New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-14
Attacked the Chinese.

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ON January 9 General Nogi came in
touch with the Chinese and the follow
jnC morning at dawn he attacked tho
eueny's forces. Two detachments as
sailed their TANKS. while the main BODY
led by General Nogi himself, attacked
them in front After stiff fight the
, Chinese finally broke and retreated In
confusion. followed by the victorious Jap
anese, who occupied Kaiping. The Jap
anese losses were 80 killed and 2SS wound
ed IL had not been intended that Gen
eral Nogi should actually attempt the
capture Of Kaiping with his COMPARE
lively small force. Lieutenant General
Katsura. with the Third Division Of the
First Army. was to have co-operated. but
his troops did not arrive In time, and
General Nogi assaulted and captured the
place unaided. On the following day,
when General Katsuras scouts ap-
preached Kaiping. they were delighted 70
find 1t occupied by their comrades.
In the subsequent operations of the
war General Nog bore a distinguished
part. At its close he revisited Port Ar
thur and made close, technical study
Of the position of the forts and OF the
whole OF the Liso-tung Peninsula He af-
terward compiled a treatise on the sub
ject for the use OF the War once.
When hostilitles broke out between ia
pan and Russia, therefore, il was the
logical thing that General Nogi should be
selected to head the land forces in the
second attack on the citadel he had
studied so thoroughly. The appointment
was at the time the highest honor in the
gift Of the Mikado. The result was the
downfall OF Port Arthur on January .,
1905. after a siege OF nearly year. In
that siege the japanese commander sac
riAced two Of his own sons.
The features of General Nogl's con-
duct Of this memorable siege were the
admirable skill which he displayed, the
infinite resource and inventiveness which
the stubborn and unprecedented character
of the defence called forth. and his alb
ing out the objects he had in view
His Work at Port k-shur.
The fighting around Port Arthur began
N February, 1904, but II was not till May
r that the japanese control Of the terri
tory became such that General Nogi was
able 10 begin effective assaults on the out
works Of the city, On that day, with utter
disregard Of the number Of his men sacri-
feed, he succeeded in capturing several
advantageous positions and few OF the
eastern defences. On June 10 he took
Fort No. IS.
In the mean time Kouropatl<n had been
effectively blocked from any possibility Of
relieving the beleaguered city. and oper-
atoms at sea had shown that no hope
lay In the Russian navy. There followed
blow after blow by General Nogi's forces
Time and again the japanese troops, after
suffering appalling slaughter, would capt
ure an outwork. only TO find that more
difficult and dangerous work lay beyond
Still the japanese general never paused
10 consider the cost BY the most severe
lighting they succeeded in taking Wolf
Hill on July 80. and two days later can't
ured Shan-Tai-Kan, an important defence
and By continuing their attacks drove the
Russians back on their inner lines.
General Nogi then sent a flag OF trpce
10 General Stoessel advising the removal
OF non-conbatants and the surrender Of
the fortress. On the Russian Generals
refusal the attack was renewed with
greater ferocity and continued through
August and September. Then Nogi con-
Quoted a general assault, but was re-
pulsed with terrible loss TO his army.
On the Emperor's borthday. November
%. NoSi made another assault, but sue
cceded only in taking "a number of hills
and single fort. After taking two more
important posts, Nogi made three unsuc-
cossfui assaults on November %.
But with the capture Oh November 20 OF