Show JAPS JOS SURPRISED RUSSIANS I 1 USED DYNAMITE IN ORDER TO ak CAPTURE FORT wrecked d interior of fort with elpio tive sive white siege guns shelled russian troops in the vicinity accord ng to special correspondents with the japanese army the capture of the kerwan fort was a complete surprise to the russian garrison there having been no preparatory born bom bar dment japanese sappers drove shafts forty feet under the parapet of the tort fort from the escarpment and moat in these two tons of dynamite were exploded simultaneously corn com plemely wrecking the interior of the tort fort while siege and shrapnel guns shelled russian troops in the vicinity this occurred at 2 0 clock in the afternoon A detachment of japanese infantry niase made a head long but prema ture men rush and sixt yot of them b became feame buried under a gnass mass of debris great ly delaying the attack despite this mischance ari another otiler volunteer force dashed forward and captured the par apet apel in the meantime the russians had been strongly reinforced and a fierce band hand to hand struggle with bay conets and grenades was continued till near midnight when the few russian survivors retreated to the city and the tort fort was captured its construe tion displays ther the utmost scientific knowledge |