Show TERRIFIC f IGHT IN PROGRESS JAPS MAKING DESPERATE AT TEMPTS TO CAPTURE PORT ARTHUR keep pers pounding away de spite terrible losses inflicted by defenders of besieged forts at the imperial headquarters in boklo the port arthur situation Is I 1 summarized as follows with regard to the enemy s forts torts at mountain and eastward we have finally captured the crests glacis and counter carps earps and their vicinities but the time to charge has not yet come at present we are destroying ying the casimates case mates and other capo capon lers at metre hill by several charges we succeeded in capturing the shelter trenches near the summit at our force Is hold ing its position and endeavoring to capture the whole tort fort chinese and japanese advices received in chetoko while not beyond question indicate the practical dainty that another general assault on port arthur began november 24 and was continuing november 27 it Is certain that there has been severe fighting the only question is cheth er the assault was sufficiently wide spread to be called general the fighting Is with the object ot of capter ing additional russian trenches the summit forts torts seemingly were not at tacked the chinese say that one train ot of thirty cars recently arrived at port dalny dainy with wounded men no prisoners were captured |