The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-10
SILENT CROWDS ON WALLS OF wlJu WATCH THE FIGHT.

selves under a heavy and contiI r.Ils
fire, at easy range. from covered posi-
tions high above them. They lay be-
hind the sand hillocks. replying brave
ly and hotly to the fire, while their
own batteries pumped shells over their
heads.
The japanese officers sat on their
horses or walked along their lines.
They were in no way sheltered nor
protected.
A few stretcher bearers coming back
to the field hospital indicated that
men were being wounded.
The Russian smokeless powder was
excellent. Its use made 1t impossible
for the Japanese to discover the exact
positions Of their enemy or to estimate
their numbers.
Soon after 8 O'Clock the Russian fire
was largely silenced by the combined
artillery and infantry attack of the
Japanese and parties of the enemy's
troops could be seen hurrying upward
over the mountain roads in retreat.
laps ALTERNATELY
CHARGE, FIRE AND CHEER.
Two regiments Of Japanese troops.
one directly opcsite wiju. and anoth-
er near a village on the west. ran to
the river, stopping to fire now aud
then rs they progressed and giving
shrill cheers as they hurried forward,
which echoed clearly over the plain.
Their formation was closer than that
kept by British or American troops,
and IT looked as though their losses
must be great.
They waded the river, ran on across
the sands and climbed up the steep,
rocky hillsides. like a swarm Of ants,
their red and yellow cap-bands sieam-
ing in the sun. One japanese soldier
In one OF these regiments carried some
thing white with him. This was seen
and it caused a shout to go up that
the Russians had surrendered.
But upon reaching the top Of the
hrst Russian trench, a hundred yards
up the hillside. this man shook out
Japanese flag and waved 1t to and fro.
A storming party on the west side of
the advance mounted a hill command
ing the Russian retreat.
JAPANESE SHELLS
FALL AMONG FIGHTERS.
Just as the men were punched thick
ly on the crest Of this Hill, two Japan
ese shells burst among them. They
had fallen short When the smoke had
cleared away a dozen bodies could be
seen lying where the shells had ex-
ploded and the remainder OF the
storming party were clambering down
the hill to escape this unexpected fire
from their rear.
The sound Of the rife firing soon
passed over the hills, as the Japanese
pursued the retreating enemy. One
column Of weary soldiers. who had
been almost two days without rest,
was trudging down the river toward
An-Tung, where the Japanese gun
boats were shelling the Russian works.
At 8 O'Clock a solitary soldier. climb
ing ahead Of his comrades, unfurled
huge japanese flag on the face of
the topmost Russian fort, on a ridge
a thousand feet above the plain. He
marched back and forth along tbe
parapet, waving the banner. and then,
for the first time. the Japanese on The
wallis Of Wiju broke the impassive
silence with which they had watched
the battle and shouted:
"Banzair'
Already foot soldiers. batteries and
pack-trains were streaming onto the
island by every road and tonight the
entire Japanese Army will be In Man
churia.
Oficial estimates Of the Japanese
casualties are not given out, but the
correspondent saw 800 japanese and
seventy Russian wounded in one field
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