The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
thru grisly sights from hill to hill, hear
ing always the thundering Of guns be.
A Dramatic Incident.

"A DIdiIetG4C 1uClQGnG.
At 3 in the afternoon, while / stood
on a rocky ridge, there was an intensely
dramatic incident. had mounted the
by Several os japanese officers sie one D Of
whom cried: Russians in that hole
will shoot you, y pointing to the corner
of a trench covered by sandbars
1t appears that at noon the previous
day.. when the ridge was taken, seven
they fired and maintained sturdy re-
sistance. The Japanese flung down
sandbags to cover the entrance and
left a guard during the night, In the
morning the, Russians fred thru a small
gap, wounding two officers who tried
to parley with them. AS we waited,
bags as a sign Of surrender. This was
followed by six. others, which were
handed clear out and the bags then
removed. Slowly the Russians emerged
into the sunlight after being pent up
twenty-seven hours. They stared duly
At the eref fo were bdgv fa Wend
1t was pathetic to watch how tenderly
they were helped by a Cossack wear
ing red cross.
Now it is evident that this line Of
FIVE hills is but the first Of three lines
Of defense around Liao-yang, which
Guy is seen LII ohe Instance. AL ut.y
the first Japanese army advanced with
but little Smelling and being shelled by
the Russian batteries on ridges three
miles south of the city. .. -.-
Kuroki Was Late. -...-
It is evident the renewal Of Kuroki IS
flanking movement has failed, while the
force him indicated that the Russians
held him well: Thruout Sept. 9, there
was continued firing by the advance
Japanese infantry, who took more
ridges in a twilight attack. This ap-
parently made little difference in the
situation, for the Russian defense OF
the third position was magnificent, and
the non arrival Of General Kuroki seri
ously affected the Japanese.
Staff reports to correspondents are
meager and obviously untrue, speak:
ing of the "panic- stricken enemy,
while, as matter of fact, the Japan
ese were absolutely held at bay by the
sian settlement at Liao-yang is outside
the city wall to the southwest: 1t /;
grouped round the railway station anC
protected in a manner to excite the
highest praise Of engineering experts.
This position of affairs lasted for tw'
, full days, the Japanese artillery q ane
infantry fire seeming to have no etfec
on the devoted Russian defenders
Sometimes the Russian battery seemed
silenced and all thought it the begin
ming of the end: But soon it broke gu
again with salvos of great effect. From
their redoubt the Russian infantr.
poured upon the Japanese waiting Il
trenches and met terrible fire. Frol
! time to time the Japanese charged fo1
) ward, only to be flung back and deci
= = mated by a hail of bullets.
Awful Carnage.
: Thus the awful carnage persiste
4 thru Sept. 2, 3 and into the mornin
of the 4th. just before noon Of the At
flames shot up from the railway builC
!, ing and spread with awful rapidity
k belching great columns of smoke whic
e hid even the celebrated pagoda. Blu
t even from the smoke the Russian ba
Y teries hurled death at the enemy. Y
l. the Japanese infantry was creepin
e steadily near and nearer, while the Ru
e sian fire seemed slackened.. :. INK
AS the day declined never was thel
a more magnificent battle picture tina
the great plain made as the sinking su
j. was buried amid flames and roar {
IS guns. Darkness fell and the. Russia
h: BATTERIES were &silenced, tho from tt
2 city came a dropping rifle. fire. 81 -
T. T. Liaoryar1g Fallsatat Last.
n The correspondents thenN.were to-
d that the Japanese were inside the eli
and street fighting was going on wit
e the handful of Russian infantry le
is there. Late in the night the city fe
S, and the Japanese had gained neg
S. tive victory. Their approach to Liza
n yang was over fields sown with corps
s. and past quilted buildings They e
tered rifed city.
The Russian retreat must have be-
orderly in the extreme, for nothing w
, left. All provisions and railway M
'd terial had been taken away.
n, A high British officer said to me:
h. believe now that the strategy of tn
le war has just begun:' -.
ne The Japanese casualties, on co
ne servative estimate, foot up 20,OC