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Show DIG SHELLS FINISHED THEM. Russians Could Not Stand the Terrific Bombardment. Advlcca from headquarters of tho Jnpancso Third army, nt Port Arthur, stnto that when tho Kwantung pcnin-BUla pcnin-BUla was bisected by tho second Jnp-nneso Jnp-nneso nrmy the entires Husslnn forco In tho mllltnry district of Tallen, which Included Port Arthur nnd Dalny, wns 35,000. Tho Husslnn forco Positions of Hostile Fleets. -- jf' i tJ(Vi ,M "ft were xafrsTvavsxr rsarpsaxt ro canusa: jjs zest ff WERE JAP SOVMiRCLYJ? XEPOKTEa jt JUS Tho malteso cross shows whero twe Jnpancso scout vessols called nnd reported re-ported that two Japanese battleships, four cruisers and n dozen torpedo boats wcro approaching. Tho star shows whero tho Baltic fleet wns expected ex-pected to collect for tho final stages of Its Journey. nt tho battlo of Nnnshnn hill was 4,000, and 2,000 of theso woro lost. There hnvo actually surrendered nt Port Arthur Ar-thur between 0,000 nnd 10,000 soldiers nnd sailors, of whom many were unfit for duty. Tho sick nnd wounded num her 10,000. Fifty per cent of tho officers of-ficers of tho gnrrlson wcro killed, nnd only 28 (probably per cent) wen! through tho slego unscathed. Tho fortress could hnvo held out foi somo tlmo longer but for tho lire ot tho Jnpancso 11-lnch howitzers, which destroyed tho food depots, tho workshops work-shops nnd tho nmmunltlon stores and mndo tho repair of tho defensive works Impossible. |