RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
BESIEGEfiB' PROGRESS AT J'OHT ARTHUR, ■ WORK OF THE SAITEH, LONDON, Nov, 1, Advices from Tokio state that sappers have tuanelUd u long distance, nearly to the liearl of the fortres* ol Port Arthur. During, the storming of Erlungihau the Japanese climbed almost vwtical hills, using holes caused by ths bonilMrUiiMsnt as foothold*. They rushed the position after half ' an hour's fierce resistance.
HOT WORK CONTINUES, A HUNDRED GUNS PLAY ON THB FORTRESS. (Received Nov. 8, 1.16 a.iu.J LONDON, Nov, ». Oitlcial news from Tokio states that a hundred Japanese guns maintain an increasingly effective bombardment on Port Arthur's northorniy and eastcrnly forts. Tlie infantry are advancing by desperate rushes, and engineers and sappers are running mines up to the Japanese forta The attack continues and the enemy have resorted to evory means of obstructing the progress of the assaulter*. They are using bombs and energetically repairing damage by placing sand-bags on the banquetu destroyed earlier in the bomtwrdment.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 257, 3 November 1904, Page 2
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160RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 257, 3 November 1904, Page 2
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