The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-14
HARDEST FIGHT
! OF WHOLE BATTLE
Was kuroki's Heroic Stand N,
Heiyingtsi Hill
LITTLE ROUND TOP AGAIN
TINE AND AGAIN JAH6 cftARGED
LOSING BY THE THOUSANDS,
BUT FINALLY WERE sue
cEssFuL.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated rreas
knroki'a headquarters In the field.
Monday Sept S, via Tien-Tsin. Sept.
13.--The fighting which took place
on the night OF Sept. along the en-
tire line was the fiercest OF the whole
battle preceding the capture or LII
ao+Yang. The Russians were deter
mined 20 retain HeiyIhgtai hill which
was necessary for the protection OF
The railroad.
All day long two or three Russian
batteries hal enveloped the trenches
on the hill with continuous rapid
fire, shrapnel and common shells
bursting along.the summit and west
ern slope. The trenchqa were deep and
.hc single Japanese regiment 0ccu-
pying them stuck To It's position ami
withstood and repalsed two or three
infantry attacks. Toward dusk the
Russians attacked Ia great force aud
for two hours there followed steady
and hard infantry lighting. During
most OF this time the combatants
We're SO close to each other that the
artillery could not be used Through
out that night tenure OF hin hung In
the balance.
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
The Russians made two assaults
and once the Japanese we're driven
from their trenches down the slope.
They refused 10 yield and returned
and finally succeeded In driving the
I.nssians away Slaughter In this
fightlng was great on. both sides.
Meantime the Russians attempted 10
overwhelm the Japanese on the tive
headed hills" throwing large body
Of infantry against them. A hard bat
tie vas wagad for several hours. bnt
he IaplncS ssines asecrs not brukeu.
The scene at night was like re-
markahle display OF fireworks. Tho
Russian bombardnent OF The hills.
which had been steady all day long.
increased toward sunset and when
darkness fell bursting shells over tho
hilltop and plain resembIed flashing
electric lights The submits OF the
hllls were outlined by continuous and
thin ttr1lms OF fire from flashing
tifio1. lin the nearby plain. under
The protection OF the low hills, camp
fires of reserves glowei like tights OF
city. In tho distance great beacons
Of light showed where the dead were
being cremated
ANXIOUS TIME FOR KURoki.
The morning OF Sept was an anx-
ious time a. the headquarters OF
kuroh. The Russian bombardmenf|
OF the hills was proceeding and the
japanese batteries had taken up new
positions In the low lands. II was
evident that the Russians had been
heavily reinforced Little firing VIA
heard from the direction OF Lao
Yang.
The afternoon of Sept. was com
parltlvely quiet and the Russian flra
decreased. The Japanese line al
vGnced only half a mile all day. Tha
morning OF the 4th an ominous quIe
reigneI Kurokis stan watched ths
northwest. evidently expecting
movement in that direction. In tn,
afternoon a fresh brigade reinforced
the Japanese right. At five ocloc
the entire line advanced. meeting
lively rifle fire from the Russian rea
guard. The Japanese replied. an
the engagement was continued unit
night fan.
SPECTACLE SELDOM SEEN.
Sunday morning General Kurol
rode forward TO HeIyihgsai hill tn
spectacle presented by Heiyingtai HI
has seldom been equalled in any wa
The top of .hls hill Is less than
quarter of a mile long. the crest
Il as well as the slopes and rayine
was literally honeycomhed xit
trenches. bitches ran IN every dire
tion. testifying TO the number of q
lacks made and different poln.s froI
which these assaults had been d
tempted
Close to the summit Of the h
we're bodies Of two hundred dead RI
'isns. They lay as they had falle
heir rifle in their hands or on Il
zround ncar them II appeared IN
hese men had attempted 70 advan
n open order ami the entire line b
,een moved down BY the Japane
ire when IL was almost upon
renches.
HoRRIeLE SIGHT.
Many other corpses strewed
lelds below the hills Many she
lad fallen on the hin. tearing pits a
urroWs in the ground. Fragments
teel we're cyeEyWhere under n
lay0nets were twisted and brok
nd on the ground there were the
mains of uniforms and soldierx' "a
orn by shot ana soaked IN hlc,
5iood vas -smcared evesyShere
he trenches and On the turf aad
ras Impossible to take step vita.