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Show COSSACKS OF THE DON REPULSED IN AN ASSAULT; FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR - y - St." Petersburg Fears That Direct Attack on Port Arthur Ar-thur Will Be Made on the Mikado's Birthday. BULLETIN". ( ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. The Associated Press can. authoritatively author-itatively announce that the basis for the British-Russian agreement to submit the North sea incident to a commission Insures an amicable settlement settle-ment without a sequel. The understanding is complete. BULLETIN'. ST. PETERSBURG, Nor. 2. Gen. SakharofT telegraphs under today's date that last night was quiet, the Japanese, however, showing marked . signs of recommencing the offensive against the Russian left wing. They have also reoc-mpied the village of Sandiapu, near the Hun river, in front . of the Russian right flank. BULLETIN. GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 1,0a.m., Via Pus an, Nov. : 2. There is little change in the positions of the Japanese and Russian armies. ' . On Sunday last detachments composed of Russian infantry and Don . Cossacks attacked the Japanese cavalry on the extreme left along the Hun river, but were driven back, leaving twenty dead soldiers and thirty horses. .... . This is the first time that the Cossacks of the Don have taken part in the operations. The Japanese line now follows the bank of the Shakhe river, except on the extreme left, where it crosses that river. BULLETIN. TOKIO, Nov. 2, 6 p.m. Manchurlan headquarters. In a report dated November 1, says: "On the afternoon of October 30, in front of the left detachment of tho left army, a force of the enemy, consisting of a regiment of infantry, three regiments of cavalry and two batteries of artillery, advanced from Litewen-tun, Litewen-tun, Hansantal and the northward. "Our detachment after the fight succeeded In repulsing the enemy. "Our detachment sustained only a slight loss, while the enemy's cav- -airy lost heavily. Fifty of the Russians lost their horses. The Russian cavalry retreated in all directions and in. disorder, leaving thirteen dead. "The left column of the left army, on the night of October 30, seized and burned a village about four hundred yards northwest of Chengllen-pao." mountain and some fifty yards from Fort Siushiying. Japs Attack Forts. The afternoon of August 19 the Japanese, Jap-anese, using siege and naval guns, opened a general bombardment, and at 6 o'clock in the evening made assaults on Forts Siushiying and Kuropatkin and on a Russian position on 203 Metre hill. The attack was continued at dawn August 20. with the result that the Japanese Jap-anese occupied Fort Kuropatkin during the afternoon of that day. They also captured four additional forts south of Siushiying mountain and two forts southeast of 174 Metre hill, inflicting in-flicting serious casualties on the retreating re-treating Russians. The Japanese at-, tacked 203 Metre hill from the east, north and west during the night, and a company of Japanese managed to reach and secure a foothold on the northwest point of the summit of the hill, which the Japanese prepared as a base for further operations and then endeavored to capture the entire position. The Russians, however, were reinforced, rein-forced, and desperate fighting followed. The gallant little company of Japanese, without food or water, managed to hold the position throughout August 21 and until the night of August 22, when they retreated. TOKIO. Nov. 2. The official reports of the Port Arthur operations since August Au-gust 1 form a recital of almost continuous continu-ous fighting of a desperate nature. The Russians first struggled desperately to block every Japanese advance, and then met the concentrated artillery force of the Japanees with its kind. Russians Make Sorties. Latterly, since the Japanese began running parallels and traverses and extending ex-tending mines, the Russians have been constantly making sorties. They rushed into the Japanese trenches and engaged in , ferocious struggles with the engineers en-gineers and sappers. When the Japanese Japan-ese gained a foothold they generally held it with unllinching determination. Repulsed by Electric Wires. The reports commencing August I record the assault and capture of Tak-hu. Tak-hu. a general advance following and then a general bombardment opening August 19. and August 20 an attack on I'anlung mountain. Electric wire entanglements en-tanglements protected the latter's position. posi-tion. The Japanese artillery first shelled the Panlung fortifications fiercely fierce-ly ami then on August 21 the Japanese infantry charged -and were beaten back owing to the deadly fire from the Russian Rus-sian machine guns and the insufficiency of the preliminary destruction of the wire entanglementw. During the morning. of August 22 the Japanese troops forming the center army charged the east fort on Panlung mountain, and by noon had captured two-thirds of It. The Russians continued contin-ued to hold the Keep, resisted desperately, desper-ately, aided by the fire of ttie west fort, and forced the Japanese to abandon the position occupied. The Japanese center immediately re-formed, stormed, captured cap-tured and held the west fort, forced the abandonment by the Russians of the east fort and mastered the entire position. posi-tion. Russians Were Repulsed. In the morning of August 27 the Russians Rus-sians concentrated their artillery fire, attacked the entire Japanese line and were repulsed. I "si: il the end of the month and the first week In October the Russians continued to attack and shell Panlung mountain. They managed to rerlously damage the new Japanese works there and to hamper the operations opera-tions of the Japanese miners. By August 9 the Japanese mines had reached within about forty yards of Fort Kuropatkin and about 200 yards east of the northern forts on Keek wan NO DANFER OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN LONDON. Nov. 2. Negotiations between be-tween Great Britain and Russia looking to .1 settlement of the North sea affair are progressing favorably, and there Is not the lightest danger of friction arising aris-ing between the two governments. The constitution of the International com- mission under The.Haguo convention Is on the verge of settlement. Sharpshooters Are Susy. j GEN. KCROKI'S HFADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD. Via Fusan. Nov. 2. Whenever a Ruwlan or a Japanese exposes ex-poses his head he draa the fire of an. opponent. A constant exchange of shots between the outposts continue? daily. The Russian casualties from sniping are large. - tC'rinUnued on Page 8.) |