Show THOUSANDS KILLED HORRIBLE CARNAGE DURING SIEGE OF PORT tARTHUR one battal on of japanese was ann mated in trenches wh ch they refused to desert A pr vate letter received from port arthur dated september 23 gives fui ther details of the fighting from sep 19 to september 22 the at tack began with a heavy bombard ment directed against nearly a 1 the russ an outposts and many of the main forts the shelling of the re do abts protecting the water supply ot port arthur was tremendous night tall september 39 found the water works redoubts reduced to mere heaps of debris the garrisons of the re doubts thereupon retreated safely to the main fortifications under the cover of darkness at 4 clock the same afternoon the japanese assault on hig hill began the japanese plan of attack never varied first a bombardment and then an assault and when a bombar irnest and then another as sault the desperate determination of the japanese to capture this i f wes tion amounted to fanaticism their ef forts never ceasing during four days one battal on of japanese having re treated into a valley were exposed to the russian shrapnel fire and were almost annihilated eventually the japanese succeeded in placing one field gun and two machine guns in po mitlon behind hastily made barriers their tenure of the position owing to the fire of the inner forts was very insecure and when lieutenant gorsky and the volunteers charged the tide turned against them one bat tal on composed ot the remnants ol 01 two companies as annihilated in trenches which they refused to de sart 1 t was driven into the russian entanglements where captain force was waiting and completed its rout two other attempts made by the japanese to retake the positions tailed |