THE LATEST.
DEFENCE WORKS BLOWN UP. JAPS CAPTURE A PERMANENT FORT. The simultaneous explosion of two mines containing two tons of dynamite which had been driven forty feet under the breastworks of tbe north fort, East Keekwanshan, en Holes the forlorn hope to get a footthrough the breach. Sixty soldiers were buried in the debris. This is the first permanent fort captured, indicating that the Japanese have pierced the main enciente. The Japanese have occupied a strong position a thousand metres south-east of Metre Hill, preparatory to assaulting the new town and pushing between Liotishan and the Russian headquarters. Admiral Togo believes the Sevastopol has been disabled though there is not definite data for a final verdict. Several torpedoes were seen to hit hsc and explode. Other reports state Commander ■ Yezoe and Lieutenant Nakobara, • tending the rest of the torpedo flotilla left their rendezvous, had approached she Sevastopol alone, in a snowstorm, and when near enough to hear the Russians talking dis charged torpedoes. A shell out Commander Yezoe in two.
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Manawatu Herald, 22 December 1904, Page 3
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171THE LATEST. Manawatu Herald, 22 December 1904, Page 3
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