THE WAR.
WARSHIPS LOST. TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT IN RUSSIA. THE DOOM OF PORT ARTHUR. NOTHING BUT DEATH. General Nogi’s only surviving son was killed at Metre Hill, the elder son having been killed in the battle of Nanshan. General Nogi is now childless. The torpedo transport Amur was sank at Port Arthur. Excitement and bewilderment prevails in St. Petersburg at the loss of the battleships, and there is an agitation to recall Admiral Rozhdestvensky’s fleet, which, when it arrives, will be without a base, Yladivostock being frozen. It is surmised in St, Petersburg that the destruction of the fleet implies the slackening of resistance. The Japanese will be unable to mount siege guns on Metre Hill if the adjoining forts are capable of exerting their whole strength. It is, however, feared their ammunition is failing, and the garrison’s death agony has begun. The Daily Telegraph’s Port Arthur correspondent states the gunboats Greyak and Tusadneck have also been sunk, and only the torpedoers are intact. It is reported at Shanghai that since the Chinese guard ship has been withdrawn the Askold is replacing her machinery and is coaling, hoping to join the Baltic.
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Manawatu Herald, 13 December 1904, Page 3
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191THE WAR. Manawatu Herald, 13 December 1904, Page 3
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