Show E REPEL RUSSIAN ATTACK azars czars forces attack SinJin tung under cover of heavy Bombardment Capture of kerwan fort gives russians the advantage 7 russians confirm destruction of fleet at port arthur iea 21 the following cablegram dated tokio dec 21 has been received at the japanese legation tort arthur army reports our trophies at the battle of the north fort of hanehan were four quick two of which are usable four machine guns all usable and five field guna which aie under examination beside rifles shells ammunition grenades etc LOSS OF FLEET CONFIRMED st petersburg doc 21 IP to give details the admiralty admits that russian advises advices from port arthur beat by general stoessel substantially ly confirmed the japanese ad vices of the partial wrecking of the russian ahins and the censor has been instructed to permit the publication of tha dispatches it la claimed several of the larger ships and a respectable number of destroyers are still seaworthy but they are not being considered as a factor in the coming fight between admiral bogos ships and the russian second pacific squadron the whole series of misfortunes chich has attended the port arthur squadron is a bitter chapter in russian naval history but since the arrival of the latest ad vices there has been less disposition to criticism criticise critic ise admiral birens catl ure to mako a sortie general stoessel having that berther JEr ther defense of alie foit ress bould be impossible if the guns of the war ships and tho sailors landed were ic embarked had the ships been abla to under the conditions existing they would have leen at the mercy japanese and have been sacrificed tk hope of inflicting commensurate damage it the fortress is relieved it is believed most of the ships will be raised and saved the report that a japanese squadron of forty vessel had already sailed to rr eel the second squadron is regarded at the admiralty here as being ancor hect and circulated for a purpose RUSSIANS REPULSED tokio dec 21 the following report from manchurian headquarters was received at 1130 last night and made public today on monday at 5 in the afternoon the artillery of da mountain bombarded the neighborhood tung at 1 in the morning tuesday the infantry attacked us south of and at Tasu pao by 4 m ahe morning he was repulsed simultaneously the infantry attacked Chin shantung and huar atla and made a most vigorous atta k in the neighborhood 0 the fighting continued au hoir when the enemy was completely repulsed we had no casualties JAPS GIVEN ADVANTAGE headquarters of the japanese third army before port arthur dec 21 via the capture ot the north fort of cast kerwan mountain dec 18 by the japanese is of much importance because it opens a way up the gorge to the higher hills and will render easier the capture of the mountain it gives arnch additional foothold for a general on the western halt of tho eastern fortifications the japanese now hold five of the seven protecting forts sevastopol DISABLED boklo dec 21 admiral togo alio has personally made a saries of oo 00 0 the russian battleship sevastopol telegraphs expressing the opinion that the sevastopol is disabled great weight Is attached to bogos personal observations and opinion instanced by the fact that when the tins sian battleship Petro was sunk togo was one of the few officers of the entire japanese fleet whose eye caught the vision of speedy disaster commander who was whilo torpedoing the sevastopol has been promoted and has beeam other posthumous honors investigating SEIZURE tomo dec 21 the examination of the cargo passengers and crew ot the british steamer Ni gretia which was seized by the Japanese cruiser december 19 is in progress at aasebo seemingly it is undetermined whether parole bleaking russians are on board the gretia Ni the japanese are carefully investigating this feature of the case because ol 01 the question of the ability of the chinese officials properly to conduct the in tern ement of russians who refuge at ports in china it is considered f WILL MAKE observations boklo dec 21 transport nan shu leases japan for port arthur about december carrying the foreign naval attaches and parliamentary delegations the trip is intended to give the attaches an opportunity to make technical observations |