Arizona republican., 1904-10-31

listening l understood that a terrific bpmbardment was going on in the out skirts of the city. Hurriedly dressing myself I went out on the porch. Here the firing could be heard much plainer. The boom of cannon came now fast, now slow; sometimes they combined into one prolonged thunderous roar from which the very atmosphere shook. At six o'clock in the morning num- Der of carts entered the yard to re- move our things to the train. By half past seven nothing remained in our rooms.
 Are we going to leave Liao Yang O. not? That is the question which fills our minds. and the roar of the can non grows stronger and stronger, just as if a monstrous drum was being unmercifully beaten. Beyond the quarters of the staff arises a little hill which is covered with spectators hun grily watching the bursting shells on the heights outside the city.
 To the southwest beyond the village of ShowshanpOU where the First army corps is fighting, the firing is partic- ularly intense. The entire slope of the mountainous ridge is picturesque ly defined against the sky line Little clouds of smoke dot the sky above it. Despite the flaring sunlight, it is quite easy to distinguish the flame of ar tillery discharges. Sometimes they seem to run along the ground like wisps; sometimes when the enemy is firing volleys, a whole flock. /of cloudlets and flames is seen above the hill tops. It looks as though nOth- ins could live under such a pande- mOuium- One cannot realize that the vast majority of the projectles fly wide. or fall short. Sometimes il hap pens that a couple of hours frightfuj cannonade will only kill ten or twenty men, but sometimes, alas, in fifteen or twenty minutes there is a mountain or dead bodies
 Being condemned to immobility we stand here and watch the spectacle through our field glasses. The captive balloon rises little to our left; ie rises and then stops as if overcome by the grandeur of the sight. l have of ten seen a captive balloon rise above ! a pleasure ground, but never did it cause such an impression upon me as here amidst the movement of armed hosts and to the accompaniment of demoniacal cannonading. Everything seems to be changed, even here, since ! yesterday. There is something majes- tie in the air and iI the faces of all present. Everybody feels that some tAing grand and unusual something that is going to influence future his ] tory, is transpiring. Alongside the i headquarters at the foot of our hill. ! the cOmmissariat officials and their ] subordinates are hurriedly removing l documents. Similar work is going o1 all round at the various other staff l and commissariat offices. In the dis I 1 locomotive engines are puffing and l blowing and railway carriages are | strung out in enormous lines. 4 part ! of the stores have already left and We i can hear the creaAing Of the commis- l sariat wagons.
 At two o'clock the first transport of wounded arrived. The severely wound 1 ed are placed by ones and twos in the | two wheeled ambulance carts, with a canvas cover. Those less severely 1 wounded are placed by threes and ever fours. Others are supported by the hospital attendants and those slightly wounded are dragging themselves along unaided. For the first time since the war began l saw such a gathering or wounded, and was struck by the quietness prevailing amOngs them. Neither shouts nor groans were | to be heard, except now and then wher the rough twO-wheeled carts whicf l would cause a strong man some
 qualns, gave a particularly severe jolt, then one would hear pitiful ex- clamations: "Oh. Lord, have mercvi' ] Mother Of Heaven, I can't stand it!'
 Contrary to their laudabl practice of suspending war till two in the ae
 ternoon, the Japanese, on this day
 broke their rules and continued tC ! H.r,r-- -F.s.
 The unceasing roar of artillery mad,
 one dizzy. There was no getting awa1
 from the hOrrid din. It pursued on,
 everywhere. By 8 o'clock the sky over
 clOuded and rain began to fall Tn,
 ground, which had not yet dried iron
 the previous dOwnpour. soon becam,
 converted into e verita ble bog. oVei which the ambulance carts creaked
 splashing mud, on their way back (,
 their position for a further batch O
 wounded"
 Sept. At o'clock this morning
 kurOpatkin, accompanied by all hi staff, left to ride around the positions
 and meanwhile his train was brough
 onto the main line and proceeded frs
 to the station, and afterwards, whel
 the commander had returned and en
 tered his carriage. three versts iron
 Liao Yang, the train was drawn ont,
 a siding.
 On riding through the town Just be
 fore the departure. stopped near tn,
 church. A saSl picture presented itsel
 to my eyes. On the other side of tn
 enclosure, in a tiny hollow, lay tel
 corpses, placed side by side. and GOV
 cred with sheets, from under whicl
 one could see their feet, looking hide
 ously dirty, covered with black earth
 Some of them still wore their boots
 but the majority were barefooted. Tn
 aged priest and his deacon. with a feN I chOristers selected from the non-com
 batants, were hurriedIy reading tn
 burial service. While the service wa
 being read over some of the cOrpses
 bearers were hastily bringing other
 and unceremonioUsly hinging them q the ground.
 Up to 9 o'clock in the afternoon tn