The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1904, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1904 DR. A LS, MP-ROOT. 5 R TO LUR Rt-\DERb' PRESENT WEEK WILL DECIDE PORT ARTH G War Writer Says Japan’s Vic- WAR BULLETINS. tory-WaS Complete. : | ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 10.—The | general staff frankly admits that, whether General Kuropatkin intends | to remain at Mukden or not. the trans- | port and baggage and a portion of the | ! : CHEFU, Sept. 10.—The Novi Krai | of Port Arthur, in its issue of sep-l tember 3, apparently confirms preflous noted & decided ng Swamp-Root 'Send§ First Connected Ac- srengies) count of Late Battle. cured and | my for ter and he pronounced it all | = - reports to the effect that a Japanese sht & Splentid w:::::?\-nw ts| LIAOYANG, Sept. 4, via Tientsin, |th du;('-r"e 1p§ax;:..hmax 'rel“‘xfl was sunk while laying mines off ! CHEFU, Sept. 19, 10 p. m.—General I know that your RN & s §|F D t thetr own. Nogi'" | 2 X September 10.—The Japanese’ at §| egun to ho! Port Arthu ‘ 0gi's next ‘assault upon Port Arthur, ely vegetable and does mot - contain ea|B ™ the Atternotathe o1 r on August 31 . ; o'clock yesterday evening discover which may occur early next week, will drugs. Thssking you . lete revovery and recommending rapnel fire was confined to the - that the Russians had evacuated Liao- | at Chiatantun. Fahuds' e ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 10.—The be directed chiefly against the Rih- Swamp -P.o:'i':? .a..::uvfle-'fl Lam. { yang and at 11 o’clock they sent scout- ,uthhg every hillock | cruiser Izumrud has._been commis- |!UPgshan and Kikwanshan forts, L C RICHARDSON. |ing parties to the southern and west- The Japanese made | sioned and has joined the squadron at | Which are the strongest forts on the | You ¥ Beave s sample bottle of this | eTn walls of the city. "At 3 o'clock but unaucceuful_ assaults | Kronstadt. The latter will safl for northeast® flank. This information is | w remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- "‘x.\ morning the troops of the vic- o The fighting of !he;ug,.u to-morrow. derived from an unquestionable author- | also ! torious army quiet o a close at 7 o'clock In ity,’ who has just finished a visit over lan casualties I'l totaled more | i the Japanese line around the forts and MUKDEN, Sept. 8. via Peking. S€P-| conversed with the Japapese officers, tember 10.—The rear guard of the | who allowed him to make personal ob- Russian army, which has been nndfri servations. The elevation of Rih- fire for a week, has succeeded in bring- | lungshan is 330 fest. Three hundred | ing most of its transport and guns '\ards away, on the same range, is an- | through here. The Japancse are com- | ;;rhhr' s m‘“‘h‘ l°::: ‘h:l‘ bp‘om' s ngshan protects it m 1 m- ey S :ng by the ‘;‘mlma‘d.K“:':i l:‘:‘:‘::lba ment except that from Etzshan | 4 by infantry | 0rce under General and Kikwanshan. This hill is part of ¢ and me low | the hills to the east of here. | @ section which the Chinese call Pali- Tk ?) gar R L elling all about s--.-:r-R'k“ Swamp- cupied Lisoyang, a low rangeof d south of e northern | | days of glorious fighting. After General Kuroki had note march of the Tenth Russian | Corps, which he had ar the Anping road to the { WAy to join the Russian ¢ General Nodzu had ] Kaofengsh!, he ticned on.the An cheng roads. He to | suffictently strong force on wangcheng road, | extreme right, snd | Nodsu, who was p Jsrmese center army along ‘hiafang and south roads, Mengchiafang. ‘.us__mr. ui W Swamp- the address. Bi every bottle norning of force: =chua::g. in the capture of which the | ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 10.—The [ Japanese lost many Jives. Here the s { Emperor has received the following | Japanese have strengthened two forts h‘dlSpa.L-h from General Kuropatkin, r-r:;";xou‘zly ’;‘e"“c‘“'geem mub‘ d:i: o @ s | patches 2s having n establish :’I‘;:: :I:‘:"‘:’lhe :p“he:“;:“iw‘: | This position is the foundation for the . S Japanese preparations for the mext) ns and the enemy showed no per- | i general assauit. ., | ceptible activity on September 8§ or 9. THe work of co <- | Heavy rains continue, which do not|advancing rap ! permit of the roads drying or of their | fre wrxich the diggers are compelled o o to endure. Preparations for the as- being repaired. sault on Kikwanshan are proceeding in | a similar fashion, although the Japa- DOMESTIC HELP and | SITUATION WANTED l advertisements. | i . | | fighting at n| on Gene: to ! WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The Jap—l REAL ESTATE and BUSINESS m S B =S S they were sur- ! earest battery bearing cse. | At the ona | Anese legation to-day received,the fol- | directly on this fort are somewHat | lowing dispatch from Tokio: “Marshal | Oyama reports that our right army oc- | i(‘l!phd Yentai colliery and \‘alnek‘nls: Hill after the fighting of the 4th and | more distant than those at Palichuang are from Rihlungshan. HILLS SHIELD JAPANESE. The range of hills crowned by Kik- sdvertisements in THE CALL. See Pages 40 to 46 | | | | CHANCES | P | | § L { 5th.. The retreat of the cnemy’'s main | wanshan and Rihlungshan Iuve irre- o ¥ o | force is believed to have been re-| LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. | tarded.” are roie\ed every e to get out of Lia":ar.g to 2 F\.V-d and ammunition and s north. i 5 o 3 £ | other supplies are brought them at KUROKI'S FLANK ATTACK. night only, for the reason that the de- It became k tachments are obliged to cross a level | roki was mak stretch before reaching a place ot safety. The Japanese trenches, almost under| the noses of the Russians now, are par- cad at a point | ere. He crossed { this vicinity, under G | now surrounding P = of lead, n‘.d took the sp! fenses at Pensihu w He continued turned the Russian lef ered fifteen effect of its | was _to force the Russian Liaoyang and ret constructed. The Russians en-| constantly to level the incline, ng the projections which afford iter to the Japanese, who in turm| nbard to prevent the Russians suc-| ceeding. There seems little doubt that the as- sault on Rihlungshan and Kikwanshan will be more trying than any that | the R ans have yet resisted. Every- i ng which ingenuity can suggest is ng done by the Japanese to render the attack successful. particular atten- the when the first Japar reign settiement. fteen min- 0ops, hospital attendants, General Kurop of Lisoyang. ed that 1000 own into the the south 'road, where e of the presence of was'& R~i Cross camp. Stakeiberg. tilk facing | 3ble the Japanese to retain the forts 1 in the event that they capture them. | meérchants and other persons in the Among the contrivances to be emp.o\'ed a few Chi ‘arfle numercus heavy movable shields, ing. The J;;n.nm shells | w have been constructed at Dalny | to fall in the set-|and which will be used to afford pro-| Chinese . under the X‘ec tion. Guns and shields will be moved n of Russian rHcev: ‘re'e making | as closely together as possible through he trenches before the assauit is made order that they may be quickly’ { | { } & t_i(k\n f.'\:n‘. Xhe nilrcad sh Japanese shells came fron an, and A R s!:ra:\:)e: turned ion in the coal mining dis-} he east of Yental The impor-| i effect of General Kuroki's the rear of the Russian army arly noticeable this morn- HILL TWICE RETAKEN. :flry a:tuches had to the! h. ¥ left Lbexr Lram at a point ear Yantai and p'\xfi-"ed in the di- of the railread. | was of short turned to his| Rusinns who d them back his command | had lost an impor- eneral Stalkel- | on, only to regain it and facing Géneral Nodzu | ::hen lose it a second time. This greatly army. Gen- | discouraged the Russian soldiers. It is| the late | declared that the immediate and pre- cipitous retreat of the entire Russian army at Lisoyang was prevented by the retaking of this hill. which lies to the east of Yentai. The Russians, how- ever could not hoid the hill-and mn‘ s headquarters fliage of Tashi, in the mid- ern plain, to a poim {r:ez:::: h west and troops. They k m‘ fire upon Liacyang with fresh | up a continu: ‘":p-‘ Jq\ause approach tion being pald to measures which en-| UR'S FATE = ’Nogi Prepares for Tremendous Assault on Forts. ‘Metal Protect the Japanese. Shields to >— bauled to the summit when the forts are taken. Two full divisions a: available rals Os apanese and Tuchiya. The force mated at 80,000 fighting The sians are now using exclusively powder evidently manufactured at Port A thur. The smoke from this powd enables an instant detection of the source of the fire. The explosive pow of the powder is far less than that smokeless powder, which the Russians secem to have exhausted. The Raus shells are frequently discovered old Chinese affairs, ed down to the Russian guns. NEW PLAN OF ATTACK. The Japanese plan for the coming as- sault, it is understood, does not inciude an assault on Etzshan. The pature of the ground, the Japanese have found severe cost, prevents a successful iss Etzshan, however, will be engaged by artillery from Louisa Bay and Shushi- yen for the purpose of