PORT ARTHUR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8146, 19 December 1904, Page 2

PORT ARTHUR.

THE WARSHIPS NOT BERIOUBLY : DAMAGED. (Received Decenfter 17, 9.4 a.m.) LONDON, December 1% The Japanese are advancing against' the Taiyanglcan and lUseshan forts along- • «4geon Bay, sapping through the frasem ground. Naval guns. posted on Metre Hill cove* ', the infantry's advance. ,' -', (Received December 18, 4.47 p.m.) * LONDON- December 17. General Stoessel states that the water** tight compartments were opened a montk ago and the warships half sobmergedT' They were thus enabled to sustain thf Japanese plugging fire without injury U the engines, though their upper workf were ashore. The list seen on some of.' me vessels is the result of their beinf sunk in shallow water and swaying a£ cording to the currents. If Port Arthut is captured the vessels can easibr be destroyed.