Show BIG SHELLS FINISHED THEM russians could not stand the bombardment advices from headquarters of the japanese third army at port arthur that when the Kwan tung penin eula was bisected by the second japanese army the entire russian force n the military district of which included port arthur and dalny was 35 the russian force at the battle of hill was 4 and 2 of these were lost there have actually surrendered at port ar ebur between 9 and 10 soldier and sailors of whom many were unfit for duty the sick and wounded num ber 16 fifty per cent of the of bleers 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 for the fire of 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 |