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Show THOUSANDS KILLED HORRIDLE CAHNAQE DURING BIEQE OF PORT ARTHUR. One Battalion of Japanese Was Annihilated Anni-hilated In Trenches Which They Refused to Desert, A private lcttor received from Port Arthur, dated September 23, glvos further fur-ther details of tho lighting from Sop tombor 19 to September 22. Tho nt-tack nt-tack began with a heavy bombard mont directed ngnlnst nearly ml the Russian outposts and many of th main forts. Tho shelling of tho redoubts re-doubts protecting tho water supply ol Port Arthur was tremendous. Nightfall, Night-fall, Scptombor 19, found tho waterworks water-works redoubts reduced to mere heaps of debris. Tho gnrrlsons of tho redoubts re-doubts thereupon rutrented safely to tho main fortlllcntlons under tho cover of darkness. At I o'clock tho snmo afternoon tho Japanese assault on "High hill" began. Tho Japanese plan of attack never varlod. First a botnbnrdinent nnd then nn assault, nnd when repulsed n bombardment nnd then another assault. as-sault. Tlio desperate determination of tho Japanese to enpturo this post- 8ITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR. I A o I -t3' R03Z4W UJAPAHSSS LIAVTI3HN a OCeUflSDSiYZUGSJXtS tlon amounted to fanaticism, tholr efforts ef-forts never censing during four days Ono battalion of Japanese, having re treated Into a valley wero exposed to tho Russian shrnpnol flro and wero nlmost nnnlhllated. Eventually the Jnpanoso succeeded In placing one Hold gun nnd two mnclilno guns In position po-sition behind hastily made barriers Their tenure of tho position, owing to tho llro of tho Inner forts, wns veiy Insecure, nnd when Lieutenant Pog-gorsky Pog-gorsky nnd tho volunteers charged the tldo turned ngnlnst them. Ono battalion, bat-talion, composed of tho remnants ot two companies, was annihilated in trenches which they refused to de sort. Another detnehmont wns driven Into tho Hussl-w entnngloments, where Captain Sychnff's forco wns waiting and completed Its rout. Two other attempts mndo by tho Japanese to ro-tako ro-tako tho positions fnl.ed |