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PORT ARTHUR TO BE ASSAULTED. TERRIBLE EFFECT OF A MINE EXPLOSION. The Japanese who have reached Chifu report that an elaborate assault on Port Arthur is being prepared, for about the 18fch, from the forts in the vicinity of Erhlungshun, captured during the last assault, but which the Japanese were unable to occupy owing to the heavy bombardment. The Russians have since remounted their guns. The mine which recently killed 700 Japanese at Port Arthur was laid for a distance of a mile along the valley. An explosive was placed on the bottom, rocks next, and then clay. The Russians waited till the Japanese were well over the mine. The detonation stunned the whole gatrison. Some rocks were hurled inside the Russian lines. THE JAPANESE WITHIN 13 MILES OF MUKDEN. The Japanese are now thirteen miles south of Mukden. General Sakaharoff reports that there has been no further fighting. The daily Express reports that there are 12,000 Russians south of Mukden in a position of extreme danger, and worn out. It is doubtful if they will be able to rejoin the main army.
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Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1904, Page 2
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