The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-03

10 n run, their course directly TOWARD
the llll. Before Nan Shan are dry anC
open Iie!Gs for much of the distance
with only IL toH guiiies and wooded rl-
vines To bar the c%learneSs of the view
Singing their native war SONGS. th,
Japanese ~squadrons trotted and gallop.
ed and pulled toward the forlorn hope
that looked like certain death. The or
der to the infant yInen was to hold fire
until within effective range.
Back OF them was the rapid firing
artillery. which beat u sharp and in
spring "rat-tat-too" to speed them or
their n and sent missiles straight as
dies to the crest of the hill.
No Russians could be seen. The Jap
anse volleys yielded only clouds of dus,
at the hills top.
When Blood Began to Flow.
1t was not until the Japanese had
run ut least 100 yards that blood began
TO flow. This was when they reached
the outer series OF entanglements. Con
giolnerate in their nature were these
distinctions, n hard to solve. But
the japanese We're as able as any
could he TO cop with them.
Acres and acres We're covered with
the dense strands OF barbed wire. 1t
lay ON the ground 10 tear the feet of
the attackers. Even to those OF the Jap
allese armed with Wire cutters it de
ned speed.
Strange it was to see the Hundreds of
Japanese. With guns laid on The ground
i'll many cases, with faces set and jaws
~tWitching WITH excitement, struggling
with the lneslleS.
The Russians must have been inter-
ested, for they held their fire 50 tong
as to surprise the japanese command
ers.
Have they eva~cuated?" was the
Il query thai missed -D1tnIll1l "a & +l,A $50; Ia,
japanese line lassed the first barriers
and started up the first slope.
The Japanese Fooled Them.
1t was inside of the outer distractions
that the Russians had planted their most
powerful mines. The expectations, as cx-
planned by the Japanese commanders. was
that the Japanese would move a consid-
cradle part of their force UP close, past
the FIRST ENHANCEMENT.
In this the Japanese deceived them, for
the first detachment of men to charge up
Nan Shan. Nan Guam Ling and the neigh
boring smaller hills contained only 500
picked volunteers. Suddenly, as the fast
moving Japanese attacked the second en-
tanglement. the Russian guns spoke. The
Russian commanders had watched the adj
vance deliberately and carefully timed 1t
with the purpose of catching the force In
the second circle OF mines.
Consideration came when they We're I'M
able to touch eff their mines. Evidence
of their desperate efforts to discharge the
mines was found in their camp when the
Japanese invested it after the fray. Mus
kerry volleys began the Russian re-
s~istance. Hope sprang VI in the Jap
anese breasts that they had overesti-
mated the resistance. Gradually, the
spattcr of bullets increased as the Rus
slams rallied their men to the scene of
the most determined attack.
Men dropped out from the rifle fire, but
the main line pressed or.
They were nearing the edge of the Sec
ond ENHANCEMENT. There was only one
more serious entanglcment to be sur
mounted. Then came the final rush for
the rest. Desperately, the little mon
fought and wrcstled and squirmed through
the maze OF wires.
Killed by Companies.
Then came the slaughter. Like the crack
OF doom, out pealed the artillery. Search
ing the Japanese line from end TO end,
came a hail of lead from rapid fire gum
and japanese fell by the scores. Not sin
ely, or by twos, but by whole companies.
the dwaifs in khaki sNayed, tottered and
vent down. Such a cory sight as the first
charge at Nan Shan Hill had not been
seen in modern warfare.
L!k handle We're the entanglcments.
Unable to fall for the wires. men rid
N'N' t'iOe5ii anu IlIOuSI, llLllS HlclGSS
across the strands Torn by the great
shells. portions of the brave mems bodies
Were stripped from them and caught up
on the wires.
Within forty-five minutes 500 of Japan's
heroes We're torn to shreds by the wither-
ing fire from above. Not n man, officer
or private, In that terrible charge sur
vived. The torn and bleeding remnants of
what had been $50 of .'Japan's finest"
were scattered lifcless less than 200 wards
from the enemy's rifle pits.
Suddenly the firing ceased. There was
no need for it. The Russians assailants
all were ~vanquished. \ deathly stiffness
possessed the CORY field. Then over the
defenses tloated the cheers of the Rus
slams eXultation.
Japanese in a Frenzy.
The vino that was blowing over the
summit of Nan shan carried the odor of
the Russians burning powder clear 10 the
lines of the Japanese mann army. The
Japanese. out of action. We're looking on
in a dazed state of dlsmay and horror.
But it was only temporary. The Russian
shouts goadcd them 10 q frenzy.
The men could hardly be restrained by
their officers from rushing forward in the
footsteps of the dead. The suspense of
this wait was awful. Disregarding for
the moment their perfect discipline. the
ini3utryincu leaped up and down. Some of
thNln cliea, others hoWlcd, with eyes
streaming. In the mass of fallen there
was scarcely a motion or sign of life.
once. after the firing had ceased, a lone
soldier strained and strained until he
gained his feet. Desperately wounded he
swept his sleeve across his blood-matted
face to clear his eyes. He faced toward
the summit and actually tried to march.
Pitifuily Grasping at a strand of wire he
careened with weakness and fell to rise
no more.
The Infantry Had Failed.
General Oku decided to shell the artil-
lery emplacements before trying another
infantry charge. Eight of the larger Rus
sian pieces We're entrencllcd on the W.
per terraces of the main hill. Annihila-
ton OF the first charging force convinced
the Japanese commanders that further
charges would be suicidal unless the ar.
tillery defenses could be impaired.
Accordingly, while the infantry thou
sands still waited rcstlessly, the entire
artillery strength of the Japanese was
massed. A terrific. concentrated artillery
fire was opened or the Russian artillery
cmplacements. The hill batteries respond
ed feebly. The range was too long for all
but their largest guns The Russians ap-
parently were saving their many-mouthed