RUSSIANS DECISIVELY DEFEATED.
THE FIEBCEST FIGHTING OF THE WAR. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDED FOR THREE DAYS. "LARGE BODY OF RUSSIANS SURRENDER.
LONDON, October 13. The Russians have made tewral atUcka on Hainching, twenty-five milea to t!ie eouth-eaet of Saimatee, eiiic* the 7th, and were* repulsed in a night attack on the 10th. General Sakaharoff reports desperate fighting north of Ycctai, the Russians advancing with the utmost caution, constructing strong defences at each stage. The Mukden correspondent of some newspapers state that the Ruesians on Sunday were within four versts of Yentai. The Japanese maintained their positions, and after a heavy artillery fire for a day and night, drove tho Russians across the Shule river The Russians recrossed en Tuesday, and furioue fighting w proceeding eight miles north of Yentai.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12014, 15 October 1904, Page 7
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