THE LATEST.
DESPERATE FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR. A squadron under command of Admiral Utiu has gone to iho Dutch East Indies to watch the Baltic fleet. Mr Bennett Burleigh reports that a further heavy bombardment of Port Arthur began on Tuesday night, desperate attempts being made to tunnel towards fort 208. Repeated bayonet charges were ipade, the casualties being heavy. It is stated that on the besiegers’ side over 25,000 have been killed outright since the siege began. JAPS IRRITATED WITH FRANCE. The Times’ Tokio correspondent says there is no irritation over the coal question as the Japanese fully comprehend the nature of the English laws. The indignation is confined to the action of France in so interpreting her laws as to allow the Baltic fleet the free use of ports to conduct operations which are de scribed as irreconcilable with a strict neutrality. JAPS CAPTURE PORTS. Repeated charges against Fort 208 failed, but finally a footing was obtained within 80 metres of the summit. The south-eastern portion was reinforced, and with a fierce assault the Japanese captured the summit. Simultaneously the north-eastern part and the entire fort were cap tured. Heaps of Russian dead were found.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1904, Page 3
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