Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-10
Japanese Fell
INTO DEATH
Pits OF Russians

ST. Petersburg. Sept. l.-Arcordins
~ official adyiccs from the front, tho
battle at i.iaoyang had not been re.
srmed up to 4 o'clock this morning.
The battle yesterday was of the most
! desperate character. IL ranged con
ltinuously from dawn until midnight
and the slaughter must have been i'm
mcnSe. At 5 In tho evening, after hold
ing his outer positions all day in the
face of the most desperate charges.
General kuropatllin gave the order to
retire upon the main works about the
lefty. The japanese assaults during the
day had been directed principally
Iagainst the Russian center, little
cast OF MaCtung llill. near the railroad.
and three miles southwest Of l.iaoyang.
Nothing approaching the severity OF
the infantry and artillery fire here had
been heretofore experienced In this
lwar. General Kordratsvitchs division
lt,orc the hrunt and suffered the most.
lDayonet charges succeeded each other
lin rapid succession, while the artillery
duel never ceased for n moment. No
attempt was made In the official adviccs
Ito estimate the nuisber OF guns the
Japanese used, except that they had
lmany hundreds. Each gun carried 100
lcharges and these must have been eX.
lpended many times. rs several hun
Idred thousand shells were fired be
tween sunrise and sunset. General XII
!, Iropatliin's order to fall back on ths
fortilications probably Was due to the
receipt OF information that the Japan
csc had succeeded In crossing the Tai
; tse river northeast Of Liaoyang, al
though Generals Rennenkampf's and
iManlarilcff's divisions had been es
; pecially placed In position In this III
. rection to chockmatc such movement
, The Japanese crossed at point called
. Observation-Disclosures. twenty mics east
and somewhat above I.iaoyang. and
marched in force directly westward
with the evident object of cutting the
, Russian line of communication with
, lMukden. Their exact strength was no,
cstablishcd, but division was made
ors.
As soon as the japanese found tha
: the Russians were retiring from thc''
D outcr positions southwark. they re
g Isumcd the attack there. although II wa!
then quite dark. Thus pressed, tn,
. Russians arrested their movement Il
:. 1.-THE rear and again faced the Japanese
i, with the view OF eventual retirement
:" from their outer positions. the Rus
!, lsians had dug large number OF pit
" with stakes concealed in their bottoms
THE pits were artfully concealed anon
' the high Chinese corn. when the lar
n anese charged after the Russians the
fell into the pits in hundreds and wcr
Y engulfed and impaled on the stakes an
q their lines were thrown into confusion
When the Russians faced about and RI
n turned to their old positions they foun
y these death.traps filed with dead IN
II dying.
). The rattle Of muskctry and the hoor
/, OF cannon continued until midnigh
ID when at last silence brooded over th
bloody battlefield and the tired soldier
lay down where they had fought Will
the worn-ont surgeons and angels {
: mercy ministered to the wounded a
- night and the Chinese coolies worke
OF carrying them into Liaoysng.
h General Sakharoff in reporting th
" battle, says the Japanese suffered emo
II nous losses, much larger than those I
n the Russians. who also lost heavily.