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RED CROSS FLAG IGNORED.
japanese Trick Fails to Deceive Rus
sian Regiment at Yentai.

sian regiment at Ncntai.
MUKDEN, Wednesday, Oct. ia
Russian correspondent sends the fol-
lowing:
ION October 10 we were forced to
retire somewhat from Yentai At IL D.
m a skirmish commenced which lasted
throughout the night. At o'clock yes
terday morning we again advanced and
desperate battle, with varying sue
cess, ragged all day. First we would
take position and the Japanese would
recover it, To the west of the railway
the japanese advanced steadily and
drove us from village that we had
occupied all day. but in the evening
we reattacked, drove out the japanese
and pushed our advance still farther
southwark. This is the last news re-
ceived from this portion of the field.
"A terrible fight also occurred east
of the railway. Here also we advanced
on Yentai, but have not yet captured it,
though we hope to get it shortly. The
Japanese must be credited with the
fact that they contended every inch
marvelously. Every inch of ground
they lost was soaked in blood Our
troops not only fought with courage,
but with unprecedented GOODNESS. 1t
was never necessary to send them for
ward; they rushed upon the Japanese
of their own accord. Though the at
tack everywhere had to be carried out
under cloud Of bullets and shells the
men remained impressive in the face of
the most severe punishment. OF one
company only seventeen remained
every officer had been killed and
private soldier commanded the rem
nant. We first attacked with the bay
onet,S but the Japanese avoided hand
to-hand fighting whenever they could,
moving us down with shell and ma
chine gun fire and, if this failed to
stop our rush, they evacuated the posi-
ering the captured positions with
hail of shells and shrapnel from their
nearest batteries. Thus we suffered
heavy losses, but, strange to say. few
were killed, by far the greater number
being wounded.
Several sQuadrons of Japanese cav
airy and two battalions of infantry
were wiped out in attempting flank
ing movement. They tried to work
around our rear but were cut off, and
our volleys gradually decimated ;heir
ranks. No Japanese reached our lines
or returned to his own.
"At one point several battalions of
Japanese attempted to surround two of
our companies, but the Veronsld regi-
ment, coming CALAMITY to the rescue,
brought the Japanese under a heavy
fire. The japanese thereupon raised a
Red Cross flag and tbegan to swear in
Russian. shouting. Stop shooting, you
are killing your own men,
The Veronski regiment paused,
though they were certain that they had
made no mistake, having seen Japa-
nese signal meaning send up reserves
Shifting their ground. the Veronski
regiment noured in fresh volleys upon
the japanese flank and rear at range
of thirty-five to fifty yards The ground
was covered with dead Japanese and
the remainder fled in confusion. Our
soldiers shouted their satisfaction at
having punished the japanese for a
trick they have so often played when
in a close corner. The Veronski regi-
ment, however, did not retire soon
enough, for the Japanese reserves COM
ing up caught them in a heavy cross
fire, under which they suffered consid-
erably"