Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1904 — NOGI AT LAST WINS THE HILL [ARTICLE]

NOGI AT LAST WINS THE HILL

Furious Fight on the Crest of the Coveted Position. BATTLE GOES ON AT NIGHT Heaps of Russian Dead Noted at the Scene. Emormoua Price In Human Life Is Paid—“ No. Surrender" Is the Order Stoossel Has Received from the Czar.

Tokfo, Dec. 1, 10 a. m. The imperial army headquarters announces that the Japanese troops besieging Tort Arthur are in possession of 203Meter hill. The following dispatch has been given out: “The army commenced a bombardment against 203-Meter hill at dawn Nov. 30 and made several charges before 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Owing to the enemy’s stubborn resistance the charges failed. Charges That Finally Went Koine. “At 5 o’clock in the afternoon our force advanced against the southeastern portion erf the bill, made a fierce charge, and reached within thirty meters of the summit. At 7 o'clock, with reinforcements, we charged to the top, which was occupied by our forces. Against the northeastern part of the hill we also charged, and at 8 o'clock the entire fort on the summit fell into our hands. The Russians left heaps of dead bodies on the eastern side of the hill, but we have had no time to investigate further.” Dispatch That Reported Progress. London, Dec. I.—A cable from Tokio, dated at 10 p. m. yesterday, says: “Imperial headquarters made the following announcement tonight: ‘Our force operating against 203-Meter hill advanced at 10 o’clock today from trenches already captured near the summit of the hill: and are now struggling for tin* southeastern portion of the fort on the summit. A fierce battle was still in progress at 7 o’clock tonight.’” Must Fight to the Death. London, Dec. 1. —A Tokio cable says: “Russian prisoners declare General Stoessel, in command at Port Arthur, is anxious, that the port should not be taken lry assault, but definite orders have been received by him from St. Petersburg to refuse all suggestions that his forces capitulate. All is now ready, the dispatch continues, for a retreat of the Russian combatants to Liaotishnn and Tiger Tail forts immediately on the fall of Sungshan and Kekwan.” Russian Consul Concedes Two Forts. St. Petersburg. Dec.-1. The Russian consul at Chefoo telegraphs that the Japanese captured two forts in the storming operations against Port Arthur on Nov. 21). but the news is not confirmed from any other quarter. The consul says the Japanese losses were enormous, and that 5,000 men were sacrificed in two hours. Japanese Falling Hack on the Ahakhe. St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. Official and private dispatches received here indicate that the Japanese are falling back below Sintsintin, where for several days they had apparently been attempting a turning movement. After four days of tolerably severe, hut unsuccessful. fighting they are now retiring, with the Russians in pursuit. It is impossible as yet to tell whether either movement has real strategic significance. Russians Sink Their Own Boat, London. Dec. 1. The Morning Post’s correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs: “It is reported that a Russian torpedo boat destroyer returning to Vladivostok front a scouting expedition was sunk by the guns of the Russian forts in error.”