The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-03
GRAPHIC STORY OF
KINGDOM BATTLE
Bravery Of the japanese Unsur-
passed in History.
RUSSIANS RESISTED BRAvELY


Toxic Mas at-Tle details 81 the
ightius al KIN Caoa emphasize The
serious tenac.y of the J2panese II
heir conduct az Nan shan hill-
Nine successive times the japanese
chsrsed the fortified heiehts II The
fafe - a storm OF ceatb-cealing
mlssfe-. and in their last effort they
carrAl the forts and trenches Only az
ter bayoner-to- bly0net conflict with
the Russians. who made desperate,
despa4ring struggle 10 beat hack The
on0oming hOrles
TIE final result OF the japanese, in
which they a. last succeeded in taking
possession. was marked 10y the most
desperate hand-t0-hand encounter thai
ass thus far Characterized the war.
The japanese left. throughout the en-
tire action until night. vas exposed 10
an andlcting FIRE from the Russian in
fan,ry a gunbCat On fallen Wan bay
aad four 3-ceuumeter guns posted AZ
TafegChen.
Ammunitisa Ran Low.
A. critical moment the ammunition
OF tLe artillery ran Tow. and j was de-
rile fo cast The remaining ammuri-
tioa MO one final desperate assault
F4--rateiy. however. Or the moment
Ill 1aciaou was reached rle japanese
sg.l1run in KIN Chou bay whiCh had
ceased h0mbarLlne when the infantry
ha- FRS. moved forward. suddenly re-
sumel the she'lne 8. Nan shan hill
Then ID was that the issues 81 the
day were deter-insi--at a moment
whau The outcome was f-tter.-- be-
tween -,cccss and defeat t3r Jap4n--a-
thai moment vas an almost certain Ter
pul-e converted into victory 50 suc-
a. .rl thar The forces 0t THE car were
SWEPT into confusion and lis0r1eriy r.
tres With every japanese gun cen-
terms Us IRE upon the Nan shan forts
an trenches the japanese infantry
sprau- over the dead comrades who
haI sacrificed the.r lives IN the previous
frlness charges The entire line
ri .had forward t0Eard The Russian
lef where the fire 0f the japanese
squadron had proved most deadly. and
VII h was the first t0 weaken under
Tn laaily-Leadlin- b0mharlme1- II
wa here that The frs breach vas
mad Ia the human s.0newan that al
day lad been IN iuy.rcible barrier %
th- mrefuous assaults ~ The brown
nj
win Never B~ said Azain-
T. vas the fourth division - he
OsaEa men that sto-med The Russ an
Ief' II had once been said that Osaka
men were not brave Z viii never be
said again.
The frs, division Of Toxic. which
had been the center. and The third d.
vsi0a q Nagoya. occupying the left
aud which had been exposed al day 20
the Russian FIRE against the flank
r0V followed the example of The Osaka
men and rushed forward and the hat
he became transformed from an ar
tliarv duel into one 81 personal con-
fic- with the havouet as the Iustru-
meut % warfare on every parapet
the restless. deaft-lefying japanese
surrei forward in Increasing numbers
ami hus.liug the Russians from their
intrenohments swept over the hill
Ar 90 O'Clock as the sun vas sink
ing beneath the horizon the flag q me
land Of the rising SIM fioatsd above
the hiooi-sodden Nan shan HILL while
the shouts 81 .ban1ai~ swslled from
hiu 10 hill and re-echoed from squad
ron 10 fort
Paid Dearly for victory
The japanese paid for their victory
IN 3 go kIle daud wounded To the
Rus an. the hum iliaton ~ defeat was
iufau lied by the loss % - cannon and
ten ma.ti-a guns. While lying dead
n fha forts ard trenches were so men,
the victims u the accuracy II Jap
an-se loug-distaRce 1lan=nip and
o. close range fighting
Gen Oku. in command Of the Jap
ane-e began his aggressive movement
on the Russian position AZ midnight
on Wednesday. He as~i Ered the fourth
div On % the fight. with instructions
10 swing around Kin Chou and move
south He gave the first division the
center and the left was allotted 70 the
third division During the night q
terrible thunder storm ooompaniei
ty 4 heavy rain. broke over the ad-
varcinE army and impeded the move
uent II the men Il had been planned
20 begin the FIRE AZ 4.21 O'Clock In ths
morning but q ien-e fog had fuIlowec
tte storm. and BE- was an hour later
before an of t.s artillery under Gen
Uehiyama op-rai On Nan Shan hlil
A le.arhrnent se -r8 kin Chou castle
and .hrn the entire infantry force grad