Show charge after charge against the russian positions assisted by terrific artillery fire drives enemy from s main forts che foo aug 22 lla m the japanese have swept the russians from pigeon day and captured the northernmost tort of the western line ot inner defenses at bort arthur the russian artillery pro vents the japanese from occupying the fort on pigeon bay che foo august 21 the first detailed news of the general assault on port arthur indicates that a I 1 ous conflict la waging and ahat victory 1 hanging in the balance chinese who left port arthur yesterday and arrived here today state that the japanese by making desperate which were reinforced by an artillery tire from Shu and louesia bay swept from the north into the pigeon bay territory and drove the russians back from the main borts torts the ground being comparatively flat in this vicinity the japanese were unable to hold it in the face of the russian artillery tire and they retired north an eighth of a mile beyond tho zone ot alre the chinese declare that the japanese captured one important tort located on the hills bb the west and the rail way on a line drawn approximately from a point midway between pigeon and loulilla Louls lla bays the fighting resulting in tho casturo of this tort was very severe the position was first subjected to a bombardment bar dment ot over forty eight hourd then the japanese infantry assaulted it and compelled the russians to re tire the russian artillery then ST erected a heavy fire on this compelling the japanese in their turn to retire i st petersburg august 22 p ahe latest from port arthur indicate that the garrison there Is holding out with wonderful tena city la the face of persistent desperate assaults the only question is how long any body of troops can withstand such awful punishment and whether the garrison in the fortress can outlast the japanese ammunition and men the report that thirty regiments have been drawn from genet bokn to strengthen the attackers Is believed to indicate that the japanese southern army Is in desperate straits and seems to show that the japanese have not enough men to prosecute simultaneous campaigns of great magnitude in the north and south the report that the has been sunk has not yet been published here it it Is true it will be greatly felt tor the gallant cruiser which has been frequently mentioned in dispatches has endeared herself to the whole nation by her tireless activity at port arthur and it has been greatly hoped that she would reach vladivostok in safety the attitude of the japanese government in regard to china caused increasing here while itis it Is believed that the attitude assumed by japan was adopted largely for its moral influence upon the chinese it Is also taken to indicate aba japan plans to make herself the dominant influence in the celestial empire london aug 21 R W rea of glasgow owner of the steamer allanton which was captured by the vladivostok di squadron on june ac and condemned by a artio court at vladivostok has written aletter to the news balers ao 10 which be declares that the vessel was seized while carrying coal from japan to singapore the vladivostok prize court he says decided that the allenton having once carried contraband was liable to condemnation it sho was afterwards seized hundreds of british ships would be to on the same grounds if this judgment stands mr raca declares and he says that great britain ought to enter a strong protest against it mukden aug 21 the belief is increasing here that the japanese do not intend to make a direct attack on general position at llao yang the movements of the japanese and other information indicate that they will try rather to force an engagement ga in the vicinity of mukden the rains have not damaged the railway but have destroyed a number of bridges A small fight occurred august 19 on the mo tien pass road seven miles east of llao yang but its results were unimportant As the rains have rendered the low ered the lower grounds impassable the main japanese army has fallen back to the hills st petersburg aug 21 emperor nicholas has received the following message from lieutenant general stoessel commander of the military forces at port arthur dated august the japanese made at two days attack on our position on the Ug lovala mountains near louisa bay all their attacks were repulsed the Vye and uial mountains remain in our hands the losses were very great the following particularly distinguished themselves general kondratenko Kondra tonko colonel armann lieutenant colonel Yel chino and captain andrich Andr ieH this morning major of the japanese army presented himself at our advanced post with a letter signed by general nogi and admiral togo demanding the surrender of the fortress tho proposed was of course rejected 1 I have the happiness to report that the troops are jn excellent condition and that they flohl heroically |