WAR IN THE FAR EAST.
THE. SIEGE OFJPORT ARTHUR. DESPERATE PLIGHT OF THE | GARRISON. TUNNELLING OPERATIONS. | THE STORMING OF ERHLUNGSHAN [PPtESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received .November 2, 8.56 a.m.) LONDON, Ist November. Advices' from Tokio slate that sappers tunnelled a long distance, reaching nearly the heart of the fortress at Port Arthur. During the storming of Erhlungshan the Japanese climbed an almost vertical hill, using the holes caused by the bombardment as footholds. Tbtey rushed the position after half an hour's fierce resistance. GARRISON LOSES HOPE. ■STOESSEL DECLARES HE WILL ' HOLD OUT. LONDON,' Ist November. Shells fired by the besiegers of Port Arthur dismounted a gun on Electric Hill and another on Marble Hill. The garrison has lost all hope of relief.. Many men and some officers wish to Surrender, but General Stoeesel, the commander, has ported a proclamation that he will fight while there are enough men to mini a gun. Tho besiegers stdrmed and captured Telnngshan, with nominal loss, afterwards repelling a sortie.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1904, Page 5
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163WAR IN THE FAR EAST. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1904, Page 5
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