The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-27
u troopa against the trench
ENGINES or DEATH FAILED.


% troops against the trench.
ENGINES or DEATH FAILED.
Hat their mission Waa not car
fied uut when the dust SETTLED
and the trench became visible
again. great crowds Of Japanese
Nere seen rushing over the edge of
the trenches and a tiny Japanese
flag was flying over the trench. The
trench which had a moment before
been the extreme right ~ the Rue4
sian position on che hills. u waa
The first piercing Of the line Il
uaa a desperate charEs and enc
that cost the Japanese dearly The
Japanese left had In the meantime
started a turning movement around
the Russian right and all the aftii
iegy ~ that end of the line VAS vefy
huaY nut the artillery % the Rus
sian center and left wsa AZ once
turned on the trench JShich the
japanese had been - violently
sLciIing but few moments before.
again the crest u the hlli was hid
den in dust and smoke and the ruar
- the guns Va constant When
we left the hiil ~ dusk the shsllinF
waa stlli golng GA - strongly a.
when Il first began.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS SEC
0Nn ARMY CORPS IMPERIAL
JAPANsEE ARMY. Sept The
hattie Of shan namepo was wun last
niKhf. n waa won BY a BRIGADE. a.
though there were divisions en-
gagged u vas won By = compare
tixely few men and q those feN.
more than half lie stark aad cold
upoa the field today The hattie
~aa won in the charge upon the
center % the RuaaAin position. the
charge on what we have called
Green hill for want Of 3 better
name.
Green hlii q the center Of the
uoaitIon and Il IL one 81 thu nastiest
positions troops we're ever sent %
take The hin Il perhaps goo fee'
high and H rises from tha plain Ia
a gentle slope followed by a very
ateeu rise. The RuHsaiua had this
hfii strongly fortified With three
lines OF trenches All day yeater-
day The Japaneae lay 81 the foot Of
mi. hin In trenches which they had
hastily thrown up during the night
.ast night they charged and thel
took the hin. That Il was one OF
the most desperate chafgea imaE
Unable everyone who has seen the
hlll today knows
The strongest line Of defensea on
the hill were those ~ the very top
We knew that yesterday and the
day before, We have seen them 10.
day aud that has only verified our
previous opinion For two daYa
The Japanese artillery played on
these trenches With little apparent
effect. Willie the artillery was FIR
ing on the trenches the soldiers
we're not thefe They were safely
enacunced IN the bombpraofs In the
rear play ing cards and drinking
vodka. but when the charge came
they we're there and they fought
like demons.
TOOK HILL At NIGHT
Last night the men OF NpgOya
we're sent to take the hill. These
soldiers who have done splendid
work all the way north from Nan
shan hill had been lying In the
trenches at the foot OF the hill oil
day. The order came for them to
take the hill and we'll. they took H.
In command of the brigade which
took the hill was Mai Gen. Ko-
dana We met the general on the
hin this afternoon ll9 shook
hands With all Of 10 and gave US
HE card. lie posed for photo
graph without objection. He smiled
all the time he talked TO s.
through our interpreter. by the way.
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