The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
MANNING,S S. c., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1904

: : slightly wounded are dragging them
. selves. along unaided. Fsr the frs
time since tie war began ] saw such
8 gathering OF wounded and was strucl
by the quietne>s prevailing amongs
them. Neither shouts nor groans wer'
TO be heard except now and then Wher
2 the rough two wheeled carts Whict
would cause a strong man SONS
qualDs, gave particularly severe
1t, then one would hear pitiful ex
clamation !: "Oh, Lord, have nero
Mother Of Heaven, can't sta1d it. .
Contrary to their laudable practice
OF srspending operations till two in
the afternoon, the Japanese, on this
day, broke their rules and continued
J to lombard US for all they were wor th.
The unceasing roar Of artillery made
o1e dizzy. There was no getting
away from the horrid din. It pursu-
ed one everywhere. By three O'Clock
the sky over clouded and rain brgan
to fall. The ground, which had not
yet dried from the previous doWnpour,
soon became converted into ve1ita-
BILE bog, over which the ambulance
carts creaked, splashipg mud, on their
way back to their position for furth.
er batch Of wounded.
September l. AT six o'clock this
morning Kuropatkin. accompanied by
ali his staff, left to ride around the
positions, and meanwhile his train
was brought on the main line and pre-
ceeded first 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 siding.
On riding through the town just be.
fore the departure, stopped near the
church. A sad picture presented it,
self to my eyes. Ga the other side OF
the enclosure, in tiny ht low, lay ten
cCrpses placed side by side and covered
with sheets from under which one
could see their feet, looking hideously
dirty, covered with black earth. Soms
Of them still wore their boots, but the
maj 1rity were barefooted. 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 corpses
bearers were hastily bringing others
and unceremoniously firging them on
the gsouud.
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 to
lombard toe city. Our armies re
treated beyond the lines Of forts aad
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
missariat Stores, and hurried;y for
warded. The refreshmsnt room at
the station was thronged mostly With
reserve officers and commissaryt ficers
as well as doctors and sisters Of mercy,
all hurrying to satisfy their hunger
as no one knew when he would next
have a meal.
The hum Of many voices filed the
air; the noise was literally deafening
Suddenly, just at two o'clock, the well
known Kissing sound Of a shell was
heard above the station roof and the
projectile burst alongside the building
An awful crash for the moment oblit-
Grated all other sound; then came TIE
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; third fell beyond the
station at a spot where the foreign
military attaches lived. The bom-
bardment Of Liao Yang had begun.
Along the whole length Cf the rail.
road from the Red Cross Hospital Of
the George's Ssterhco1 stretched
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. IL
some places f.e broke ou>; some
stores which had not been remov, d
were burning. Shots re-echoed dis
charges Of artillery was to be seen on
ali slues. The fare OF innumere 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. Oaly now could [ to
some extent realize what our ances-
tors had felt in leaving Moscow, since
the abandonment Of such an ins g1itl.
can't and even foreign place ss Liao
Yalg causes a heartache. Today It
is still in our bar ds, but tomorrow or
at latest the day after, the Japanese
will enter.
ALL MIGHT LONG.
All night long the japanese poured
a stream OF shot and shell into Lao
Yang, centering their FIRE upon tie
spot where stood the headquarters
Of the commissariat depots. The
latter, however, had almost all been
emptied. This senseless, futile bonn
bardment racked ones nerves. What
are the f>ols wasting their ammuni-
tion foi?' muttered spectator te
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.
It must be true that the japanese
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