we
have sustained. OF ten generals two,
Kondratenko and Tserpitsky have
been killed, Raznatovsky is dead, two
are wounded. myself and Gennadeire,
While Gorbatowsky is suffering from
contusions. OF nine regimental COM
manders and colonies, Prince Match
abeli Naoumenko has been killed,
Douire and Glagolew have succumbed
to wounds and four others have been
wounded. One lieutenant colonel has
been killed and two are wounded.
among the field artillery Colonel
Irman was wounded, Colonel Peter
OF was killed and six officers were
Wounded Among the other high Off
GERS there was an enormous percent
age of Killed or several times wound
ed Many companies are command
ed by ensigns and the companies aV-
erage sixty men strong.
'TThe japanese since December Is,
have refrained from assaulting. eYs-
terday they exploded mine under
the walls of Fort No. 5, and about
score of hardy Japanese mounted the
dampart, but were eXterminated by
bayonets ana hand grenades. In
revenge the Japanese bombarded all
night long and all day long with eleven
inch shells and especially the hos
pitfalls and ambulances, although know
ing full we'll that there was no pos
sibility of our wounded heroes join
ing the ranks OF the defenders.
"There are $4,000 sick and wound
ed in the HOSPITALS and the number
increases by about 700 daily.
Capture Of Fort No. 3,
on December 20 General Stoessel
wrote:
"At 10 o'clock yesterday morning
the japanese blew UP part of parapet
OF Fort no. 3. They afterward opened
a severe bcmbardment along the whole
front out especially ON Fort NO. 8.
At about O'Clock in the afternoon
pct from the meat, where they had
been held in readiness. Two attacks
were repulsed but the Japanese occu-
lied the funnel shaped holes formed
t,y the explosion and reinforced by
their reserves began to run across the
meat in groups of about i've. TheS
occupied the parapet and at dusk two
battalions had entered the inter or on
the fort Our trOps fought from the
entertainments which Wcre badly dam
aged Part of oar troops hid them
selves i'm the easements but the Jap
anese placed machine guns in front
81 tho exit from the easements thus
GcpriVmg our men hidden there OF al
possib lily OF making an attack. Three
counter attacks from the outside by
our reserves met with no success. The
consequently remained in POSSESSION
If the Japanese. Our losses were
considerable, especially IN "ihcefS'
the survivors OF the garrison sue
cccded in gett ng out of the fort by
the windows.
BY the occupation of this fort the
japanese became masters of the whole
northern front and the fortress can
aoi dout only Il few days more vs.
have almost no ammunition. ] viii
take measure 10 prevent carnage In
the streets.
''Scurvy is seEsibly weakening the
gar14 son. / have not under arms
more than 10 coo men, all SICK
Generals Fock and Nikit.na have
been ve1itahle heroes and admirable
collaborators.
narrowing Pictures.
General Stocssors reports Oh De
cembar 2&th aud 18th, painting the
narrowing picture OF the depleted and
exhausted garrison fighting on hope
essiy. were posted on the bulletin
boards this afternoon and attracted
enormous crowds whose grief at the
all OF fortress was swallowed up by
admiration for the heroic defenders.
he war officers and admiralty We're
soon besieged b ygrief-strcken rela-
tives and friends OF those at Port Ar
thur eagerly asking for news but the
;taffs were compile teiy without details
and could give noe.
The city is perfectly quiet, the agi-
tatorS finding that tho people we're IN
% mood for demands against the gov
cfnmcnt. II is presumed that the EN-
reror is already acqua. nted with the
ietails OF the terms of the surrender
t being assumed that Stoessel was al
owed TO communicate with His Maj
9sty, but the war office is still without
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