Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-14
IN MIDST Of CARNAGE.
CORRESPONDENTS STORY
BEFORE he WAS SHOT
TERRIFIC FIGHTING ALONG LAO.
YANG FRONT - BRAVERY OF
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND
THEIR OFFICERS.

Mukden. Sept. 6.-The following
message describing the earlier events
Of the Japanese attack on General Sta
kelberg's corps southwest Of Liaoyang
August 30th, was written on the battle
field by NJ. Kiriloff, one of the Asso-
ciated Press Russian correspondents,
and sent to Mukden for transmission
Just before the correspondent was
shot through the lungs:
This morning around Liaoyarg
guns Numbered increasingly. The
heights forming semicircle around
the city were dotted with jets of
flame and little back and white clouds.
The spectacle was clearly visible from
the water tower Of Liaoyang. The
Russian left alone was not engaged.
AT a. m. the correspondent rode
to the Russian center, where the Jap.
anese were concentrating In an at.
tempt to break through, and climbed
the neighboring heights, following a
detachment sent to relieve the Skin.
mishers who had been covering the
battery commanded by Pokotiloff, one
o, the heroes of Kiuleincheng. Tho
japanese. according to custom, were
Smelling places where they believed
the Russian reserves were located
Before the correspondent could reach
the battery he had to cross q danger
zone Of $50 yards. projectiles falling
| and bursting ON II until the very
ground seemed to culver with wrath
There was a touching scene when
the skirmishers were reached. A Rus
sian soldier met brother whom he
had last seen In their native village
There were joyous greetings and a
quick exchange Of news from home
Then each went his way and settled
down to the work OF firing. coolly and
deliberately. The Japanese fire was
spasmodic. Their bullets sang like
birds as they sped overhead, and the
Russians cracked jokes about 1t
1.-TWO hours later the correspondent
reached the battery and found that
Pokotilon and another officer. Costron
had been killed. Out OF sixty gunner,
| forty were killed or wounded. Captain
Tarasor was In charge Of the battery
| Fifty yards away was n splendid look
ing gunner. whose duty II was to TO
cord the success or failure OF eacl
shot. the grim song OF death will
deadly messengers hurting all arount
Am. but the Russian gunner stood
erect, and utterly without needing tn,
1 danger to which he was exposed.
"The Russian officers had not eater
anything since the previous day. an,
the correspondent shared with then
what provisions ne had. The taste o
food caused them to realize the inten
sity of their hunger. Prudence urge
the correspondent to leave the spot
but he was fascinated"
\ Here the message ended. The on
Ger who sent forward NJ. Kiriloff's las
dispatch added:
IN. Kirilon. who was an enthusiasts
In his work. had gained universal re
spect and sympathy. He was sho
through the right lung while standing
by our battery and fell back suffering
Intense agony. the blood squirting iron
his mouth. Yet his devotion TO dut
enabled him to overcome his suffer
ings. He insisted upon being place,
on a horse so that he could get t
Liaoyang and file his dispatch. |
took him Ave hours to cover the fiy
and half miles TO Liaoyang. Whel
he reached there NJ. Kiriloff was so eS
hausted and weak from loss of bloo'
that We got him into the hospital, al
though against his protest. He aske'
me to complete his message for him
| am soldier and no writer. but I will
say that after the awful fight today W,
are still holding our positions. Japan
ese bodies bcstrew all the heights
Their losses must run into the tens O
thousands. We have lost 5000 thu
far. A shrapnel shell burst tw,
PAGES from General Stakelberg twin,
remained for fifteen hours under fre)
killing two officers. The General wa
slightly wounded in the leg"