PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1904, Page 4

PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

.» Though there is further mention to-day of the latest assault on the fortifications of Port Arthur at points from north-west to north-east, there is nothing definite as to the result. Reports that lack con* firmation are that the besiegers have obtained a partial success, but the absence of any clear statement seems to us more indicative of partial failure. For some reason which does not appear, Nogi had ordered this latest assault — which is on the great scale apparently — before his approaching works, including extensive sapping, were nearly completed. Is it that time is pressing, or that he has discovered that the garrison is too weak to successfully defend the extended line of his attack? On the Shaho, south of Mukden, where the two great armies confront each other, more frequent engagements are occurring. Kuropatkin reports an attempt to outflank a portion of his left wing on Friday last, which was repulsed. The Russian loss was numerically small, but great because of the death of Rennenkampf, General of the Cossack Army. A despatch of this morning describes the Japanese left as across the Hun River, where it repulsed a cavalry attack, while infantry attacks at other points were

similarly repelled. Further, Kuropatkin reports three Japanese reconnaissances is force on his centre, which is interpreted as being preliminary to a general engagement. The forward movement of Orama and the hastened assault on Port Arthur may well be related. t