The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-10
JAP STORYOF THEFIGHT
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1t dug great hole in the earth and
scattered quantities Of rock.
Stl1l the Russians remained silent.
mere was no answering fire from
them until the first Japanese line was
within few hundred yards of the riv-
er bank. Then sharp volleys burst al
most simultaneously from several
trenches, and the attacking Japanese
round themselves under a heavy and
continuous fire, at easy range from
covered positions high above them.
They lay behind the said hillocks, re-
plying bravely and hotly to the fire,
while their own batteries pumped
shells over their heads.
The Japanese officers sat on their
horses or walked along the lines. They
were in no way sheltered or protected.
A few stretcher-bearers coming back
to the field hospital indicated that men
We're being wounded. The Russian
smokeless powder was excellent. It's
use made it impossible for the iJapa-
nese to discover the exact positions
of the enemy or to estimate their num-
bers.
Soon after 8 o'clock the Russian fire
was largely silenced by the combined
artillery and infantry attack of the
japanese and parties of the enen1y's
troops could be seen hurrying upward
over the mountain roads in retreat.
Two regiments of Japanese troops,
one directly opposite Wi-ju and an
other near village on the west, ran
to the river, stopping to fire now and
then as they progressed and giving
shrill cheers as they hurried forward.
Their formation was closer than that
kept by British or American troops and
it looked as though their losses must
be great. They waded the river, ran on
across the sands and climbed up the
steep, rocky hillsides like swarm of
ants, their red and yellow cap bands
cleaning in the sun.
One Japanese soldier, in one of these
regiments, carried something white
with him. This was seen and it caused
a shout to go up that the Russians
had surrendered. But upon reaching
the top of the first Russian trench a
hundred yards up the hillside this man
shook out japanese flag and waved
it to and fro. A storming party on
the west side of the advance mounted a
hill commanding the Russian retreat.
Just as the men were punched thickly
on the crest of this hill two Japanese
shells burst among them. They had
fallen short. When the smoke had
cleared away a dozen bodies could be
seen lying where the shells had ex-
plOded, and the remainder of the storm
ing party were clambering down the
their rear.
The sound of the rifle firing soon
passed on over the hills as the Japa-
nese pursued the retreating enemy.
One column Of weary soldiers who had
been almost two days without rest,
| was trudging down the river toward
Antung, where the Japanese gunboats
were shelling the Russian works. At 8
o'clock a solitary soldier, climbing
ahead of his comrades unfurled a huge
Japanese flag on the face of the top
most Russian fort, on a ridge thou
sand feet above the plain. He marched
back and forth along the parapet wav-
| ing the banner, and then for the first
time the Japanese on the walls of Wi
| ju broke the impassive silence with
which they had watched the battle and
shouted "Banzail" Already foot SOL
diers, batteries and pack trains were
! streaming onto the island by every
road and tonight the entire Japanese
| army will be in Manchuria.