Show FIGHTING JAPANESE ASSAULT INNER DE OF PORT ARTHUR for three davs brown men D splay banat cal bravery deep te fearful loss twenty thousand be ng sla n f f A despotte des tire edas assault in the inner defenses defences de fences on the thern and eastern 1 ort arthur has fa led accord ng to aa ces broi abt to chee foo by two nl s A russian who escape 1 from PO t arthur via P geon 1 ay on the nil of july 29 states that the earth trem bled under the terrific cannonading which began at 4 a m aily 26 and ended during the night of ju 28 when the battle ceased A chinese who has arnved at chee foo on a separate j ml confirms the russian statement that the russian hilled and wounded during ane assault numbered between five and six thou sand the japanese in the r repeated as against the eastern torts on the hills through barbed wire entangle ments and over mines displayed fa bravery they were mowed down b the hail of shells and bullets and the explosion of mines under their feet tl air losse are estimated a twenty tho asand the russian declare that the rus held all the eastern forts lead ing to golden H 11 and that the jap anese shattered and exhausted retired to the eastward As related by the passengers of th two the japanese advance which began from klokau before day break july 26 was directed against bikwan Kin kitun and forts lying near shore the outposts driven back in the meant me admiral togo shelled the torts at long range but the return fire of the forts kept his ships at a safe distance rendering the cooperation of the fleet ineffective on the morn ng of july 27 the rus sian fleet steamed out keeping under the protection of the golden hill guns the hussian vessels did not alre OP the japanese and boon returned to their anchorage the assault on the northern side ot the city occurred july 27 japan ese left at advanced on the russians at ying but ere re pulsed the bunks were within hearing fl istance for three days after leaving but no more firing was heard |