The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-03

to them, but they did not give answer,
onlyHs staring duinby, S n II 5S III
SE8 t,l,ho lack Y of nmmuniti on@a lone would
not have suggested the seeking Of terms.
Scantaammunition hnd long been common
lin the fortress, and during tho past month
many of the forts had nothing with which
to return the fro or the enemy. 3 Z
1.-THE Russians SIT iii he classmates
firing not more than once to tho ( two
hundred shots sent by the japanese.
AVhcn&the assault came tEey repl,lsed tho
enemy with baSonets. But tho men;
themselves, & having existed s53 for three
months on reduced rntlons, 5wero 50 worn
that tbs marvellous they stood the final
strain so long. l n 4: a$ 5s is sS 85I3l
Valiant Stoessel. s %
5ts..ttYesterday General Stoessel would still
Tight Ills wound, HI which wis received
carly III I he siege, had been botherlnG
him, but his determination TO n ght while
one man stood had not been diminished.
But We cannot fight, said his %gei1-
erals. Our mel, cannot move. They sleep
standing. They cannot sec he loayonets
|atfthcir breasts We can order butt
cannot obey Fl VI III III
$SSS,...st&"'rhen you generals fight said stoes-
| sci, clenchlng hls fists, & "a.
5a5"Ito5 seemed ! fnnatic nl on 8tho subject,
but finally $le was brought to SEQ reason
by tho insistence of his subordinatcs..
Admrals LochnslSy and 1Yiron, g enc rails
Smirnoff and "a lrock, and man u others
sometimes withGbroken yo iccs,surged tho
step WHITEHALL dreaded 50 long.
4s II &am sure Port Arthur would have
sought terms u month ngo had ttnot been
for General Stoessel who with bull dog
tonaclty, steadily refused to permit such
action to Il DO Il ia ken. $8s He had told his
Emperor that c:wonld never surrender
and meant to keep his word !. 5% ID 4. 1.
.Thc greatest loss suffered by Port
Arthur occurred q fortnight ago, when
Maior- General 1lrondratenko was killed
Officers and men alike regarded him q 8
tho brightest star In Port Arthur's firm
ament. When his death became known
tho fall in tho splrits&of the sold iers was
plainly visible. IN 3;;3;3 *, 3i X
&$"Geheinl ii Iondra tcako was seated In
the cascnlate OF d certain fort discussing
with seven other officers the best way
Of countcrmining against the Japanese,
whenian II inch shell burst, killing cvory-
body III the casemava
@"Gencral Nogl has taken PORT Arthur
with his artillery and his tunnels. Ills
rifle bullets were seldom found to be OF
any. Use. h 5riBi a " I'M. III "a &
8g.'NNc constantly endured n lombard
IIlcNl ~
Japanese periodically, assaulted and then
| IL rcpulsed. they calmly resumed their
|bombnrlments. "a 5Ss ],
Commander a Prisoner
"Wc, who came here to-day do not
| know The terms OF surrender suggested by
General Stoessel to General Nogl nor
the answer TO them, having left Port
Arthur even before tho messenger had
bccn dispatched. The general impression.
however, is that gStoesscl has proposed
that the army 20 FREQ and that lie alone
he made u prisoner. Even that concession
. seemed ITO wrench out tho sturdy old
/ mans heart. ,sf3lg E5 III Re-
"We still haye some ammunition and
some guns on Liaoti mountain. but that
mountain is not adapted for tho best
defense from the land side and the jap
anesc would find It's capture easier tnan
i the other tasks they have attempted.
4 Tigers Tail Peninsula has TO be similar
4 ~ viewed and Golden I'LL has been With
out ammunition for three months. 1t Is
a simple story. HID the ammunition
4 held out, the fortress would have held out
4 indefinitely. For months we held Por,
Y Arthur by bayonets alone, until flesh
q and blood could do no more, When q
n man fell there was none other to replace
a him, Thus the GARRISON was gradually
worn down. Two Hundred and Three
Meter Hill alone cost us Ave Thousand
men. The capture of that hill was tho
Q beginning of the end"