7 JANUARY 1905, page 9

Friday's Newspapers Contained An Official Report From...

further details of the surrender. The figures of the surrendering garrison are much larger than was generally assumed, making a rough total of forty-eight thousand, including......

The Suffering Within Port Arthur Must Have Been Horrible,...

storm of fire from the Japanese great guns never cawing, while the men were gradually reduced to quarter-rations, and messes of rice, which, as we have found in all Indian......

It Has Been Impossible To Conceal This Tremendous Event From

the Russian people, but its effect on them will not be known for some days. They are for the moment stunned, for they bad always been told that Port Arthur would be relieved.......

The Terms Were Contained In An Agreement Of Eleven Clauses,

by which the port, with all its fortifications and ships, was surrendered, the entire garrison declared prisoners, and the immediate evacuation of all forts not previously......

P Ort Arthur, After A Siege Protracted By The Desperate...

of its defenders for eight months, fell on the first day of the New Year. The Japanese in a furious assault on December 31st had captured the remaining forts on the eastern......

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