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Show THOUSANDS KILLED HORRIBLE CARNAGE DURING SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR. One Battalion of Japinese Was Annihilated Anni-hilated In Trenches Which They Refused to Desert. A prlato letter recolved from Port Arthur, datfd Septembor 2.1, gives further fur-ther details of the fighting from September Sep-tember 19 to Septembor 22. Tho nt-tnck nt-tnck began with n hoavy bombard meut direct xl against nearly a 1 tho Hussljii outposts and many of tho main forts. Tho shelling ot tho redoubts re-doubts protecting the water supply of Port Arthur wns treiuundous Nightfall, Night-fall, September 19, found tho waterworks water-works redoubts reduced to mere h nps of debris. Tho garrisons of tho redoubts re-doubts thereupon retreated safely to tho main fortifications under tho cover of darkness At I o'clock tho satno afternoon tho Japanese asBnult on "Illg.i hill" began. Tho Jnpaneso plan of nttaclc never varied. First n bombardment and then an Rssault, and when repulsed n bombnrOiaont anil then nnoMier assault. as-sault. Tho desperato determination of tho Japaneso to capture this post- tlon amounted to fanaticism, their efforts ef-forts never ceasing during four days. Ono battalion of Japanese, hnvlng retreated re-treated Into a valley wcro exposed to tho Russian shrapnel tiro and wcro almost annihilated. Eventually tho Japnncso succeeded In placing ono field gun and two mnchtno guns In position po-sition behind hastily mado barriers. Their tcnuro of tho position, owing to tho fire of tho Inner forts, was very Insecure, and when Llcutcnnnt Pog-gorsky Pog-gorsky nnd tho volunteers charged tho tldo turned against them. Ono battalion, bat-talion, composod ot tho remnants ot two companies, was annihilated In trenches which thoy refused to do-BerL do-BerL Another dotuchmoit wns driven Into tho Itu8slin ontang"oment, whero Captain Sychafl's forco was waiting and completed Its rout. Two other attempts mndo by tho Japaneso to re-tnku re-tnku tho positions fnl cd. |