The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-10

and their machine guns quickly locat-
ell and quieted the Russian quick frers
Finally the Japanese were slowly
forced down the slopes to the trenches
below.
On the west flank the searchlights OF
Else and Talyangkow forts played
along the Japanese trenches, prevent
ing the movement Of troops The Jap.
anese artinerynen concentrated their
fire on the searchnghts, shells contin.
ually blanketing the lights.
Russian searchIIEht Ruse.
suddenly the light Of Else fort dis
appeared. and the light Of Talyangkow
fort followed. The Japanese infantry
on the right flank advanced on the
trenches close to the Russian lines.
when the Elise light was flashed out IN
the faces Of the advancing troops. and
Russian machine guns, previously well
placed, swept their fire along the lines,
while rifles blazed with a continual
Fa+tie AZ tha Jsnanese machine guns
came into action they were located by
the Russian starllghts and We're made
more distinctly visible by the search.
lights. but They slenced the Russian
quick iirers
The skillful working Of the Russian
starlights aud searchlights was utterly
unexpected and bewildering They
never failed TO locate the Japanese
lines. which eEered splendid marks for
the Russian rifles and machine guns
and rendered the Japanese machine
guns OF little use, as they were located
and silenced by quick frers before they
could do any execution The Russians
along the whole line fought IN the
blackest darkness and the Ialnnese
with the most dazzling light in their
faces.
No Quarter Asked or Given.
During the operations from Aug. -
to Sept IS ihe Russians SORTED ana at.
tackled working parties almost every
night. while guns bombarded ~ day
As the Japanese trench line neared the
entanglements on the foothills the sor-
ties became more frequent ANA deter
mined Qnyter was neither asked Coz
nor given, She fiercest antagonisn WAS
displayed aud even stretehcr bearers
were killed. Tho cause Of this was
that the Russians alleged that their
forts were bombardcd while messen-
ger under Il white aag was delivering
the empcror's message on Aug. i6- Ihc
bitter feeling was augmented and later
all flags were unrecogni1ed
The pioneers and sappers suffered
heavy casualties in cutting entangle-
ments. After the failure Of the regu-
lation devices FOR removing wires the
pioneers were sent to attach ropes %
posts to which entanglements were
attached, ana troops ID the trenches
pulled upon the ropes, dragging posts
and wires away. This worked salts
factorily until the Russians began the
use Of bracing wires Then pioneers
advanced and fell as though kilIed
close to the entanglements and remain
ca motionless until, unobseryed, thes
could work along on their backs under
the wires, which they cut with Ions
shears. AS a result Of this expedien
the Russians made certain that al
were dead who fell near the entangle
ments
steel Shields For Pioneers.
The latest expediepti was stee
shield covering the face and body, sns
pended from the shoulders Of the pio
neers. from behind which the cutter
were used
Dynamite bombs were used by thl
Russians against the japanese trenehe,
and advance works For assaultins
forts where It was impossible to throw
bombs wooden mortars were made By
the Japanese. These were carried b.
the soldiers, and with them bomb.
were thrown from fifty TO a hundred
yards. These were the most effectiv,
Of the many devices tried by the Japa
nese.
In order to recover the wounded
when ii was possible volunteers crawl
ed from the trenches at night and
worked along on their stomachs, pull.
ing the wounded slowly TO cover By the
heels. Many Of the wounded were MOI
recovered.
The attack upon Two Hundred and