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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7703, 4 January 1905, Page 2

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The Taking of . AN HOUR'S WOM DISPLACES GAIBISOI 1 LONDON, Jan. a. 1 The 'first attack on Sungabuaban I failed, owing to protective work* and J 1 a desperate defence. On Saturday 5 | morning at ten o'clock, after exploding mines and destroying tile parapet, the Japanese assaulted the puMtion, using grenade*. They had occupied the whole fort l:y D a .oi. heights south (1 f the fort. Over three hundred were buried in the de~ ' bris from the explosions, 'ilbe Japanese dug out two officers and 360 men who had been entombed. & number of field und machine guns n wore captured. The Japanese loam were small. - Subsecfucnlly the Japanese captur--0 od an observation ridge behind Sung. '_ shughan, after a alight resistance. _ The defensive power of the garrison . is materially weakened by this coup, r ——_____ i THE CZAR'S DESPAIRHG CRT. ,f "TO WIN FRESH GLORY,'* ■ St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3. o The Czar is undertaking a forfr - night s inspection of troop* in tha l " largo towns in South and East Cen- -■ tral Russia. He appealed to tha ' troops jn the Minsk district to "win f fresh glory." d GEIERAL WAR KEIS. ASKOLD'S CHEW TO BE TRIED, *■ ™ . . LONDON, Jan. 2. the Aakold's sailors are to be charged wilh nurder and a» to b« >f ou _s c,ore tho Russian Consul at n Shanghai, MM«or« j. A DASH FOR SAFETY i- LONDON, Ja». a. « A large Russian destroyer, tfeousfa chased, reached Cbe-foo at daybreak on Monday,, little damaged/ Her crew remain under arms, though the ship's fires have been drawn. .