The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-11
BEsNNEITsVILLE S O. FRIDAYs7 NoEEAIBER IA, 1904 =

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gathering OF wounded and was STRUCK
! By the Sqdietness prevailing amongs,
them. Neither shouts nor groans were
/ to 'be'heard except now and then wher
tthes rough two wheeled carts which
would cause q strong man some
qualms gave a particularly. severe
ID tlt, then one would hear pitiful ex.
Iclamatlons: "Oh, Lord, have mere, /, /
Mother OF Heaven, / can't stand it. -
contrary to their laudable practice
OF suSpenuing operations till two in
the AFTERNOON, the Japanese, on this
DAY, broke their rules and continued
to lombard us for all they were woI th.
The unct ding roar of artillery made
o1e dizzy. There was no getting
away from the horrid din. 1t pursu
ed one every where. BY three O'Clock
the sky over clouded and rain b,gan
to fall. The ground, which had not
yet dried from the previous downpour,
soon became converted into verita-
BILE bog, over which the ambulance
carts creaked, splashing mud, on their
way back to their position for furth.
er batch of wounded.
September At six o'clock this
morning Kuropatkin. accompanied by
all his staff, left to ride around the
positions, and meanwhile his train
was brought on the main line and pros
ceeded hrst to the station and after.
wards. when the commander had re-
turned and entered his carriage three
verst from Liao Yang, the train was
drawn on to a siding.
On riding through the town just be.
fore the departure, stopped near the
church.. A sad picture presented it.
self to my eyes. On the other side of
the enclosure, in a tiny hollow, lay ten
corpsess placed side by side and covered
With sheets from under which one
could see their feet, looking hideously
dirty. covered with black earth. Some
OF them still wore their boots, but the
ma1ority were barefo 1ted. The aged
priest and his deacon with a few
choriSters selected from the non-com-
batants, were hurriedly reading the
burial service. While the service was
being read over some Of the ccrpsss
bearers were hastily bringing Others
and unceremoniously flinging them on
the ground.
PLACING SIEGE GUNS.
Up to two O'Clock In the afternoon
the japanese left us alone it was said
that they we're placing siege guns tc
lombard the city. Our armies re
treated beyond the lines OF forts and
took up very we'll entrenched posi-
tions. Indescribable tumult prevail.
ed at the railroad station, trains were
rapidly formed, loaded with wounded,
with artillery ammunition, with com
missarlat stores, and hurriedy for
warded. The refreshment room al,
the station was thronged mostly with
reser7e officers and commissary Officers
as well as doctors and sisters of mercy.
all hnrrying to satisfy their hunger
as nc one knew when he would next
have meal. ;.sss.,3... 81 .t
Ia mum OF many voices filed The
air; the noise was literally deafeniDg
Suddenly, just at two O'clock, the well
known kissing sound Of shell was
heard above the station roof and the
pro1ectile burst alongside the building
An awful crash for the moment oblit.
erat,d all other sound; then came the
rattle of falling glass and stone, the
crowd rushed hither and thither-a
piercing shrek rent the air; it came
from sister Of mercy who had been
struck by splinter as she was cross.
Ing the platform. She fell covered
with blood. Then came another shell
bursting little to the side near the
water tower; a third fell beyondS the
station at spot where the foreign
military attaches lived. The bonn.
bardment of Lao Yang had berun.
Along the whole length Of the rail
road from the Red Cross Hospital of
the Georges SistcrhOoi stretched a
line of tents where lay the wounded
whom it had been impossible to place
In the railway carriages. Here they
were dressed, sorted out and en-
trained. AS the carriages we're filled
up the trains moved Off one after an
other, northward. The sun was
westering, night was at hand. In
some places fire broke out; some
stores which had not been remoy, d
were burning. Shots re.echoed dis.
charges OF artillery was to be seen on
all slues. The flare of innumerab b e
discharges OF artillery was to be seen
here and there. Above everything
glowed the flames OF the fire and the
heart was filled with the bitterness of
vague affront. Only now could | to
some extent realize what our ances-
tors had felt in leaving Moscow, since
the abandonment of such an ms liti.
can't snd even foreign place as Liao
Yang causes a heartache To-day 1t
Is still in our har DIS, but tomorrow OF
at latest the day after, the japanese
will enter.
ALL NIGHT LONG.
All night long the Japanese poured
stream OF shot and shell into Lac
Yang, centering their fire upon the
spot where stood the headquarters
OF the commissariat depots. The
latter, however, had almost all been
emptied. This senselcss, futile BON.
bardment racked ones nerves. What
are the fools wasting their ammunl.
| tion for?" muttered a spe .tator be.
side me. Whom are they shooting
al? Nothing but empty air and
empty houses. Evidently they don't
know what to do with their shells"
1t must be true that the japanese
have an inexhaustible supply OF am.
munition IL they can sQuander it tO
| wildly. 1t Is to be supposed that they
derive an eSthetic delight from liSi Ell.
Ing to the sound Of their own guns.
Late Ia the evening we were told
| that on the following 0ay. Sentember