New-York tribune., 1904-10-21
LONE TREE HILL B4TTLE.
Desperate Effort by japanese TO
Retolne That Important Position.

Moukden oct. 60 Russian correspondent
Of The Associated Press sends the following
account Of the attempt of the japanese 20 re-
take Lone Tree HIN after the capture Of that
important position Ivy the Russians.
The night OF October Is the japanese brought
their RAPID fire guns TO The front and we felt
through The darkness, though We could scarcely
see, g desperate attack launched against the
whole line. some say the object was 10 retake
ufteen guns that we had wrested from them.
Nvillle others Of the opinion that general at
tack had been planned Of which this movement
was mere diversion, The main object being to
recaptuTe the vital position of Poutllof, for
1neriy Lone Tree Hin In any e. ent the enemy
round kuropstkn ~ home. and they were not
kept long knocking at his front door
The first warning of their coming the
rattle OF quicktirers concentrated upon the
l9th Regiment. We lay silent while their ar
iuerN thought they were paving the way for
The .Jananese attack. Then came their infantry
AND we opened with The faNOrite Russian volley
firing Il was pitch blacisness but the dark
ness - as III with the glare Of our volleys we
could fsinuy SO the shadowy waves OF the
enelnys Infantry breaking and sinking as they
fried TO breast our trenches. The first 6erceness
II their attack spent itsef. Then came an un-
accountable panic. that sometimes grips even
brave men in darkness. They seemed 10 think
and fed in confusion.
Vow we have quiet nights The troops are
resting. japanese reports Of their victories are
have just met an officer Of the eastern col
Nlln. who was with General Mistcherko during
re 9peraloils OF october lB- 1t seems the Ian
anese were harrylng his left flank while be vas
trying simultaneously % lssep in touch with our
eastern and with our central forces General
Mtstcherko appealed for aid and a squadron ~
dragons was sent 20 his support This SQUAD
ron occupied hin southwest OF Yanientiln a
village seven miles northwest Of Fentsia mn %
and On the AOukoen road. Il turned ot,f 49,
me japanese held neighboring hin with =
sorce q infantry concealed in woods al tbe foo.
81 the hin, and so we sent another sguadro,, "a
turn the japanese position. The country is In
tersected with ravines, and our csvalrvn9eu we're
sorced 70 go afoot- i "'ie
captain SheruDoVitch captured tho Ism i,i.
cragoons routing out the Jansfsse rr,r, -
woods AZ The foot of the hin ana 6sbftne ttsi,
way 10 me top The japanese seeing sI,otbs,
eeuaoron ascending the opposite SIDE v.rile
fIne regiment was turning their Nank fa.red
We nad cut them OF from the west road ,,.l,iCb
YES me Only me OF retreat they had ana bs
gan 10 retire In disorder. We caught ana "a.
GOWN groups as they tried vainlv 10 cain ~
"estefn passes The dragons used their sbvas
Win deadly ehecl, both IN attaclzins ne biii
and curing the retreat Some oT kba JaTaresa
scofned 20 give or take quarter and died 09btir-
oaEonets against sabres, IN the trencbae7 ,,-r,i
their companions fed ~ "'i''s
Far4f uiars OF the Poutilofr Hin fight reaac,
more erecft than ever upon the 1914 reri,,1c,,t
= -L--n NenL INTO the heart of the japanese posi-