| Show BIG SHELLS FINISHED THEM russia russians could not stand the terrific bombardment advices from headquarters ot of the japanese third army at port arthur that when the Kwan tung penin pula was bisected by the second japanese army the entire russian force in n the military district of which included port arthur and dalny was sa 35 the russian force I 1 positions of hostile fleets 10 1 1 4 41 11 tr gac A U I 1 ani 9 A I 1 V P C 1 4 0 I 1 Is 4 ik q 1 INDIAN 0 1 01 orean t 11 11 I 1 av cat wIx afir areat JO JW AS the maltese cross shows where two japanese scout vessels called and re ported that two japanese battleships tour four cruisers and a dozen torpedo boats were ap approaching broaching the star shows where the baltic fleet was ex pecked to collect for the final stages of its journey I 1 at the battle of hill was 4 and 2 2000 of these were lost there have actually surrendered at port ar thur between 9 and 10 soldiers and sailors of whom many were unfit for or duty the sick and wounded num ber 16 fifty per cent of the of fibers of the garrison were killed and only 28 probably per cent went through the siege unscathed the fortress could have held out for some time longer but tor for the fire of 0 the japanese 11 inch howitzers which destroyed the food depots the work shops and the ammunition stores and made the repair of the defensive works impossible |
