The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-12


the Russians were running, Cores
pondents and officers were on at full
speed, the cavalcade with the Narl'
GUS uniforms of different nationali'
ties making an unusual group,
The tall German captain lowered
ahove all others, wearing q cap or the
same color and pattern as RUSSIAN
officer, which suggested the reaii2a'
ton of the Japanese fear lhat ior'
eIgners on the battle field might DC
shot by their own troops, Just nj the
foot Of the high hill where begins the
steep ascent of the pass came
souad of wounded soldiers gong W
The base hospital, Some had thelr
arms in sings. others were pan.
.Iogod across their faces. MOST o.
trem wore very pale from loss OF
hIoGI and heat. but all smiled ana
soluted. A long procession OF wouhu'
cd descended the hill. part were eu.,
r,ad on stretchers with their guns
onI continents beside them, LOT
Notbing is wasted or lost with tne
Joponese army and when the so'ur'Is
60 into n fight they leave no iran VI
discarded blankets and haVersacMs'
An tbe wounded were quiet and sto'
Ion, MS usual. One boy shot throusn
,otb arms was walking and as ne
lid moi salute he stopped anu
hcwed low 10 each foreign oiilcer.
Emerging from the pass and riding
down n stretch of tortuous road uhuel
tho shelter OF hillside the parry
como abruptly to the stage OF actioh.
II is impossible to convey an luo na ~ :,
tbe country without maps nor was II
practical to see more than that sec,
t,on If the fighting directly below tne
ortnost trenches which guard the
northern entrance a mile or more 10
tho front The trench lies along a
ridgo between two hills and is not
more than half mile wide. IN iroh'
az II is the slope where the dayilSn.
gurprise of the fourth was fought, ana
Inc road winds down toward thhe lett
through gradually widening Vaiiey
with fields of beans and corn on po'h
sides and hills covered with young
ireos and thick bushes. Down at the
end of the valley CLEANS a white pa
coda where General SakaroH' ac'
cording to his report, witnessed the
engagement Of the fourth ana was
filed with admiration of the Valor OF
his mon. and where he was probaDly
= snectator of their second and more
disastrous repulse. The advancing
Japanese skirmish line was nan
mile below the trenches steauliy
rushing the Russians back. The fire
Of the Japanese battery had ceased
when the enemy began to retreat, the
mists had risen and the sun was shln-
ing 'hotIy. The uproar OF Japanese
rifles was like the popping Oh nun
dreds of corks. while the Russian vol
lows cracked viciously and after each
yolley came a crashing of tree tops
as though a gigantic axe cut sWalhe
through them.
The Russians were yielding the
ground slowly with their firing Inc
spread out across the fields and NIL
sides in an almost solid barrier, BE
hind tho firing line and sheltered by
clump of magnificent trees, winch
must have concealed them irCm Ihe
Japanese advance, a regiment was
stopping in solid formation on a cross
road, The men we're along dark mass
blotting out the fresh green crops
and their officers in white COATS
could he seen riding up and dowh
the lines apparently trying 10 Teo'-
ganize them. With the regiment
was battery which ha me oppcr
tunity for effective action nut WIS
huddled together in the field Where
single well placed japanese She'i
might have worked great execution
in tic midst. Further down the road
more troops were returning to lheir
camp places slowly, and with then'
many wagons of baggage. the whole
attitude Of the force betokened lhde
cision and lack Of plans AlthouSh
the Japanese troops were neares'
they were so eTectually concealed III
tho trees and bushes that few coulo
he seen and their positions could be
inferred only from the sounds o.
their rifles. Attaches and CORES
pondents pushed on through woo'
| TO their left passing over a reserve
line living ready for action, ana en-
counterinp many wouded Russians il
every stage of suffering, whose plgh
at other times would have excite
sympathy and ready aid, but who
were forgotten in the important busl
ness of seeing the battle. They push
ed along the line of the outpo'
trenches where companies OF Japan
csc were shooting over the heads o
tho men advancing below them, an'
made their way to the vantage pom
Of a high Hill close to the rlgh'
whose summit afforded such a yiel
of hattie as can be achieved but sci
dom.
This letter l. not intended to de
scribe the engagement but to gi''
| some of the impressions OF specla
tor who could see only part OF lh'
field. and that, during the cl1slh!
hours. By far the most signihcah
and interesting feature Of the specia
Gle was the appearance and method
Of Japancse soldiers at the work IA
ward which all the drill and equip
mont of soldiers is directed. and M
! ccuuarison OF them with the hus
eiaps The country afforded the hes
possible cover for troops who knew
individual men appeared 10 nav
every point IN the game - tho
/ wits end. In addition to The irrcgu
lar road. here elevated End there 9
nregscd. tine banks 81 mountain
iopl, running beside g. and fh
clumUs Of trees and hUshes. and al
few low Chiueen mUd houses, CAV
shelter FOR r.1Dmcn. The Japaue-'
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