Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-10-19


IS now raging about six miles
north of the Yentai railroad station.
The Japanese or Sunday fell back
along the whole front and the Rus
sian advance guards crossed the
;ichiti river tabout half way betweeep
Mukden and Lao Yang) and came
within three miles OF Yentai; but Mon
day the Japanese received strong re-
Inducements OF infantry and artillery
and nearly held their positions, but
even assumed the offensive The fight
ing lasted tho entire day and night
Tho Japanese directed their artiller,
fire with great skill and searched the
Russian positions SO fiercely that the
Russians fell back north OF the Schil
river. which crosses the railroad seve!
miles from Yentai. The Russians thi
morning resumed their advance. one
more crossed the Schili river and en-
Saged the JaNanese two miles south O
il. terrific artillery engagement i.
proceeding along the entire front. The
result OF the battle Is still undecided.
Dust Blinded Combatants.
Mukden, By Cabic.-A Russian cor
respondent of the Associated Press de-
acribing incidents OF the Russian ad
vance. tells of n frightful dust storm
peculiar to this season in Manchuria
which ragged on Saturday. 1t was at its
light while battalion of Pekof
regiment with guns attacked Japa-
nese force posted in village. east OF
tho railroad and south of the Shakhe
river, and drove out the Japanese. after
Il stubborn resistance. Clouds OF dust
blinded the combatants and made il
Impossible to aim. The fingers of the
soldiers were numbed with the cold
and strong wind carried the shells
beyond the mark. The Japanese got
away in good roder carrying off their
killed and wounded. The Russians lost
~ men. The railroad is clear and not
damaged SO far as the Shekhe river
The correspondent repeats the state.
ment that Lao Yang is practically
lear of japanese troops. indicating
that all OF Field Marshal Oyama's men
are north of the Taitse river.
Russians in Good Spirits.
A Russian correspondent of the AS
sociated Press telegraps as follows: II
have seen number OF wounded who
have been sent back from the front II
is impossible at present to enter into
details of the operations on foot, but
the men interviewed are in infinitely
Better spirits than were those woun0e
when we were retreating. Every one is
confident and the men are all anxious
10 finish the war and get back home.
None of them. however, has any idea
of going home except as victors. We
rave enough troops and the one deter
rafnation of officers and men is to wipe
out the Japanese"
The Work Of Spies.
St. Paul. Mimi. Special-A special
10 The Dispatch from Minot, N D..
says: Two knocked-out torpedo boats
en- route over the Great Northern to
Seattle have been wrecked near Town
er through the breaking OF the forward
journal on the truck OF the car carry
ing the boats. It Is thought the truck
was tampered with ut Rugby. During
the summer number of Russians have
been employed on the section crew at
Towner. Some OF them, it is said, have
disappeared. Ii is known the Russian
and Japanese governments have had
spies in this country with view of
watching suspicious shipments to the
Orient"
Vessel and 500 Lives Lost.
The loss of the armored gun-boat
Heiyen was announced Tuesday, and
permission was granted by the author
tiles 20 publish the details of the dis
aster. The Heiyen struck mine of
Pigeon Bay on the night OF Septembe~
fS and founoered. Nearly 300 persons
ljer entire complement, were drowned.
Pwo petty officers and two sailors man
aged to reach Chlao Pal Island, from
@hich they were rescued.