The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-14

geuc and tireless General Fock- who
defends the whole northern section of
Lao Tung. Reports were coming i'm
every few minutes Of japanese land
lngs. large and small. first encounters
with our 0utp0sIs of first losses The
busy work on every side, digging
trenches. throwing up rcdoubts and
seuerai feFerish military activity, con-
trasted with peaceful nature, adorned
by beautiful spring, the blow Of lilac,
almond and apricot blossoms.
III was a fairy picture framed by
bills of reddish hue The. Chinese wis
lagos nesting in Che Yerdure con-
Jinued 20 wear ana aspect of idyllic re-
pose.
General FocK has learned the secret
Of ubiquity. He does not require food.
His men are bright and active scout
ing parties penetrate every nook and
corner, appearing when the enemy
least expect them.
we went on 20 kinChOw, distinguish
able iu the distance by the threatening
pf5iile OF its dcfences. We decided
altt@ passing Kiuchow to stick to the
railroad, boarding an open freight car
Wsich the locomotive paiied along the
deserted country to Sausbilipou. There
was not siIgle employee there, but
the station vas crowded with Chinese,
As soon as zEe ueared the station three
hOrsemen dashed of toward the hills
20 the east The STATEN building was
intact. but the natives reported the
railway buildings at the station be-
youd. ahre.
Captain Odiutz0E mounted the loco
motive ana ordered The engineer TO so
ahead, leaving me behind i'm command
OF the freight car and a second loco
motive with zcldiers on board Cap
tain Odintzom ordered me- If the
japanese cavalry appeared at once TO
return 30 kiuchow without awaiting
him, adding that If ne did not return
by that evening" 10 tgrn back any how.
Anxious Moments.
Two hoDrs later Captain OdutzOn
met "a small detachment of our cav
airy eight miles ahead and sent back
10 me note book, requesting me. i'm
case he failed TO turn up, TO proceed to
Port Arthur aad to hand the book to
General StOessel We waited another
hour, saw smoke iu the distance. and
concluded that it came from deserted
barracks. Then followed an anxious
time We thought that poor Qdiutzon
would never return. At last we saw
the smoke of an approaching train. As
the japanese were said To have landed
an engineer battalion with rails, loco
motives and cars we were uncertain
who was on board, but We decided TO
go TO meet the train. A turn of the
lire brought us in sight of a long
bridge. The train had halted beyond.
IL Russians were on board we thought
they must have met Odntzof. who
had certainly told them that the bridge
was safe. We noticed that those who
were on board the train were inspect
ing the bridge, and concluded they
must be Japanese. Consequently we
began TO retreat. making preparations
FOR any emergency. Finally as the
train started again oar heId glasses
revealed Russian uniforms. IT proved
20 be a party headed by Colonel Spiri-
dur0f with officers and men of she
Fourth AmUF railroad battalion Who
had bodily come over the damaged
line, repairing it as they came. We
Joined the colonel and went back TO
Nafaudian, whence the following day
he took through an ammunition train
to Kin Chow Tt was one of the brav-
est feats of the war"