The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
TOOK OFF THEIR COATS.
Japanese Presented Excellent White
Marks for the Russians.

JaDaneSe Presented Excellent WnIte
Marks for the Russians.
London. Sept. s.-The Daily Mail
Kupantse correspondent cabling un-
der date of September says:
Rail cars at the rate of 80 DAY
with wounded are passing through the
station of Mukden. The shral'nel IN =
iurieS are frightful ana ma JcTlty u
the men succumo on the Journey u
the hospital.
"Correspondents arriving here keen
ly resent their treatment by the Jap
anese and declare that they see notn-
ing of the war They are treatea as
though they were spies, while native
correspondents are permitted TO see
the fighting and telegraph freely
The Daily Mail Chefoo correspon-
dent says that Rear Admiral Orlu mas
been ordered to remain outside Shang-
hal with his squadron until Port Ar
thur falls.
with General Kuroki, telegraphlng
August 81, describing the battle OF
Anping, says:
1.-THE Russian position was exceed
ingly strong. On the left was long
line of mountain ridges, and gradual
ly shelving down on the front ana
right were straight slopes steeply des-
cending for six hundred feet, then
bending at sharper angles for several
hundred feet The slopes We're plant
ed in maize, millet and potatoes. Inc
movements of the Japanese were
greatly hampered by the confgurat1on
of the country, the unceasing success
sion of mountains, which were almost
painless. making it impossible Tor
them to bring forward their field
guns and mountain artillery therefore,
was used.
After opening with shrapnel, the
Japanese infantry advanced in arc
shaped formation. Massing at every
convenient point of shelter, they
reached the foot of the mountain
where the angle OF the slope aftorded
protection. From a hill opposite L
saw the steady and persistent move
forward, now by twos and threes, now
in long lines, as the Japanese cre0t
from point to point. Then heavy
off their coats in order to facilitate
their movements, thus presenting
splendid white marks to the enemy.
The gunners experienced difficulty
at first in getting the range. Soon, how
ever, smoke and flames showed where
the opposing batteries were working
ruin. Two japanese mountain guns,
greatly daring, advanced on the right
below the Russian front, concealing
themselves in the corn. Their fire in
the midst of the Russian trenches
caused the Russian fire momentarily
to waver. Then it was renewed more
vigorously than ever, but it was the
beginning of the end
"Some Japanese crept around and
wriggling through the corn, burst I'M
eXpecIeQly on the IT6nCneS- mere was
"A bloody fight. Then as though by
magic, white flags with blood red cen
tiers appeared all up the mountain
sides On the submits stood men
waving the flag of the rising sun aloft.
All of the standard bearers were tear
ing up the slopes.
THE japanese now opened fire upon
the Russians descending the opposite
slopes. while the Russian artillery
turned savagely upon the heights
whence the Russians had been ouSted.
The Japanese losses were very
heavy. The Russian artillery covered
the retreat. Both armies remained in
touch during the afternoon. A heavy
thunder storm ensued, during which
the artillery of our left wing attacked
DaidentSu- There was little shelter
that night for the wounded and all lay
in common fellowship upon mud
drenched to the skin. When the fog
lifted at $3.50 in the afternoon, the
Russians were observed in full retreat
pouring toward the bridge over the
river Jang."