THE LATEST.
Besieged Port Arthur.
in a Desperate Plight
Japanese Capture Forts.
The Eiul-Approaching.
(Eeceived Sept. 26, at 8.44 a.m.) I LONDON, September 25. Refugees at Chifu picture Port Arthur as being in- a desperate plight. Cholera has started, and the defenders are said to have been reduced to a few thousand.
The Japanese arc in possession of all the exterior forts and three inner ones. The excitement is "growing. Heavy firing, on the east side of Port Arthur, was heard on Friday morning. _
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7918, 26 September 1904, Page 5
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