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Show SACK. KICK MANY" MEN TWRMTV THOUSAND JAPANESE KILLED AT PORT ARTHUR. Big Battla Fought and Brown Men Cain Position, but at a fearful Cost of Human Life. A bsll'n of huge proportion! raged around Tort Arthur August 14 and 111, snd It wsa resumed August 17 Tho Japanese, It ll repnrlod, sacrificed J0.0.00 mora men, bit y'ned Important advantages In the matter of position. The above newa was lirourht to Chefoo on jnnkt. ore of which, hnvlnjr on hoard three Russlsns, roncralcd In the baggage of t'hlnen to eeeapo the Japanese, left Port Arthur nl til -t'tl. snd waa blown rapidly to Cli'foo l.y a gain. Tho mnln foico of tho attack wai directed ncalnst thn loft wing and resulted re-sulted In tho rnnlnrncf Pigeon bay poll! po-ll! Ions and son.ii of tho fortt at I.lto Tlechan. At Palingi hang the Japan-as Japan-as hastily mounted guns which did excellent service in aiding the storming storm-ing of the right wing, whero tho Japanese Jap-anese are said to hsvo captured two forts of minor vnlue. mounting eight four-Inch gun", two slco guns and six quirk firing guns. On the night of the ITi'h the battle Hilled somewhat, when tho Jnpancso sent thn terms of surrender lo I.leu-' I.leu-' tennnt General Sloei.sel The terms provided that Ilia garrhon should I march out with tho honors of war and Join General Kuropntl.ln; that all I civilians bo brought lo a place doslg-i doslg-i nated by the Japanese admiral; that I the IliiitMiin warvhlps In the harbor, j numbering even, namely, tho battle ships IteUi-.an. Bovantupol, Vohleda, Poresvlet. Poltavn and tho arniorod I emitter Ilnvan. tho protoctod cruiser I'alladn and ten or more torpedo-boat destroyers nnd four gunlloatt ba tur-ron.h.Tcd tur-ron.h.Tcd to Ihe .lapancso. Lieutenant General Btoessel la alleged al-leged to havo received the lornu wllh a burst of wonderful prufnnlty. hit habliuai taciturnity deserting him. Ho atrodo the floor until ho became cnlmor and then remarked that If tha Japanese proposition was a joke it waa : In bad taslo. |