Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1904 — FORTS DEFENDING PORT ARTHUR IN WHICH GREAT GAPS HAVE BEEN MADE BY JAPANESE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FORTS DEFENDING PORT ARTHUR IN WHICH GREAT GAPS HAVE BEEN MADE BY JAPANESE

Official reports from Port Arthur, made public by imperial headquarters in Tokio, show that the latest Japanese attack is by far the greatest since tiie beginning of the siege and apparently will end with the reduction of the most important forts guarding tiie north and west sides of the citadel. The terrible fire of hundreds of great siege and naval guns by the Japanese have battered large holes in tiie forts crowning many of the hills, notably Sungshu, Rihlung and Keekwan mountains, two of which are shown in the map, and the Itz (Etseshan) fortifications. Following the successful bombardment the Japanese have captured the trendies supporting many of these positions, and from this vantage point the miners and sappers have discharged mines of dynamite against the walls of the forts, tearing great gaps in them.