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Show BREACHES IN TEE FORT WALL; CHARGE ! UNDER TREMENDOUS BOMB ARBlENT Lose 1000 Men in the Bitter Fight; Russian Garrison o(500 Succeeds in Making Its Escape. . : l - " ;'.- : BULLETIN. ' ' HEADQUARTERS OF JAPANESE ABMY BEFORE PORT ARTHUR, Via Susan, Dec 29. Rihlnng fort was captured at 3 o'clock this morning , with lOOO Japanese casualties. Seven, dynamite mines exploded at 10 , w ' o'clock yesterday made breaches in the front wall, through which a large -fi body of Japanese charged under cover of a tremendous bombardment, and ' captured the first line of light guns. A bitter fight resulted In the capture of the fort. The garrison, numbering 500 men, escaped. ' mile, the Japanese fearing mines.. The Russians retired to Chlngkakao. - Japanese who arrived at Che Too today to-day from Port Dalny say the recent fighting also resulted in the capture of a hill called by the Japanese Yangthu-ban Yangthu-ban (possibly Keekwan mountain), enabling en-abling the Japanese to seriously bar-ass bar-ass land communication - with the Llaotie forts and with- the forts on Etse and Antse mountains. . The Japanese here further report that severe fighting has occurred on the ' northeast flank, particularly at Rlhlung mountain, where, when the Japanese left Port Dalny, the Japanese forces had jnadetJ5aro progress-.. ,-' -V- " , " RUSSIAN SHELLS TJSEU ; BY JAPS FOB STOVES IN THE BOMB-PROOFS. TOKIO, -Dec '-- 29. Noon. After tnonths of fighting, sapping and mining, the Japanese forces finally occupied Rlhlung mountain last night (December (Decem-ber 28). " " A report received from headquarters of the Third Japanese army before Port Arthur, received here on Wednes-, Wednes-, day, December 28, at midnight, says: "On Wednesday, December 28, at 10 o'clock in the morning the left center column, of our army, following some heavy explosions on the frontal para- , pet of Rihlung mountain, charged and rr- .oeeapled t ho parapet trader covet of" fire from heavy guns and constructed " defense works despite the enemy's fierce Ore. "At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when our occupation was practically complete, com-plete, we charged and occupied the inner in-ner lines of heavy gun positions, subsequently sub-sequently dislodging a remnant of the i enemy's force stubbornly holding - the gorge fort, which we occupied, and captured cap-tured the entire works." GEX. OKITS HEADQUARTERS, via Fusan. Dec. 29. No change has taken place at the front of the Second army. The Russians contalnue a daily bombardment, bombard-ment, firing at random, and resulting In few casualties. The Japanese soldiers pick up fifteen-centimeter fifteen-centimeter shrapnel cases and with them make charcoal burners to heat the bomb-proofs. bomb-proofs. Ocasional collisions take place between be-tween patrols, the Russians always retiring. retir-ing. Both sides seem satisfied to remain in the trenches. Commissioners Changed. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 29 Admiral Ad-miral Kashakoff is returning to Russia and will be replaced by Vice-Admiral Doubassoff . as Russian commissioner on the international commission at Paris, Par-is, which 'is to Inquire into the North sea incident. Doubassoff will start for Paris next week. Say It Is Not Vital. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 29. The War office points out that the occupation of Klhlung mountain at the best only makes the Japanese masters of the entire terrace beyond the principal forts of Keekwan and still leaves the main line unbroken. Japanese Ships Sighted. BATAVIA, Island of Java, Dutch -East Indies. Dec. 29. Some warships showing the Japanese colors passed Anjer, sixty miles est of Batavla today. JAPANESE GIVE UP ATTEMPTS TO RAISE SUNKEN WARSHIP VARIAG ) - r " NEW YORK, Dec 29. The Japanese attempt to raise the'Variag have been - discontinued, cables the Herald correspondent, corre-spondent, at Seoul, Korea.' It is Impossible Impos-sible to recommence ' the work before springy by which time the' three-quar-ter-lnch steel plates forming the hull Vnay be so badly pitted by, the action for the air. and water that the damage will be irreparable except at prohibitive expense. It Is probable that further salvage operations will be abandoned. The Japanese troops remaining in : ' Eeoul are less than 500, although reported report-ed reinforcements are expected soon. . Ilszgawa is expected to leave for the north next month. This probably indicates indi-cates some forward movement to counteract coun-teract the Russian sorties reported from various places along the upper Talu. A small engagement occurred December De-cember 20 on the northeast coast at Kongwon. in the capture of "Russian ammunition. i RUSSIANS. ATTACK - BUT ARE REPULSEO BY THE JAPANESE ... . t V TOKIO, Dec? 29. Noon Manchurlan army headquarters reporting today 'says: "On Decsmber' 27 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Russians with heavy field guns bombarded the Shahke river railroad bridge in the neighborhood of M the station and the Russian guns at 'v Talientun shelled Chihslantun and j Fhullntxu. Russian cavalry attacked Helllntun at sunset on the same day but were repulsed '.by Japanese cavalry. cav-alry. At 8:30 on the same evening the. Russian cavalry enveloped the Japanese Japa-nese pickets Who were reinforced and ' finally, repulsed the enemy. The Japanese Japa-nese casualties were three men killed.'.' JAPANESE LINE IS DRAWING - CLOSER ABOUT PORT ARTHUR CHEFOO, Dec 29. The Japanese line at Port Arthur is now, as a result " 0f the general attack beginning Decem--4 ber 25, much closer to Llaotie moun-r- tain- Chinese who left Port Arthur yesterday and arrived here today report re-port that a greatly inferior Russian force defended the outermost of the ' trenches for three days, retiring when the Japanese artillery had secured an enfilading position. The fighting mostly most-ly was at a range of two-thirds of a - : f ' . |