The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-14


when the sun rose next rsorNE esx 3assr
paper windows OF our lodEiaF sssss~
shook with the vibrations of a &sSsAzze
cannonade. Mounting as SaaG - g1.,--
sloAe we left the temple, ab@us Kea7
the inhabitants had gathered Wisa zzsfrs
looks, and struck across thu os.s.s r.azss--
try in the direction of the ar5pg As uz-
hour we were wedged into IN q AZ. Ear4-
rying troops in the nlidss al .usxssssr7
raVlnes. Grim little infantfs1n@l sasxza
there. their tanned, alert faces SxsY -
terrier eagerness for fgha4 AK &s1sss.
riding clurnsily on their stot lSE arr
hecked beasts; artillerymes &HsfSSsxs
mules that bore on their tae, - SaE
separated parts of mountain tEsxsrs Ss4
ana boxes of ammunition: rtHs3rSrxS&
gendarmes, the military ,oibx ~ Sns-
army; coolies carrying bags .F T1es at
hrkins Of picked fruit slung al 7aszszs
and dripping red liquor like kAassE ssas
the snowy trails--a tensE. haszzz bzs--
heterogeneous and silent thronE &p-
where and everywhere The ssy-zxszse
soldier is silent. Even wheu -Ehp 'Esr.--
peror rides by at home he rosGSss DIS
sound; in battle he charges &1ez slaz--
quers without cheer. on tne y,sarsss "a
is as quiet as the bearer at G1g7a1.aL
We We're soon in the thick % In. ,hssAs-.
Tie. Before as, mile awaX, TIC }s-fzs--
nese field artillery was posEssl az A.
range of low hills; below - FaGlsag ~
line of stone villages and fentxz EE-ss
the infantry, their positions az.e TEsA
by tatters of white smoke an1 1sss EsA--
mense triangular red bannery> 2#5Szssz
in white. They had been fsSdIkR ESsas~
ground since daylight agalnst TaGSs.-
gouchi's brigade. As we PRESSES sss~-
ward for good view we ll1 SssS -zasz
returning stretcher bearers ~ De EsAs
Cross. Many a poor fell0x ssF Sxss
down on the canvas pallet-s1fs.n 3E~>-
cry wounded man who came IN lEySsgrSta
some of them had the shadow ssJ lSra11
ON their faces, was smiling yssszzzsy
and looking, it seemed, for tke s7ass~xSg
glances of his comrades. THESE Rzsrz
had shed their blood for the SaFis@-as6sadEs
the Emperor would hear of rnHxz aSa1
send them medals of honor; flIsy sasaazS.
be village heroes whether they lss 81 en-
died. Who would wear whssss, aRsEs
when he might win distincfpa Ifkzs
that?
There's YamagouchL" SAM nix ~sss--
panion. He's on the hin with MS zsS1z.
See his red cap? Better join hsxn. .S@r-
kuma must be further back
We rode to the foot of the hiYx 'EEsN-~
cred the horses and mingled u4Ss gla3
group. which was not aE ssIesszxy
Several Japanese press corresp4saientSs
We're already there. Just bebss- aEE-~
haps two hundred yards dfstanl. 1vtsszfa
ment of Japanese rifiemen pPrH Sxa7zxs
at will and contributing every DGzz sEsSzi
then a comrade to the merciez ~ 91Rn
Red Cross corps. Standing TksN R&e
Were, the opportunity to be ShsE TszEz
and it was soon seen GHa1 SEaz
enemy did not intend to depnizg -
il. The whole party, mfiszzra ARA
civil, stood on the sky line OF 4. BE ue1
in range. Such a target could HsE IzzE
overlooked.
did you see that stone nv SrasgSg-s
asked Cowen, pointing to q sRnsSk1s
cavity in the frozen ground ar bar f4e1
where cobble had been in1sessa1za -
before. / had not seer IL aaw@
the sound of a sharp smack ha3 Szsesxa
the warning note of an inIEgzs7vs1f
missile. Now and then a singing s&za
ct passed overhead. Then thgrz- 1zsE2
hiss as of escaping steam, tRs SG9 u
A heavy body few feet away, a SaszxEs
metallic explosion, and we shTnJAa s1s
Ter shower of clods and scEs4sSE a.
ron 1t was the first shell ST nRF sxe
though Cowen, pllieEuSsfaA-
yeteran of the Port Arthur s.gugasEHs
ldu spent an lIOuI win A1ttAtp-t
'one-eyed demon" of the ,jaez5z@g
army, when that reincarnatea azarr2EEe
If the old barbaric days stood ezs VIZ
hilltop with no bnzaEsAsEa
here whatever, his headquarters zse
loating above him at the fn AZ -
ance. and receiving the fire o. fkssz2
Chinese forts with perfectfg xzzEzasa
Ielight.
We saw the fighting on tha1 6tsaxG
day for two hours The =-Ss--
lese force was large and OyauHz sasaz,
perhaps. 1900 men in hand TiEkss
he enemy came out Of his fslE15yzEs-
nents and charged. Long lines SDTEsS2
n skirmish array with a flag ea1Ky7gf
or every ten men. The stSz4sHartza
would be hurried forward FRA rs ~
oint an hundred yards in front OF IRA
main body; then the troops a. Il a6ezss2
un would line UP with them & Ezass
like the movements y ~
rog. leaping forward and than 9zsEr-
ing to take breath. All fl9s exsSSxG
here was a ,rackle Of flame yz zRs
japanese lines and a long roll az ez-e
losions from the artillery Exsz4z
ides. / remember seeing a .ps1f fnz
he stone fence below us fly iD1g f1n~
ir and come down with a shoEgv a.
Ines, Dayonets ana fragments az AEst~~
ormed men; there was q gina s&shSz
rash in nearby copse and a x7gn243
rec fell and dashed the wounded zExt
s brittle branches. it's trunk Clean 4EEs
Y the whizzing steel; a ehat1Er 81
ullets was heard among the hezSs
tones of a little graveyard zFszTa
apanese sharpshooters were eI7zzzs9s--
L. A mounted man galloPtxs EY
anished for a moment in tfly@ FxSFYas
a bursting power cloud and -wss Szszz
gain bleeding among the ice-tAGzG
Irrows of a plowed field. ORrs z