Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-12
ECHOES FROM THE WAR
How an Old American Gun Re.
PEELED q Russian Force.
BRAVERY OF A nUscovIrE HERO

CaAR-yopanese O0~er's Aee0ant Of
. NiDDSs Charge at Nanshan-DaF-
1ag 81 . JaDan<se sailor.
1liaS Alice Brineman, a Red Cross
nnrse on duty with one a the japanese
armies at the front, tells In a letter to
relatives In Shenandoah. Pa, how a
Utngje piece OF ordnance. a bowitzer.
given by a resident Of Philadelphia to
q japanese officer. kept three Russian
regiments at bay for a whole day while
the main japanese force was executing
. Ranking movement, says the Phiia-
polphia Record Miss Bfineman writes:
The Russians imagined they were
0ehffng the full strength Of the jap
nnese detachment, and ! see by the
prons dispatches that their officers
rla1med to have 'silenced the Japanese
batteries.' 1t Ii possible that they do
not yet know that the only thing they
were mp against was a little Philadel-
phia howitzer, which was hurried from
point to point behind the japanese
breastworks In order to give the Rus
CLANS the impression that all the Jap
ansse batteries were still in position
This Incident will serve to explain
70 the public why the Russian army 50
frequently after the officers report hav-
1ng 'siIenced the japanese batteries re-
tires and retreats a long distance. In
nearly every case the japanese field
pieces have vacated the positions which
the Russians believe they have sheped
effectively and are scurrying around to
fhe Russian right or left
ssnrrrfuu al fhia summons CamnliQU
1t has usually been the case that the
.nrst intimat1on the Russians had Of
these tactics was when the roar Of the
enemy's pieces was suddenly heard to
the side. In a good position to cut on
their retreat. This explains why Gen.
efal Zassoulitch IN every engagement In
(which his troops fought has been oblig-
cd to abandon his guns to the Japs. AZ
no time was left for his retreat
The Russians. however. are now be
ginning to anticipate the favorife tao
Neal movements Of the Japs, and In
order to be prepared they sent out
scouting parties for miles They also
began nanking tactics themselves dur
nne2 several Of the minor engagements
fqpght during August The elaborate
puhs Of the Japs. however. who exc
CO ID one turning movement after the
other In such rapid succession as to be-
wilder the Russians. invariably proved
Duccessful-
Miss Brineman states that the how
sfzer Of which the japanese made such
effective use against General Zassou-
1ftch's troops once ornamented pub
Nc square In Philadelphia. After IL
was removed II came into the posses
sion OF an officer Of the regular United
States army. who presented II to a
Japanese officer about eight years ago
on the occasion Of visit to the United
States. This piece Of ordnance did
duty during the American civil war.
but with the new japanese powder IL
was found that the howitzer had pow
- to throw larger projectiles than
many Of the more modern guns used
~ the Japs.
The Japanese" Miss Brinemnn
writes. "vaiue the howitzer very high
~. Their equipment with heavy guns
81 not N thorough IN reported ana IL
q Russian fleet should sweep down the
coast Of Japan II would be found that
many of the principal seaports have
been denuded Of their protection In
ordinance I'm order to supply the armies
and the besiegers ut Port Arthur with
Supplements"
Among the recorded deeds Of hero |
1sm accomplished In the course Of the |
Russo-Japanese war few equal In bril- |
liant reckIessness the exploits Of q
fourteen year-old lad. Nicholas Zouef. |
enrolled with the Siberian rifles. In the |
neid north Of Liaoyang. says-the New
York Globe.
The boy. decorated q few days ago
with a third cross Of St George by
General Kuropatkin I'm person. Is the
adopted son OF Lieutenant Zouen. who
went down with his ship. the Petro- |
was sunk In Port Arthur hnrbor.
Agatn and again the lad has crossed
ne japanese lines with dispatches for |
General Stoessel. always making good
his escape Taken prisoner by q Jap
anese accommodating party. he I'M
horsed the officer I'm command and rode
away in q hail Of bullets. arriving In
The Russian camp after a twenty mile
k1ne with fractured collar bone
In one Of his perilous excursions into
h. japanese lines he unscrewed the
breach block OF one OF the guns Of the |
enemy and brought IL back into tie /,
Busstan camp as n trophy
Although the army regulations do not |
hllow enlistment at an earlier age than |
u1ghtsen. Zouen's exploits have won
him fun membership in the Siberian |
a japanese officer writing for Les-
l1s's Magazine thus describes one Of |
III charges made by the japanese In
ennfzy st Nanshan:
ouddenly we saw from where we |
were. On . curve Of the Nanshan crest |
Rnc1ng the kincbau bay. n sight which |
- oug blood bound I'm our veins-ir |