Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-15
COMPELLED TO SEEK Shell TER.
Shells Burst All Around Him and his
Officers, Making Them Move In
A Hurry.
BLOOOIESr EPISODE OF FIGHT.
Under Cover OF Darkness Russians
Bayonettei Several Battallons
OF japanese.

st. Petersburg, OCT l5.-Accordlng 10
special dispatches received here. Cen
kuropatkn had a narrow escape dur.
Ing the fierce fighting Of Wednesday
night and Thursday FOR the possession
Of Temple hill and the Double Horned
mountain east Of the railroad with
hts stan he was personally directing
the fight at this point Orderlles werg
constantly galopIng up with reports
from other parts Of the field and cal-
rylng dispatches to and from the tee-
phone and telegraph stations when
were working behind the hills. This
evidently attracted the attention Of the
Japanese, who clevcrly unmasked some
batteries, the shells from which burst
am around the distinguished groupcom.
pclling Gen KuTopatkin 10 shift his
position hastily and seek shelter.
Il Is understood that Gen. Kuropay-
kin, before the battle commenced again,
designated Lieut.. Cen Sakharon ana
then Lieut. Gen. Bildering 20 succeed
him In the command In the event Of his
being disabled
JAPs TAKE THE OFFENSIVE.
At the Russian Front Thursday. oct.
l3. by way OF Mukden, oct. 1.-THE
japanese offensive began Tuesday
aloug the whole line, The heaviest
work was on the Russian extreme right.
whore the lighting for the possession
OF Hau and Tumin pass did not cease
until midnight The Russians succeed
ed IN capturing the latter though ar
fearful cost.
The position at poHasautzi stll fur
thor toward the Tnitse river held by
the Tomsk regiment was furiously as
saulted and the regiment lost heavily.
The Tambod regiment cXtrcated IA
self FROM a seemingly hopeless posi-
ton ana succeeded I'm cffecting It's re-
tirement The Russians stuck to most
OF their positions herOlcally Tuesday
except at the Schli river
On the morning Of Wednesday the
japanese renewed their attack. prepar-
Ing the way for their infantry with
am artillery bombardment At noon
the Russian right began falling back,
but the attack upon the Russian center
and left weakened perceptibly. The
artillery fire slackened In the evening.
but the rifle fire continued with little
iutermission throughout the night. The
japanese today Thursday, oct 80,
renewed their attacks and the battle
proceeded with varying success, but on
the whole favorable TO the Japanese as
the Russians continued 10 give ground
The Russian wounded are being sent
north to Hardin
RUSSIANS BAYONET JAPs.
Mukden. Oct. ij.-One of the blood
Test episodes OF the desperate fighting
between the Shakhe river and Yentai
during the last three days occurred nj
the village Of Endotiula, west OF the
railroad and on the ueighboring heights,
east Of the railroad The Japanese
had been driven out of those positions
with terrible losses, but oct 10 they
concentrated such murderOus artil-
lery fire on the village that 1t became
necessary Tor the Russians TO with
draw, the railroad, however, being
held, The same evening the Russian
commander gave Imperative orders 10
reoccupy Endotiula, The Zaraisk reRi-
meut without firing q single shot
marched under cover OF darkness and
bayOneted several battallons OF the
japanese, many Of whom died as they
slept A few Japanese escaped and
sought shelter In stacks Of Chinese
corn, but the Russians, car
riod away by the frenzy OF
revenge rushed upon the survivors ana
literally tore up their bodies with bay0.
nets The Russians then rolled them
selves IN the japanese blankets. The
next morning the Japanese again
ghelled out the regiment. while their
artillery came ON al run and secured
n position east Of the railroad Again
Gen. Kuropatkin ordered the Russians
10 rotake the position, but the efforts
of his troops were In vain The Rus
slams could not reach the japanese
rcuChos En whitening was the japanese
lre ana only a few returned where
had charged. The companies
% some casca We're commanded by ser
,euuts after the officers had fallen.
)nc officer, his face streaming with
blood. lhnpel mp 70 q general, who was
urilus
where Is your company" asked
DE general
This ie an that Is left Of IT," replied
ne officer "it was like slaughter
louse"
The artillery Nght Wednesday was
he 1orccst NJ the war The japanese
handled Their guns superhly and chose
.plendid positions Their guns seemed
o have every range measured They
Would concentrate the fre Of 900 guns
irst ON one place and then on another.
some of the Russian regiments were
literally shot 90 pieces. The lombard
npnt reached "a climax 90 5 o'clock IN
De afternoon, when the Japanese tried
% envelope ana break through tho
}ugsi8n left wing