London vid Bombay, 16th November.
General St&ssel telegraphs to the Csar that Port Arthur can hold out for several months, and adds that he has been slightly wounded in the head,—Reuter.
18th November.
The American Consul-General at Chefoo (Mr. John Fowler) telegraphs to the State Department that the situation at Port Arthur is extremely critical, the outer forts having fallen into the possession of the Japanese.
Later, Dispatches published at St. Petersburg from General Stéssel, carried by the Ratstoropny, of the 25th of October, 26th of tober, and 2nd of November, show that the Russians had 500 casualties la repelling the assault of the 25th and 26th ult.
The last dispatch is dated Accession Day, and is couched in a tone of the most fervent loyalty and jubilant, triumph, because nine days' continuous assaults had been finall repulsed on this great day, on whicl the Japanese had sworn to take the fortress.
As published, the dispatches contain no hint of impending disaster, but the fact that nothing has been published later than the 3rd November is significant.—Reuter.
These dates are obviously not the Rassian calendar dates, as the anniversary of the Czar's accession falls on November the Ist, new style (October the 20th old style). The latest date could not be the 16th of November as has been suggested, as the Ratstoropny left Port Arthur on the night of the 15th.—Ep, Tokio, 19th November.
It is unofficially stated that the forts on Erhlungshan and Sungshushan were blown up at 2.30 p.m. on the 17th inst—Our own correspondent, Later.
It is reported that the Japanese mining operations resulted on the 117th inst, in the blowing-uj of the' flanking defences of the forts on Ehrlungshan and _Sungshushan, destroying the bulk of the Russian machine guns and the breastworke,—Our own lent.
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