Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-18
|STOtSS[l'S SAD STORY.
DETAIL or DISPATCHES JUST
BEFORE P0RT ARTnUR'S FALL
DAILY Loss or 700 FROM scuRvv
HOW THE JAPANESE CAP.
TuRup VARIOUS
FORTS,

NJ, Petersburg, jan T. - General
s,ocauole dispatches, by way Of Che,
too, To the general stan relate how tho
position Vt the torlrcap " Port Arthur |
nrndunlly became more and moru crit. |
lcnl, the ruyancu Ut Hrurvy Increasing |
enormously the casualty list, already
~ considerable from the Japanese AZ.
nnulis aud bombnrdmcnta, Toward
the cnd OF the ycnr the supplies VI am. |
munltion completely gave out, there
were $4,000 alck aud wounded IN the
hospitals aud 700 lrreh casualties com,
ing In daily The General reports that
VI the end or the siege he had only TO-.
600 men undor arms, the remainder NJ
the original harrison having either
been killed az disabled,
sourvy and plu shells,
The text NJ General St0oaaolR dis.
patches followH,
On December sslh the General wrote
"rho position NJ the fortress IN bocom.
lnn very painful our principal enc.
niles are Hcnryy which II moving
down men, Rnd lllnoh shells, which
know no obstacle aud against which
ihoro " No protection, There only 70.
| main u few who have not been NJ.
tucked by HCuryy We have lakop all
the possible measures, but the dleOaBo
" spreading The passive endurance
OF The oncmyH bomhnrlmont, tho
olcNcn'inch Hholls, the ImpossIbllI,y Of
roplylnR Tor want NJ ammunition, tho
| oulblunl, ~ Hrllryy aud tho lOaa Of "A
mass ~ olilccrs=Rll these causes dlml.
hlHh daily the cnpnbllltloR Of the do.
Tense, nnh tho tale ~ losses 0f higher
oihcorB " m Indication Of the ouor.
nous LOSSES wo have sustained Or ten
Generals, two, kondrnlcnko ana Tnor.
pli2hy have been klllod Tingnowaky
" dead, two are wounded myself and
ti0nnndoora while GOrbniowsky IN sur.
f,rlnR from COMMISSIONS, OF nine rogi.
mental commanders and Colonies,
Prince Mntchnbell Nnoumcnlo hay
been killed. DOuro ana ungOloW buy.
succumbod 10 wounds, and four others
Rave been wounded. One Lieutenant.
Colonel has bcon killed aud two are
wounded"
Capture OF the Forts.
On December goth, General Stooasol
wroici ~ 10 O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing the Jnpanosc blow 40 part OF
The pnrnDoi Of Fort No. g. They after.
ward opened n severe b0mbardment
nloDg Tho Who'll" front, but especially on
FORT No, .. AZ about . O'Clock In tho
afternoon they dnshed 10 the attack OF
the DnrnDct from the Bi0nt and gIacis,
where they had been held In readiness,
Two attacks were ropuIgod but tho
JnpaDcse occupied the funnclshapod
opening formed by The explosion, ana,
REINFORCED by their reserves. began 10
run across the moat In groups Of about
I'VE, They occupied the parapcl, ana
~ dark two bntinjiOBs had entered tho
Interior ~ the fort.
our troops fought from the On.
U"Bchmo1ia, which we're badly dam.
aged. Part ~ our troops hid them.
Solves IN the easements, but the jap.
aboso placed machine guns IN front Of
the exit ~ the easements, thus Dc.
pflylDg our men hidden there Of ali |
possibility ~ making an attack. Three
counter attacks from the outside by !
our reserves md with no success. Tho
fort consequently remained 10 tho pos.
session ~ this Japanese. Our losses
we're considerable, especially In on. |
ecrs. The survivors ~ tho harrison
succeeded IN getting out Of the fort by |
~" wlbdOWs ~ the occupation Of |
tbs fort the japanese became mastGyg
VI III" whole north 'front.'. 8ad the fort
rcss ran hold on only low DAYS
Borf We bsy" almost no ammunL |
ton, ! VIII tab" measures 70 prevent
carnage In the streets,
"btnryy II scnsIbly weakening tho
garrison ! has" nov under arms only
lOWO mon, ~ slck, D.BetaIs pock 1
nbd Hihltlnh have been yeri,ablc 10
r6rs ana admirable colIaborators.
Horrors Of the Lsst Days.
Among tbS artillery Col, ItamOa
was wounded, COZ poteTbOn WIS bliL
% ana sls officers were wounded
among the other blgh officers therol
Fhs ~ enormous percentage OF Killed
Or several Umos wounded. Many com.
paDl"s hto commanded by cHslgDg, and
W" companies only average sixty mon
strong.
The japanese since December 18Th
have RETAINED from sgsauItIng. Yes
terday thoy exploded q mino under Tho
iort'hcaflons Of Fort 3, and about a
sc6rc NJ hardy japanese mounted tho
ranbars, but we're exermlnated BIZ