The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-19

on the slopes of the hills to the north
east Of the deienses for weeks past.
are still unburied. and the stencil In
Port Arthur from decomposing bodies.
when the wind is In the right direc-
tiun, is almost uncomfortable. The
hussian soldiers, in many cases, have
t., wear handkerchiefs on tneir noses,
soaked in camphor. or otherwise they
! would be unable to remain ut their
posts
Signals Of Distress.
! For days after battle the wounded
| men in the area mentioned raised
nutte erng handkerchiefs in their hands
in pleas for help. but the Russians
were afraid to venture out to give aid.
Within week the enemy had made Its
iast prayer for help. and the shamb.es
was a quiet but CHASTITY field of horror.
Among the heaps of dead, the prince
saw two soldiers, one Russian ard
the other Japanese, lying locked in
Il death embrace. The teeth OF the
japanese were sunk In the Russians
throat while the Russian had forced
two of his fingers into the eye sockets
OF his antagonist. The prince cites
| his merely an All
me ferocity of the conflict at Port Ar,
thur. /
The prince will leave here tomorrow
o join General Kuropatkin.
Plenty Of Ammunition.
Continuing his interview with the
correspondent, the prince said:
"Ths stories in circulation concern
ing the shortage of ammunition and
provisions at Port Arthur are not true
as there Is an Abundance of ammuni-
ton for both large and small arms
and plenty of preserved food. The
use of Chinese shells, was merely a
saving measure.
81 left Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel in the
best of spirits. He Is encouraged by
the heroic example set by the wound
ed men of whom 5000 out OF the orl-
ginal 5000 In the hospital has return
ed to the front
"There has been no fighting since
September |, with the exception OF
artillery and outpost.
THE Japanese shells have done
great damage to the hospital and oth'
er buildings in Port Arthur, but the
losses of life from these lombard
mentS has been very sllght.
Their Guardian Angel.
Madame Stoessel, wife OF the gen.
eraI is at the head of the Red Cross
work I'm Port Arthur. She is In CON
slant attendance at the hospitals. and
cares tenderly Tor wounded men. In
addition to this exhaustng work.
she finds time to succor orphans and
widows and to superintend the maxi
ing of bandages.
} THE soldiers consider her their
guardian angel. The garrison is main
tanning a strong, Devoted martial
spirit and has graf confidence In
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel.
"The newspaper Now krai mas
b been suppressed for one month for hay-
ing published matter considered TO
be detrimental to Russian interests.
| Talks Of Heroism.
Accounts of heroism in the fighting
have been numerous. One company
of Russian troops were occupying a
perilous outpost and when they found
their position to be untenable they
sent the following messages 10 Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel: We are unable to
hold this position But you can die,
p he said in reply. and ~ they did.
The fact that the japanese have
on several occasions used explosive
bullets has been verified by Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel. lie gives an instance
p which occurred at Takushan when
two men OF the 10th regiment were
KILLED by such bullets, their bodies
: being blown to pieces.
( On September ~. the bodies OF
5 coo Japanese soldiers were counted
On the field.
- Fired on White Flag.
Prince Radziyil gives another YER
sion from heresay. concerning two
companies u japanese troops thal
= surrendered According 20 this yer
b sion a japanese battery fired first On
s. Two companies when the white hai
q was raised. where upon the two com
/. panles turned and charged the bat
4 terry. According 10 this sane version
y Gen. Nogi. who happened 20 be pres
b. ent wa killed in this charge % ms
a own men. as were several 1apanes'
q gunnars. Persistent Chinese rumOri
Il have been received here lately ina
o a successor 20 Gen NDKi had arrived
g. bw this has been denied
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