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Show I Ten Thousaod Japs Die I at Fori Arttor. Hi I H; -Perish in Their Assault H I Upon City in Three Hi Days' Fight. jif .Jffountain SIdo Strewn With Dead H , When the Russian Slines Hp' v Were Fired. B, ' mU ji ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 5. Emperor Htjj. .Nicholaa has at last received Gen. H 'i I Stoeseel's official report of the desperate Hktij four-days' assault of the besiegers up- HLl N on Port Arthur from September 10 to 'September 23, from which it appears HLf'i that the unofficial report from Chefoo tt l "was by no means exaggerated. Hp! Frenzied Bravery Displayed. HvE The Japanese displayed frenzied HMi itiraverv, but they lost 10,000 men, and Hljjj their only success was the capture of K' t "two redoubts guarding the water works. Kv They prepared for the assault by a gen- Hnl leral bombardment, and then launched Kf I their attacks simultaneously from the P i 'north and wo6t Hf! Bombardment Was Continued. H!j; Night and day they fought under a i'r ! cover of a continual bombardment from B-. '. their siege guns, and finally reached tho HKV : redoubts on the north side, but only Hlfv after the defenses there were completely Hip demolished by shell fire from the west. Hf j) Sought to Capture Mountain. HU ) The Japanese efforts were directed K.fi ' chiefly against the commanding position Hl on High mountain, which facer Pigeon HL'Hj bay, slightly south of Fort Etse. The FiP mountain Is 500 feet high, and if It had ' ' .lallen Its possession would have given Hi 'the Japanese a tremendous lever again 'the chain of Inner defenses. Kvj.: Carnage Was Terrible. ' ' L The carnage there was terrible, and IV1 culminated September 22. when the Japanese succeeded in reaching and Kv! occupying the Russian armored shelter i; S trenches, whence they expected un- doubtedly to storm the fort. Hlj Mines ATe Fired. During the night Lieut. Poggorsky of the navy, at the head of a detachment Rp ,i of volunteers, descended upon the HpPr trenches and blew them up with Hi pyroxylin bombs, producing a panic Hpy ;! among the besiegers, who fled, leaving Hl!i the mountain side strewn with dead. HjY Took Two Days' Best. P' The Japanese then abandoned further attempts, but after a day or two to it recuperate, according to Gen Stoessel's j; second dispatch, dated September 30. they resumed the bombardment of the HJnK city and outer works, and began to con- ELijt struct zig-zag approaches, evidently HLji getting nearer from which to launch V! tne,r next assault. W Loss of Waterworks Not Vital. H'-'ill The loss of the water works Is not Hj'ift considered vital, as there Is a fresh fill water lake and numerous wells, as well H 4 as a condensing apparatus within the Hfiiji defenses. Hl)li' Garrison Is Exultant. H!IJ''' The complete character of the repulre Hi, of the Japanese has evidently greatly Hi,rjt Inspired the gaiTlson of Port Arthur. H '!' Gen. Stoessel says the gallantry of the W: ';!: Russian troops was beyond praise, and Hl J adds that the garrison v ill hold out to B' the last drop of blcod. Htij; Caused Great Kejoicing. HjrV.' G'-n. Stroesscl's report created great re- H.' ,i! Jolclng and revived the hope In his nblllty j U . to defend the fortress. After the failure Hl', of tho storming operations, the War of- H ';.') lice hero would not be surprised If the 'rh Japaneso changed their plan to a regular englneerlnc siege. Quiet at Mukden. According to information quiet contin- 1 11 ucs at Mukden. Gen. Kuropatkln has ex- ',, pressed a firm determination to avail hlm- HH,V J self of this favorable season of the yoar Hri for rnllltary action. Everything points to Hi''t'r, a coming revengo for Llao Yang. Tho r, ' men hope that the period of retreats Ik 'Vf! past and that they will be led against tho enemy. )';','" Keason for Delaying Attack. Rj'ri Tho Japanese undoubtedly Intended on HIi'vm September 27 to attack these columns HilV from tho collieries at Tontnl, along tho 1 1 13 Imperial load, but desisted when they dls- 1 .1J covered that the Hunslans fronting them l,t;.x numbered CJ.GOQ men. ' llj Strength of Japanese. iilj A correspondent kIvos a summary of HL "! 4he ostensible strength of the opposing 'l'' Japaneso armies, which, according to cal- HK':J cuiations, total 144,000 Infantry, Co,C0 cav- 1; airy and 6-10 guns. |