RUSSIA.
THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR JAPANESE SAPPERS AT WORK. ' FEATS OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS. United Press Association— By Elec-trio Telegraph — Copyright. (Received November 2, 8.56 a.m.) LONDON.. November 1. Advices from Tokio state t-hat Japanese sappers tunnelled a long distance, nearly to the heart of the fortress at Port Arthur. During the storming of Erlungshan the Japanese climbed; an almost vertical hill, using holes caused by the bombardment as footholdsj and rushed th/e position after half an hour's fierce resistance.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8156, 2 November 1904, Page 3
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