RECALLING PORT ARTHUR.
BRAVE GENERAL PASSING AWAY (Received 8.40 a.m.) St. Petersburg, July 12. General Stoessel, defender of Port Arthur, is dying from paralysis. He is unable to move or speak. _^
On August 16, 1904, Stoessel was summoned by the Japanese Command, er to surrender, but the answer was a promps and emphatic refusal. Months of bombardment followed. It was not till December 31st that General Stoessel wrote to General Nogi stating that further resistance was useless, and that he desired to open negotiations for the evacuation of the fortress. The conditions of surrender were settled on January 2, 1905, and the evacuation of the fortress was completed on January 7. The total number of prisoners was 878 officers and 23,491 men. The Japanese Emperor telegraphed his appreciation of the self-sacrifice and devotion of General Stoessel and the garrison, expressing his desire that all the honors of war should be extended to them.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 13 July 1914, Page 6
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153RECALLING PORT ARTHUR. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 13 July 1914, Page 6
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