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Show SURPRISED THE RUSSIANS. Made Desperate Defense, but Japs Captured Fort Kekwan. LONDON. Dec. 20. According lo special spe-cial correspondents with the Japanese army, ar-my, the capturo of tho Kekwan fort was a completo surprise to thc Russian gnr-rison, gnr-rison, there having been no preparatory bombardment. Japanese sappers drove shafts forty feet undor tho parapet of tho fort from the escarpment and moat. In these two tons of dynamite were exploded ex-ploded simultaneously, completely wrecking wreck-ing thc interior of the fort, while slcgo and shrapnel guns shelled Russian troops in tho vicinity. This occurred at 2 o'clock In tho afternoon. af-ternoon. A detachment of Japancso In-, fan try made a head-lonir but promaturo rush and sixty of them became burled under a mass of debris, greatly delaying the attack. Despite this mischance another an-other volunteer force dashed forward and captured tho parapet. In tho meantime tho Russians had been strongly reinforced rein-forced nnd a fierce hand-to-hand strugglo with bayonets and grenades was continued contin-ued till near midnight, when tho few Russian survivors rotreatcd to the city and the fort was caolured. Its construction construc-tion displays the utmost scientific knowledge. |