Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-03
ECHOES FROM THE MAF
Striking Incidents of the Battle
 of the Yalu.
SIEGE LIFE AT PORT ARTHUR.

 General Stoessel Ever Bright and
 Cheery - Baltic Squadron Expected at the Port I'm October - Pathetic Scene at Liaoyang-Alexeiehf' Tri-
 umphant Reply.
 A Japanese brigade commander writes for Leslie's Monthly some incidents of the battle of the Yalu river:
 There was fellow to the right of me, somewhat up the stream, who was also pushing ahead. Suddenly he turn ed somersault in the stream. The stream brought him down rather close to where was wading, and he gained his feet almost in front of me. He raised his hand to his forehead, from which blood was dripping. It was very evident that spent bullet hit him upon the forehead and knocked him down into the water.
 tsThe bullet did not strike him square against the forehead. It glanced around his head, piercing the skin on- ly, and stopped just above his temple. He stuck his finger into the hole and took out the bullet. He looked at it curiously for about a tenth of a sec ond and put it into his pocket and rushed straight ahead.
 ''As I was rushing over the sandy stretch in front of the Kiuliencheng almost stumbled over a private who was seriously wounded. I said:
 Are you woundedy On the pallor Is1Q Nie Aor hYn06 nY11fl0 raised his hand and said in voice as slender as a cobweb thread, His maj esty, Benjai.' Then he added: oh, it is very slight! Let your heart be at ease. Only I pray you to bring the battle to victory for our country
 sI saw two soldiers who were pretty badly shot. One of them had at least three bullet wounds The only thought of these men seemed to be to conceal their wounds. They hurried into the thick of the fray, and upon them was that thieyish air which you sometimes catch in bad boy or man who is hounded-the air which seemed so i'll at ease on the face of Nippon sol dier and so striking, too, because so rare. They were frightened, these fel- lows who laughed in the face of death, lest they might be caught by the hos pital corps"
 The National Tidende Of Copenhagen publishes extracts from private letter dated Port Arthur, Aug: 16, and writ ten by young Dane. It runs in part as follows:
 "I am not sorry to have remained, as do not expect to have another chance in my life to see such terribly wonder ful sights again General Stoessel has asked all the inhabitants for their own sakes to take at least six hours rest per diem, though he never seems to sleep himself. He is always bright and cheery. 1t would take the Japa- nese six months to starve us out, We havarnlenty of four, tea and ammunl- tion. but are short of tinned food and cigarettes.
 'The Japs are wonderfully plucky fighters. They stand the heaviest fire quite coolly young boys, too of seven teen or eighteen years of age. The ex- plosions of mines, for which we use Whitehead torpedoes, are truly awful 9o 6CSy 01SAACAnOCAC0 8ON0AC6 Ay4AE cAA around. Thousands of mines have been laid. How will the Japanese fare when they get still nearer? Today about 5000 engineers and workmen have started repairing the Retvizan, Sebas- topol and Pobeida, which are badly holed, but we have plenty of material to mend them with. The garrison num- bers 34,000, not counting sailors. The Baltic fleet is expected here early in October
 An echo of the battle of Liaoyang is related by a Russian correspondent, says St. Petersburg dispatch. Gen. eral Martson and Colonel von Raben were mortally wounded by shrapnel bursting in a Chinese hut in which they were sitting. The generals young and beautiful wife, who had volun- teered as sister of mercy, had just arrived at Liaoyang. She was sent out to attend her dying husband. Martson lived for hours, suffering agony. His whole body was torn by shrapnel His wife, who never left his side, followed her husband to the grave. The, sight moved veterans to tears.
 Just after General Kuropatkin had reached Mukden he was communicated with by Viceroy Alexeieff, says the Baltimore American.
 The latter had called the former up by telephone and told him to stop where he was and give battle to his pursuers.
 Whereupon Kuropatkin grew indig- nant.