The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-04

ald ~ es' Az that ~ bad horsf ~,
bot We did ~ 3 nftat deal On the
s,,n.ne ~ september . We sanndensi,
ftrlnnsd that We had etpiuird lafss
fore, NJ kurps,kint ioftss with knfn
raitih himself bot kuforaikin sn spleen.
didlv protected his flank ind held his
front that Ne roi ~ w the face ~ our
every cndeaVof to prevent hls escape
"As you will know. the battle ~ fiao.
/ yang. to faf AZ the FIRST army which
/ ] accompanied was concerned. happened
somewhat az follows On the eycninE
| ~ August ~ We went ont from our
old station near IoWau and spent tho
/ night on the hills Imagine an infantry
charge ~ the second division. capturing
the first line ~ the Russian front about
u Mules from Liaoyang The next day
the second division made determined
attack ON the front lines OF the cx.
trcmc outer Russian dcicnses Our
mountain batteries had been carried
up during the night Co a point where
It had been formerly believed that no
artillery could occupy. and in consc-
qucncc OF the fire OF these guns the
Russians. who had no artillery there.
outer defense. That same night the Isth
division on Our right which had been
held back during the day. stormed the
outer Russian heights further north
PICTURESQUE CHARGE.
THAT charge was one of the most
| picturesque and bloody imaginable. The
| Japanese started to crawl TIP and the
Russians hurled great boulders down
and hundreds of men were torn TO pieces.
The Japanese gained the heights and
in turn hurled immense rocks Upon the
retreating Russians. About the goth the
right and center divisions of our army
had successfully crossed river and
getting in front OF the outer line of
the inner position OF the Russians made
another charge But the attack was
weakened by the fact that Our left
The Japanese Imperial Guards-could
not make an advance in the face of
tremendous resistance. They were
strengthened from other parts of the
| army, but out of the three divisions a
division and half were held up until
September by the splendid Russian
defense of the Picking road 1t had been
| planned that our entire army should
swing around and attempt to cut off
Kuropatkins rear, but at first only a
division and half could be spared
for this purpose.
Never, think, have men fought
more CALAMITY than kuropatkin's |
have seen them in many engagements,
but I think l never felt so proud of the
soldiers | was with as in those days
when we crossed the river going on
what we felt to be hopeless task, and
knowing that if the Russians used their
advantage then, few of us would escape.
The Russians contented themselves with
an obstinate and magnificent defense
of their flank.
HILL SOAKED IN BLOOD.
Much of our fight ranged around
one hill which the Japanese called Mi
jayama, or "Rice-Cake Hill" The Jap
anesc first took this after night at
tack, and the next morning the Russians
retook it. The following morning the
Japanese took it once more. One scene
was especially dramatic. After the
Japanese captured the hill for the first
time, they were exposed to heavy
thanking battery fire from the Russians.
The men dug shelters for themselves,
and throughout their position was ter
ribly dangerous. During the evening
when darkness settled thickly over the
scene they heard Russian band on the
hills i'll the distance playing the Russian
national anthem. The Japanese had no
band but three bugers started up a
Japanese refrain, the Japanese singing
to this novel accompaniment. The Jap
anese lined the trenches and waited.
Suddenly, almost below them on the OPP
posite side of the trenches lines of fire
broke out to view. The Japanese
soldiers jumped to their feet and reached
for their guns. AS they peered over the
parapet of the trenches hand grcnadcs
were hurled by the Russians who had
crept up below. These exploded with
terrible result among the defenders
"Thc scenes on Mijayama after the
attacks was indicative of what war real |
ly means The hill was literally soaked
in blood. The stencil from the hundreds !
of corpses was overpowerinp. the star
ing and still bodies, robbed by Chinese
hangers-on, made a scene more terrible
than at Omdurman AS we climbed up
the hill we saw smoke ascending from
the lower fields where already sanitary
corps offers were gathering bodies into
heaps, with wood literally laid among
them, and were burning them. The
sCkly sweet smell OF the burning flesh, !
the odor of the dead on the hill and
OF the blood around-tfat was war!
TROUBLES OF WRITER'S.
"As to the treatment of the cores
pondcnts one must take into considcra-
ton the fact that they were dealing with
a people of ideas far different from
theirs, and so often they offended each
other without intending to. Then one
Japanese department would promise one
thing, and another would unpromse it,
and so on until the cor
respondents became angry. The Japan
csc authorities have now shown in the
most respectful manner that they are
going to give the correspondents greater
liberty at the front.
AS to Japanese strategy cannot pass
an opinion upon that. 1t is masterful
and well planned beforehand Every
is planned from a beginning
to an end, but the Japanese have yet
TO show that when these plans are
broken they can entirely meet the new
situation