attiracting the at | fire of Etzshan away from the maia attack. Your informant quo colonel who is with the Japanese as say ng that the Russian defenses fac- the Japanese have been made with a perfection undreamed of The inner sides of the forts, however, are no so well comstructed and are supposed- ly far weaker. ‘With Rihlungshan and Kikwansha captured, the Japan i control an entrance along th and they contempiate assa: forts from their weaker sides. The Japanese say they are prepared to lose heavily in taking Rihlungshan and Kikwanshan. These forts, like a majority of the fifty-four forts su rounding Port Arthur, have six- steel shieids, loop-holed with rap fire guns at intervals. These guns, cording to the informant, lmd mines, have proved most disas- are i:!:perfious to fleid lr! ing but siege guns will mal pression upon them. ELECTRICITY The Russians sex currents through the ments surrounding the £ Japanese are attacking. The press correspondent Japanese are only two n front, but the hilly g them seeing anything. The fighting since Aungust 31 been unimportant. The Japanese bombard daily in the morning., w the sun zssists them in aiming. Russians reply in the afternoon, w: the sun is in their favor. The Japanese losses for the last five weeks are placed at 9 men. The Japanese authority for the fore- going statement of conditions bef Port Arthur sars that its publicat will not be harmful, as the Japanes: preparations are f Russians. The the Japanese were again in possessi General Kuroki's attack at Y relaxed, however, and General M chenko and his command were wi drawn from the Russian defenders of Yenta! and sent over to the west = of the railroad to make a demonst tion and to aid in covering the re of the main army. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of September 2 two Russian regiments which had been beaten to the east of Yentai retreated toward Yentai were ordered back to the fighting while still under a sharp Japanes: rifle fire. Your correspondent, who was work- ing his way south along the railroad, passed a number of Russian troops that had been beaten back from around Yentai. He also passed a train bearing 300 Russian wounded to the north. The road was filled with Chi- Continued on Page 27, Column 4. f the exact Dur‘;ns this Russian a without being aware o niénts of | the main was in a b*cge at’m'\%& ‘1';.1;: ’ the night of the 3ist| which had assisted ngcheng road | bosan moving the city to m" ning the a;\a-‘. st outside zhe of the Taitse River, in the hills and had been partly | moved to the northward. Part of the Fifth Corps, which arrived here a short time before the fighting com- | ced, had been sent at once to the | tront, while the remainder had report- | =e-d‘1:hlhe$l'\‘< Corps and was being held in reserve. .\4. the trees and Chinese graves on | | the firing line which in any way might | obstruct the operations had been re- | tions were known | ners, who | the ememy. has set the world talk- ing about its great architectural beauty and high musical qual- fiy d-mp-:a*e behind Kowliang. stions et Chiafantun were | ities. | moved by the Russians. | On the inorning of September 1 all | General Nodzu's army had previpusly The NEW SYSTEM CONOVER it z new de- 1me non-combatants were ordered to | taken up & position to the west of | B { afantun, whence his troops charged the 3 : ] o o seL s o leave Lisoyang and the Russian Com- parture in piano building, dev lating from the stiff missary of Police sent an order to the | Russian ‘eas'work& One Japan box shape of rdinary upright piano and making nese magistrate of the city that gll | battalion in is C | two dars. The Japanese were seen to | | command The be in possession of the Russian posi- une\'r‘ tions at Shushan, and it was learned | eral Iva also on the morning of September ; 1 ) the day before. that General Stalkelberr had with-| The Ru 2 Red Cross worked con drawn during the night. | tinually on the firing line. The Chinese at Lisoyang became| The Japanese sh fell thick over alarmed and they began secretly to]the Russian battery located in a west- make Japanese flags. There was much | ern suburb of Lisoyang. confusion throughout the city. The| Late that night, as the correspondent propristors of foreign shops made | was seekinga place to sieep, a wound- frantic efforts 1o sell thelr stocks on | ed Russian soldier was borne past him, the streets at ridicolously low prices | shouting out in.a delirious voice that to any one who would pay cash, or | General! 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