The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-11
STORY OF LAO YANG
Battle Notes from a Corresponds It's
Diary.

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Diary.
INCIDENTS OF GREAT STRUGGLE
Graphically Described by an Eye
witness. spc ctaoles of tho
Wounded and
Mukden, September 18.-From the
diary of ore OF the Associated Press
correspondents with the Russian
army is taken the following notes on
the battle Of Liao Yang.
August 2S.-Returning from the
funeral OF Gen. Routkowsky, I met a
whole train of ambulance carts filed
with wounded, two or three men In
each. The band Of the Primorsky
Dragons also passed me going to join
the reserves. Troops were moving
along every road, officers and order.
lies gallop!ng in every direction. All
and everything that must be with the
reserves was flowing towards Liao
yang In groups and parties, small and
great, like little streams flowing into
a river. TO the rear Of house, high
IN the heavens, hangs the captive bal.
loon, with three officers watching the
enemy. There Is something uncapny
about the immobility Of the enormous
sphere-something fantastic ard
monStrous. No news as yet from the
field of battle. Two japanese, one q
trooper, have just been brought in
prisoners. The trooper wears a very
dignified air, like most of his country.
men. The other is a pitiful sight.
entirely naked, covered with bruises
and scarcely alive.
/ A. M.-The fighting has ceased.
1t is the japanese custom to give
their men a reat from Il 2 to every day.
They are clever and mean to fight in
comfort.
6 2. Nat three o'clock a fierce
bombardment recommended, lasting
Till tiliS nOur. at times the firing
was so severe that it was even oppres-
sive. One OF my friends has just re-
turned from the batteries. He says
that it Is perfect hell there. Riding
through the town, 1 met a lumber Of
stretchers covered with sheets and
under them were the wounded. A
sad spectacle.
AN UNACCUSTOMED ROAR.
P. M.-The cannonade continues.
This constant and unceasing uproar,
although somewhat dulled by distance,
singularly depresses one. Tomorrow
will decide the fate of Liao Yang.
The cannonade stopped late at night.
The first large convoy OF wounded
came in after dark. 1t was sad to
hear the groaus and s!ghs in the dark
ness. Many Of the wounded succum-
bed before reaching the ambulance.
August 29.-I was awakened very
earl lySEby annnaccustomed roarsSaiZAt
i,tst could not understand what was
happening and only after carefully lis.
tenirg | understl cd that terrific
hombardment was gong on in the
outskirts Of the city. Hurriediy dress
ing mYself l went out on the porch.
Here the firing could be heard much
palmer. The boom of cannon came
now fast, now slow; sometimes they
combined into one prolonged thunder
GUS roar from which the very atmos
phere shook. AT six O'clock in the
morning a number of carts entered
the yard to remove our things 10 the
train. BY half-past seven nothing re-
NAMED In our rooms.
Are we going to leave Llao Yang or
not? That Is the question which fills
our minds, and the roar Of the cannon
grows stronger aud stronger, Just as
II a monstrous drum was being un-
mercifully beaten. Beyond the quar-
ters OF the staff arises little bill
which is covered with spectators hun.
gri'y watching the bursting shells on
The heights outside the city.
10 tie southwest beyond the vii.
lagc CT ShoWshanpou where the first
army corps Is fighting, the firing is
particularly intfn The entire slope
Of the Mountainous ridge is pictures
quely q, tino d against the sky line. Lit.
Tie Clouds Of smoke dot the sky above
1t. Despite the II lring sunlight, it is
quite easy to distinguish the flame OF
artillery discharges. Sometimes they
Seem to run along the ground like
will o-the- wips, sometimes when the
enemy Is firing volleys, a whole flock
OF cloudletS and flames Is seen above
the hill tops. 1t looks as though moth
ing could live under such pandemon.
ium.
FLY WIDE OR FALL SHORT.
One cannot reallZa that the vast
maj rity OF the projeCtiles fly wide OF
fall short. Sometimes it happens
that couple of hours frightful can.
nonadc will only kill ten or twenty
men, but sometimes, alas, In Is or &C
minutes there is a mountain OF dead
bodies.
Being condemned to immobility we
stand here and watch the spectacle
through our field glasses. The captive
Balloon rises alittle to our left; 1t rises
and then stops as If overcome by the
grandeur or the sight. l have often
seen captive balloon rise above 9
pleasure ground, but never did it cause
such an impression upon me as here
amidst the movement OF armed hosts
and to the accompaniment OF demon.
iacai cannonading. Everything seems
TO be changed, even here, since yester.
day. There Is something majestic i1
the air and In the faces of all present
Everybody feels that something grano
and unusual, something that is going
to influence future history, Is trans pir
ing. Alongside the headquarters stafl
| at the foot OF our hill, the commits