Show J r MEn WITH Humored at That Thai They Thc Attack Made M an ln On Tort Port Arthur DRIVEN OUT BY BV RUSSIANS CO to GIn GUc Up Their Position at Whence They Bom Bombarded barded the Forts PREPARING FOR GRAND ASSAULT AS SAUL T Battle attic Is I for Purpose of Cap turing luring the lie Fortress Itself Heavy Firing h Coo Aug ug 20 0 O 7 10 p 1 Is IsI I minor current here the tile source of ot bo ho learned that Hint the Jap hae ha been repulsed nt lit Voit Ar AI Arthur Arthur thur I jf JIH ROM FROM POSITIONS Si St Aug 20 O 1260 I ro p II mJ m iii be report from that Ilia thO flU Rus HusIr flUt t Ir UI nl hup tVA driven tho the Japanese out of oC u thi position at ut Palling Clung Ch hence they thY Imil had been beell born bom the th Ih foils ort ot of Port Arthur was as I with ble gratification Ion d t Ih Ii war ur office wh lc It 1114 UK 88 u evl tint the defenders trong trog to tn Il take luke the offensive when II hell the tho demand For Jor J lr thin reason raon the thear ar Or In Is I not Inclined to credit the Moris tl orla that tho thu Japanese hn cap lured lilted frt No 11 3 1 and No so 1 t Just t kond ond hIlt hill live 1110 north st of oC fort PorI Arthur H li In t admitted Ibel the possession of or these thes fortH would wide rend Hi theo the of oC the TI The ur war hits his no mm from rum the foment Kalil beyond Aug kug 8 9 find ond 10 which probably was pint nl through the tho captured Russian HU tor torMo Mo boat 1 destroyer ne al nl although though this la b I Thin tbt ie vu telli of ot the desperate diameter character of ot o othe the Japanese attack which continued without tot for or 40 0 heur let ion reports of at the maul of ut Aug Ails 11 1 1 and atI 16 1 ur are expected it an any hour Private information Int coming from Pint Arthur by way of or I J Ika a that when lien the tho Japanese sent lit lii Ih Hit of ot truce Friday they conveyed I to both tho th tI general con com madding the thu fortress nil and I the commanding the to 10 the inter Information mation 1110 battleship was the tho mast IMM unlucky ship In the harbor be he beor for or fl H sortie of or August 10 Out of ot oth oft Iw h t hiU entering the tiu town lown five struck the wounding her captain ted and three ihre other wan san also the th only ship hit when the tho Japanese e ered fred find red over Ilo Iio Tint mountain the tho ox cx heme southern of ot tho the rung lung peninsula during lupine the earlier duller n liege e of or the tho All the HIP military operations Ill 1111 In ii thurla churia have It la Ia here been topped Mopped torp d ty by b the rains Telegrams to the var I r describe dl tho lift terrific effects or eV the torrential downpour Many bridges have been swept aay and Hen even traffic on tho the Is 18 temporarily upended During thin this heavy weather General 1111 him has been busy husy In Inkling kling eting the tho I of or lJ Llan Lian n Dlan Dian Ian Han an mid and Aning An It In Is i un tin und d n tood 1 that the tho garrison of ot han than consists of or only four our divisions d FOR FOH I On ASSAULT ASSA Aug tig 20 O 4 p niM iii i 1 II the Japanese at lit Tim rica Tsin who wo arrived horn hero today on nit th the h steamer and who iio ar ad d a 1 conversation hinting 40 minutes the tita commander I of ot a IL 1 Japanese which over raul d the steamer off oCt II 1017 iy last lul night that bat tl tI at itt lt IB is II dl II 11 Ie Ce titi Ihl It I IH hi 1 along 1101 tho entire en line lne I I lie anti and It I Is Itt Japans effort to 10 which t the w r reci battles were Welo but preliminary f e ls Ho lie 10 I firmly believe that you YOI cnn can In safe sate ly Iy I ay that Port Arthur Arthut will viii wil soon be In our hIlds one after the other of ot the Iho oilier cuter have been taken by hy tim J anti tho the hitter have hlo com coin their Ih lr for tor tho the Brand al aull lea Oen en Itoe lol watt WOH uk d to tn r Ho lie refuted Now comes coined 10 th final test test mAVY FIRING I AnD l l Aug A ug 0 OThe The Pc Pe thu just ju t arrived here witH overhauled I and i boarded d by a I destroyer and Ud M live iv torpedo boats bOltl sis mIc miles flutes off ocr I 1181 TI uhan last night tle An iii 11 from ironi fr ni Ih destroyer stayed on 01 hoard board fr r forty Corly COl 11 A with the tho th Japanese ou ul to who v as s a tot for passenger The rho founds of or living was vai nl HO KO heavy occasion if Iy conversation was WIS vai Tho Japanese e explained that lint they were en el t raged Md the positions 11 n the utmost visor Vigor preparing fi til ar f 1 today toward daybreak hen ti Ih w was 8 to pro r therl l on her time the I 11 ni was at nt its IH dl anti and It wa IH ns believed to 10 In RI the ful aim imminence of ot u a I us 1 |