Show T r J JAPS r NEARING f I Ir r PORT T ARTHURI T I Drive Russians UIS Out of or Their Trenches but Thc Do no lb Not Occupy Them Th SEEK COMMANDING POSITION Could Have lIue Entered lint hut Could Sot Not ot Have Held It e of or Fire forts Potts M details reaching Oh foo con the tue last lut general genral assault on Pout t tArthur Arthur which began In n a preliminary way on Oct 34 24 nil later developed into Inlo the third attempt ot of the to secure cure n a mm position H lilY N y that on Oit the night of Oct Ort 2 21 the Japanese who on Oct M H lund had daringly entrenched them themselves on the slope of ot mountain forced their way y further anti and throve drove the from their thell hut lait trench before b tore that fortification The retreated from front their trenches trench to the other Ide of the time mountain It li l I alleged nU that the ii Japanese might item have entered the fortIficatIon but mit tile the refrained from rout doing so 10 ns as It would obviously I be Impossible for tor th them m to hold haiti the position In the tile face lare of 01 the lire fire which width would gould be sure lurl to 10 be directed against them from other forts torts It seems to bo be the Intention of the Japanese to enter several cooperative forts torts or not at nt all The Time have found It Impossible to remain In nil mUm solitary fortification while the time other big bis forts were able to concentrate a 1 fire fir upon them The Japanese e also have advanced somewhat eloper doter to Itz Its mountain hay hav having hn haying ing occupied a 1 position above the cre cremation mation works On the tho night of ot Oct 30 the Japanese flag was seen flying over ocr two now no post positions the names of which are not known to the informant ot of time the he ed ri Press Ires Ir a correspondent FIGHTING IY BY II MOONLIGHT General Headquarters Oct Ocl 31 via In Fuan usan Nov No 1 Tho Russian took advantage ot of the bright moonlight last night to cannonade the Japanese from positions on the tho left wing win ot at tho central 1 army but were vere tte repulsed after an on notion atton which lasted several severn I hours during which both Infantry and artil lory lire fire WM IM brisk and Ind continuous un until til daylight The Tho Japanese today for tor forthe forthe the first time replied to the Russian bombardment which has ho b been hern cn frequent for lor or several days past JAP ON o 0 OPERATIONS Nov 1 I 0 p m Imperial head hondo headquarters headquarters quarters tonight published u a series of ot reports covering tho the operations t Port Arthur during the lite months of or Au August August August gust September and October The chief Interest centers In the tremendous at sit attack tack tuck which was begun Oct 26 and nOlI Is II stilt still continuing Hundreds ot Japanese suns guns began b gAn battering against tho the northerly and easterly forts forU on Oct O t M 24 the Infantry going forward with desperate rushes rueh where the artillery had lied prepared the way 1 while the plo anti and Sappers were ere running mines m the Russian forts lort Time Tile reports record a n series of ot desper desperate ate encounters nt at close OOM range and ond tell a dramatic story The rue reports report beginning with that coy cov covering CO ering ening the th attack of ot Oct Oot 84 20 ore arc an n tot fol tallow lows low Prom From In the morning the forts fori on and moun mountain I mIne tain the eastern group of torts forts on mountain aunt and u a fort orl lying to It the north of time the latter were ware bombarded with 1111 our siege guns nuns and naval ord ortt ordnance nance and shells took effect The naval guns Rims directed against the and mountain forts forti many man effective shells shell The Tho para penn parapet parapet pet of mountain fort was wai de demoll moll h d and openings opening were made In to Inthe the fort fott Severn Several portions of ot the cover COt were weft destroyed Two To of the most moat important covers of mountain fort were wre d de by our shells sheila One ter gun was wall 01 dismounted and another was damaged One gun on the northern fort tort of ot East Bast St mountain was ns destroyed I From m two in the afternoon I i other ether etee Kims un Acre f directed th thu trenched t on pi II uhe he I slopes 1101 slop of Sung elm ihu 4 mountain and against U on ott the south of Pu 10 All A II thesis the w II Ily damaged by b five In t I HA A r right wing charged t h his on ott 9 i of ot our renter It I lh tUe op 01 j N CS en am t cm em nl wrt of n mountain 1 and took oak possession tit of I men enl without henry heavy he lou loss lOl with the occupation 01 ot the th II from y h the had Imd been heen driven tIm posted posts In III time th forte In him their vicinity In Iii conjunction with I I the time forts lort on teet 11 i mountain Hold en hill hIl mountain and 1111 concentrated 1 his ht fire against R the tIme points where whre our were r progressing The T Th sound souni lun of 0 our omit 01 cannonade the UI Ore lIre lr from mutt the gu lU n is I of or time the enemy And the bursting nf ot shells hl mails made an In impressive mph inti dramatic seine ern The he elIR shells sheila were wm detective defective A large mine exploded on the th slops slop Ilo ot of o mountain montain but none nOle of 0 our lur tacit men wa yes WP thereby On Un the lh same minis night with the object ob t tot ot of preventing the front from mik ing our siege and naval lullS guim un shelled abutted the forts tOI on Ott Oi mountain east enst eat nid ll The Tl w ir ami ll machin machinery ery Cr rr buildings wen we also 1 la shelled Ihle NO o O J YET T St Petersburg Nov Not o I 1 2 p in InAc Ac According cording to advices advIce II from room the tho theater u itt war no 10 general nt has Imse h yet Il el begun There was 8 some skirmishing yesterday but nothing J action Nu No Japanese Jl le offensive has hu developed lou so e tar far fi the olal reports show aho although ad advices adIe advices vices Ie trio the extreme extremo east aut Are l heisted hen Gen n Kaulbars who Is la to t succeed lucce Clen Oen In 11 command of the first army 11 arm has ha ha arrived here He lie le passed the tha day dRY closeted with lh the general genell staff and AO with Oen Gen director of the bureau of ot operations thu tho details of or the campaign In the light nt ot rrt dispatches and time Ie office ar an archives archi chives chi Is la a striking figure a It tall tail stately soldier with a Q face mice set setoff lt setoff off ocr by b n a white hl moustache Ills His 1 60 8 5 years ear sit ll lightly upon his hll vigorous frame He Is ii I considered to be b a titan man manof lan lanot of ot great grent energy ant anil resource tUrC and wa was wal the commander ot of R a 1 corps during durinA the tho nn of ot tho the In China hina China but he did Ill not lot play pia a A conspicuous ous OUI part purt the lIons lon share of the fighting falling ailing on omm 01 Urn Oen Is I personal selection election KAUl KAUlbars bars reconstituted re first army will wi in elude the time First Firt Tenth and Seventeenth European corps corp ottO one ole corps of rifles res soil and two others not yet designated The Tle Third urmy wilt will wi be composed ed of o six SI 61 berlan harlan brlan corps corpa under unde On then When corp the present plans are aro realized which will wi not N lie earlier titan than thal the th spring Hussla HUHla will wi have three armies each of six Ix corps cr l altogether over a half million men In the far east erl The tills battalions which are ore now no beginning to tl start tart for lor the front will wi provide two corp cori cOTI armies Intended for tor the first and second |