Emery County Progress | 1904-12-31 | Page 2 | Russians Recapture Hill

RUSSIANS RECAPTURE HILL japanese driven from position and their guns captured general kuropatkin has telegraphed to the general staff at st petersburg that he has received a report from chinese sources to the effect that the russians have recaptured metre hill at port arthur with the guns mounted by the japanese dispatch which la dated december 21 also reports fur ther reconnaissance of both the rus and japanese but says they were not productive of important results the war office has not any adal information regarding general kuropatkin s report that the russians have recaptured metre hill but the officials consider it certain that the commander in chief would not have sent the report unless it came through exceptionally reliable chan nels