The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-05

beyond descri2tiorrsa and only a rem
nant of the defending army is left.
STORY OF TIE GREAT SIEGE.
Began February 8 Last and Had Been
Closely Pressed Since May 81.
The siege of Port Arthur began With
Togo's attack on the fleet there, the
night of February s last. Actual in
vesfmant by both land and sea@hus
dated from lay - tie day when the
Japanese took Nansllan in 4 series CT
assaults Which constituted the first
great achievement Of the Japanese on
land. From that time the japanese
plan developed rapidly NoSi pressed
southwark to Port Arthur. Controlling
Nanshan, the southern M of the PEN
insula was cut off from communication
with the north. 1t was the Japanese
plan to hold Off Kuropatkin's army
with forces which had crossed the,
Yalu or landed at points on the noHtn-
ern part of the Lao Tung peninsula,
while Nogi should press south 10 invest
Port Arthur.
stoesseI,s Great Fight.
After their victory at Nanshan hill
the Japanese were ccafideEl OF the
fortress early fall. So was she rest OF
IN ND'ib, Wv Sii lSlGoii JSliISs dtSjlClIu-
ent. This Japanese again ;uld again
announced the date of the c.ty's fall
Dut it didn't fall. s5toessel had other
arrangements. Togo's fleet ~bombarded
the city for weeks from the sea and
made little progress. 1t became plain
that it must be captured from the land
side, II on June 81 Nogi began press
ing determinedly from that direction.
Since then the siege has been Il sue
cession of terrific assaults. The Kwan
Tung peninsula is very rough and
mountainous, and the Russians had
every commanding hill or mountain
fortified One by one the japanese.
taken these. The losses have probably
been as large as IN any siege III the
worlds history.
Loss of the Pctropav!ovsk.
On April IS the Russian fleet was
lured outside the harbor, and then
driven back by the terrific assault of
the Japanese battleships. The splendid
battleship P~etropavlovsE, with Admiral
Makaroff and $50 men. struck a mine
and went down. Again on August 10
the Inflated fleet went out and tried 10
escape. Such of h vessels as did not
go back We're destroyed or driven into
neutral ports; the rest went back, only
to be pounded to pieces by the Japa-
nese and batteries from 203 Meter hill,
III 4 commanding nOS1VInn mad
been captured.
Capture of Meter Hill.
hill cost Moi TX 0no ,,an ~ ,.;Jioa
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