New-York tribune., 1904-09-14
NEWYokh DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1904

ard An-Ping. where the only japanese forces
for several miles were some regiments OF cav
airy patroilirg the valley of the Tal-Tse River.
In the course Of the afternoon the prospect
frightened. ard it rapidly became known that
fresh brigade had reinforced the right of the
line General Kuroili Conceptra ted his army by
ordering in the left division reinforce the
troops then holding the front from Sik-Wan-
Tun 10 the Five Headed HIS Tho lett divis-
ion made a forced march as fast rs it could
under the extreme heat, crossing the Tai-Tse
Piver over pcntcon bridge 10 the left of the
hi4 where General Nuroki mad stationed him
self and pushing forward into the plain. Dur
ing all the 4th the firing was suspended,
Tne railroad station at Yentai apparently was
Z Russian base. Many locomotives were as
sembled there, and long trains OF cars were
seen rolling to the northward evcry hour,
JAPANESE RESUME ADvA1lCE
The silence and suspense came 20 an end At ;
! O'Clock in the evening At this hour tha mem
hers Of the staff became galvanized into ac-
ti7ity. Couriers galIopeu forward, and General
Full announced that th- army would begin
the pursuit OF the energy. Close upon his y ords
the japanese batteries began a brisk pounding,
The left wing swept toward the railroad and the
entire iine advanced meeting a lively rife fire
from the Russian rearguard. To this the Jap
anese replied. and the enea cement was con
tinued until nightfaii
on sunday morning General Kurcki rode for
ward to Fiei-Ying- Tai Fill. He passed through
the Chinese villages. deserted by their inhabt-
tants and filled with Japanese wounded. He
passed many mounds where fires burned over
the dead and hundreds Of fresh and hastily
dug graves The fields had been trar'pled into
hogs by the hshting men, ana wer@ stre"l
with the accoutrements of both armies
The top Of this hill is less than a quarter %
& mile long. The crest slopes and r2vines were
honeycombe5 with trenches bitches anc fur
rows for shelte.- Trenches and CoUnte- trenches
ran in ever direction, testifying 70 III" number
of attacks mad land the different points from
which these assaults had been attempted. Close
10 the summit of the hill were the bodies % two
hundred dead Russians. They lay as theJ- had
fallen. their rifles in their hands or on the
ground near them 1t appeared that these men
had attempted 70 advance in open order. and
that the entire line had been moved down by
the IapaneEa Ere when il alnos. upon the
trenches. The bodies were blosted and black
They had lain there In the sun. for the firing
was so constant and herco thaE the japanese
had been unable 70 bury them.
THE SCENE on HE1-YING-TAI HILL.
Many other corpses strewed the fields below
the hills Many shells had fallen on the hill
tearing pits and burrows in the ground. Frag-
ments Of steel were everywhere underfoot Sew
eral Russian drums two or three hundred Rus
sian rifles and a number of cooking pots all
torn and shattered by shot and shell were lying
around. Bayonets vera twisted and broken.
and on the ground there were the remnants II
uniforms and soldiers caps all torn by shot
and soake1 in blood Blood was smeared every
where in the trenches ana on the turf. and il
was impossible 10 take C sJep without tread
ing on bullets During the japanese occupation
TINS hill under c-ossfre from the Russian
batteries at -Wan-Tur. The .eep raVires on
The eastern s'opa Of the min where there had
been galleries Of shelter pits. had been honey
comhed and indescrihah}y disGEured 10y the fierce
shell FIRE
II was difficult for 4 observer 10 believe that
an area OF equal extent had before been
the scene Of such carnage. and Hei-T ing Tai
Hil was only single point of the battlefield,
every part of which had been bitterly contested
for two DAYS and Two nights