Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-15

oku,s TROOPS GREAT FIGHTERS
Correspondent With the Russian Army
Sends Description of the Early
Fighting by Way of Tien Tsin-Rus.
SLAMS Make Gallant, but Unsuccessful
Stand.

HEADQUARTERS OF the Russians Wes-
tern Army, Oct, 12 via Mukden, Oct.
13, via Pekin, Oct. 15.-The fiercest and
most important fighting that has taken
place since the battle of Lao Yang
reached it's height at noon yesterday.
! three days, the Russians began Il
sagacious retirement from the posi-
tions they held Thursday and the Jap
anese by a strong central movement
forced the Russian line five miles to
the north.
The battle reached a state of unus-
ual severity October II along the rail-
way and to the westward, eliminating
in the vicinity Of Tousanpu.
BY the evening of the 11th, 600
wounded had reached the field hos
pital situated at the Siulinezu railway
station, ten miles from the front.
The battle at this moment was best
observed from Hungpas Hill, two miles
southeast of Siulintzu. Both the Jap
anese and Russian batteries We're dis
tinguished by the clouds of dust which
were raised.
The result Of the fight was that
mile of ground along the front west or
the railway was lost, but the Russians
regained this ground during the night
by a bayonet attack without a shot
having been fired.
The battle was renewed at dawn yes
terday with terrific effect. The eastern
army evidently is engaged in contln-
uous small arm fighting. There can be
heard the desultory breaking OF shells
along the foothills about five miles
from the railway.
no the westward there is a growing
activity and the smoke from the smells
forms almost impenetrable haze, hid
ing the operations Of the Infantry.
There was an entangled artillery duel
in the vicinity Of Tousanpu to the
westward. in which, during the day
one regiment was caught by a cross
fire and threatened with extinction
within a few minutes.
Aousanpu wayered until noon' WneH
the Japanese made good their occu-
ration. and Colonel Stackovitch, VINO
made a. magnificent stand for four
days after more than twenty OF MS
officers had been put out of action.
fell back before the terrible onslaught
of the japanese.
The Japanese proved their ability to
utilize the strong position at the Yen
Tai coal mines, which the Russian ad
vance guard reported had not been
utilized I'D to Oct 10. The Russians
moving in that direction were unable
to occupy the position owing to the
deyelopments of the last forty-e eight
hours and fell back in conformity with
previous plans.
Force Russians to Retreat.
At II o'clock in the morning the bat
tie reached a stage of severity three
times greater than that Of yesterday
solid masses of troops filling up the
front
At 2:20 p. m. the Japanese were oc-
cupying a hill two miles to the south of
Hung Pass hill which they shelled
from a battery which was plainly vis-
ibIe. The resuls of this shelling was
not important.
At 4:15 p. m. the Russian army made
an orderly and timely withdrawal, fol-
lowed by a furious rifle fire.
The Red Cross surgeons are per-
forming operations at Siulintzu rail
way station. Many of the wounded
were loaded on trains which moved
north during the day.
At sundown the cannonading to the
southwest could be heard continuously.
The Russian rear guard was holding
it's ground at nightfall.