Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04

embodied m a supplementary compact.
The supplementary compact shall have
the same force as this compact
ARTICLE II. One copy each Of this
compact shah be prepared by the Jap
anese and Russian armies and It shall
have immediate effect upon the sigma
ture thereto"
stoessel Reports to Emperor
The text OF General stoessers dis
patches follows:
on December 2S the general wrote:
"The position OF the fortress is becom-
ing very painful our principal enemies
are scurvy, which is moving down the
men, and eleven-inch shells, which
know no obstacle and against which
there is no protection.
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
passive endurance of the enemys bonn
bardment, the eleven-inch shells. the
impossibility OF replying for want OF
ammunition, the outbreak of scurvy
and the loss of a mass OF officers-all
these causes diminish daily the capa-
bilities of the defense and the tale Of
losses of higher officers is an indication
Of the enormous losses we have sus-
tanned.
"Of ten generals, two, Kondratenko
and Tserpitzky. have been killed. Raz-
notvsky is dead. two are wounded,
myself and Gannadeer. while Gorbat-
owsky is suffering from contusions.
Many Officers Lost
"Of nine regimental commanders and
colonels, Prince Matchabeli Naoumenko
has been killed, Dourie and Glagolew
have succumbed to wounds and four
others have been wounded. one lieu
tenant colonel has been killed and two
are wounded.
Among the artillery Colonel Ramon
was wounded, Colonel Peterhoff was
killed and six officers were wounded.
Among the other high officers there
was an enormous percentage of killed
or several times wounded. Many COM
panies are commanded by ensigns and
the companies only average sixty men
strong.
"The Japanese since December rs
have refrained from assaulting. Yes
terday they exploded mine under the
fortifications of Fort No. 5, and about
score OF hardy Japanese mounted
the ramparts, but were exterminated
by bayonets and hand grenades.
''There are 1900 sick and wounded
in the hospitals, and the number in
creases by about 200 daily"
Japanese Capture Forts
On December 30 General Stoessel
wrote:
"At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
Japanese blew up part of the parapet
of Fort No 8. They afterwards opened |
a severe bombardment along the whole !
front, but especially on Fort No g.
''At about o'clock in the afternoon
they dashed to the attack of the para
pet from the moat and glacis, where
they had been held in readiness. Two
attacks were repulsed, but the Japa-
nese occupied the funnel-shaped open
ing formed by the explosion and REIN
forced by their reserves began to run
across the moat in groups of about
five.
"They occupied the parapet and at +!
dusk two battalions had entered the
interior of the fort. Our troops fought /
from the entertainments which were
badly damaged. Part of our troops hid
in the classmates but the
Japanese placed machine guns in front
of the exit of the casemates, thus de-
priving our men hidden there of all
of making an attack.
Scurvy Attacks Army
"Three counter attacks from the out
side by our reserves met with no sue
cess. The fort consequently remained
in the possession of the Japanese. Our
losses were considerable, especially in
officers. The survivors of the garri- |
son succeeded in getting out of the fort
by the windows.
"By the occupation of this fort the !
Japanese became masters of the whole
north front and the fortress can hold
out only few days more. We have
almost no ammunition. I will take
measures to prevent carnage in the
streets.
"Scurvy is sensibly weakening the
garrison. L have now under arms
only 10000 men, all sick.
Generals Fock and Nikitina have
been veritable heroes and admirable
collaborators.'
Gen. Stoessels reports of December
2S and 20, painting the narrowing pic
ture of the depleted and exhausted gar
lison fighting on hopelessly, were post
ed on the bulletin boards this after
roon and attracted enormous crowds,
whose grief at the fall of the fortress
was swallowed up by admiratich fori
the heroic defenders.
No Disturbance in City