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whenever they were caught immediate
punishment was melted out to them.
Continual Shrapne{ Fire

whenever they were caught immediate
punishment was melted ont to them.
Continual ShrapneI Fire
This was at noon of Sept. 1. On that
day the Russians filed all the trenches,
rifle pits and forts to the west and
south of Eiau-yang with fresh troops.
They kept UP continual shrapnel fire
ON the Japanese approaches without
being aware of the extra movements
Of the enemy. During this time the
main body of the Russian army was
III active retreat.
AT o'clock in the evening the shells
were falling just outside the western
walls and on the Russian heliograph
station at the northwest corner of the
city. From this station the Japanese
could now be seen. They were adj
vancing splendidly over the southern
hills. Their formation was regular
and open. The ranges of the Japanese
positions were known to the Russian
gunners who poured in a terrible and
destructive fire on the enemy. A Japa-
nese battery and two companies of in
fantry were seen Sl-irtlng the main
south road. They were moving toward
the city and finally disappeared be-
hind Kowliang.
The position at Chiaefantun were
seen to he deserted. The right flank
of Gen. Nodzus army had previously
taken up a position to the west of
Chiaofantun, whence his troops charged
the Russian breaStWorkss One Japa-~
nese battalion lost every officer in this
charge and corporal was seen to take
command. The Japanese entrenched in
the vicinity of Tishi, near where Gen.
Ivanof had had his headquarters the
day before. The Russian Red Cross
worked continually on the firing line.
IorNe Ill ELL It'd
Russian battery situated in a western
suburb of Liau-yang. At 8 o'clock on
the morning of Sept. the transport
of the Russian army was still going
out to the north, and the head of the
train was almost opposite Yentai.
kuroki's Move Tells
The fighting around Liau-yang be-
gan at daybreak Sept. 2, when shells
were thrown in from the entire Japa-
nese center army and left the Anping
road unprotected. His army was in
front of the last Russian position in
the coal mining district to the east Of
Yentai. The Importance and effect of
kuroldS dash to the rear of the Rus
sian army was particularly noticeable
on the morning of Sept. 2. The foreign
military attaches had been escorted
from Liau-yang to the north They left
their train at a point near Yentai and
proceeded in the direction of the fight
/ ing between Kuroki and the Russians,
who were attempting to hold them
back. Here the Russians had lost an
important hill position, only to gain
and lose it a second time. This dis
couraged the Russian soldiers.
1t is declared that the immediate
precipitous retreat of the entire Rus
sian army at Liau-yang was prevented
by the retaking of this hill, which lies
to the east of Yentai. The Russians,
however, could not hold the hill and
the Japanese were again soon in pos
session. Gen Kurokis attack at Yen
tai was soon relaxed, and Gen. Mits-
chenko and his command were with
drawn from the Russian defenders of
Yentai and sent over to the west side
of the railroad to make a demonstra-
ton and to aid in covering the retreat
of the main army.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of Sept.
2 two Russian regiments which had
been beaten to the east of Yentai re-
treated toward Yentai. They were Or
dered back to the fighting line while
still under a sharp Japanese rifle fire.
The eannonading came to an end when
the sun went down ON Sept. 2. Through
out the night it broke out again fit
fully, but the periods were of short
duration.
Japanese victory Complete
. The morning of Sept showed that
Gen. Kuroki had not attained his OBJ
jeet, but the victory of the Japanese
over the Russians appeared to be COM
pIete. Russian troops and refugees /
from Liau-yang in riekshaws were
pouring north along the railroad and
along the main highway on the way
to Mukden. The Russian press CEN
sors who were stationed at Liau-yang,
Yentai and Mukden had fed to Haf-
bin.
The night of Sept. was marked
throughout by furious rifle firing OUT
side Of Liau-yang. The Russian troops
were in highly nervous and excited
state. They were convinced that the
Japanese were creeping forward ire !
sistibIy all the time.
Sept. 3 saw the resumption of can I
nonading at dawn, and the vast clouds
of smoke which arose slowly from the
burning warehouses in the foreign set
Element at Liau-yang could be seen
for a distance of ten miles. 1t was re-
ported that Gen. Mistchenko had been
successful in clearing the enemy away
from the Russian right flank. Gen.
Zassalitch, of Kiuliencheng fame, with
1000 men, on Sept. was smoothing
the road north of Liau-yang for the