The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-14
AFTERMATH
Of LAO YANG
ANOTHER RECORD OF THE
PRoWEss OF THE VALIANT
JAPANESE.
STORY Of THE SEVEN DAYS FIGHT
Correspondent Tells Of Use of Hand
Grcnades and How the Japs
Ran Up Against Live
Wire.
STORY OF THE SEVEN DAYS FIGHT

General Kurolli's Headquarters in
the field, Sept. 5.-Via Tien Tsin,
Sept 13.-The battle Of Laio Yang
was concluded this morning after al
most seven days OF continuous struS-
Cling. Gen. KuropatHin was defeat
ed, but after holding his ground for
four days, he effected mastery re-
treat along the railroad probably
with his army almost intact and TAX
ing away the bodies of half of his
men, who were killed in action.
The part that the Japanese forces
under command of Cen Kuroki play
ed in the conflict was remarkable.
From the 25th. to the 3Oth. of August
when he effected junction with the
other japanese armies around Lao
Yang, he advanced night and day
over almost roadless mountains
| pushing the enemy before him. He
| then made a rapid change OF base
from Anping to position on the
eastern side of the railroad with his
| left wing ten miles north of Lao
Yang, thus leaving wide gap be-
tween his troops and the main body
of the Japanese. The purpose OF
| Gen. Kuroki was to cut the railroad
which was Gen. kufopatliin's only
! possible avenue of retreat and at
tempt a surrounding movement. On
the night of September 2, his iorce
reached a position two or three miles
! from the railroad with the right d.
i vision ready to strike, but Gen kuro-
patkin was able to send superior
force against him and hold him at
bay while the Russian army made
good its retreat. For two days II
| seemed possible that the Russ ans
might assume the offensive on Il
large scale and force the japanese
right army, as the command Of Cen.
! KIrOki l.. called, t. abandon its po'
sition. This morning, September o.
however, Gen. Kuroli's followed Gen
Kuropatkin'h rear guard and a BRISK
action, but probably without result
is in progress.
No estimates of the casualties can
be obtained at this writing nut dl',
ing the 4S hours in which the rlgh'
army was engaged in desperate llght
ing. the dead and "oundcd totaleo
several thousand.
The taking of several hills, partic
ularly the one at Hcyiengtai cost INC
japanese heavily. After cannOnadihc
this hill during the day of Septem
ber /, this gradually forcing back th'
Russian infantry on the PLAIN WIN
out being able to GiSlodGc them, lh'
Japanese again reSOrtcd to their lay
orite operation, after a night atlacl
and drove the Russians ont a, th'
point of the bayonct. They also itorm
ed the "fye headed hills" to tn
northwest during the afternoon o
Sept. 2.
One of the bloodicst ARRAYS Of M
entire war developed that night ol
the lower ridges of the hills. "A par
of the Japanese center division wa
engaged in another night baH'
= On approachng the Russian trench
, es. thev encountered an uncNpec''
, obstruction. The Russ ans ha
t strung along the ground heavy wire
highly charged with electricity an
as the Japanese soldiers ran agalhs
{ the wires in the darkness, they r.
= ceivcd severe shocks. In ADDITION
=, this the Russian trooDs doionnlh
: three trenches. throw hand grenade
= or shells among the s'ormcrs. IN
| effect was terrifying and many OF ~
e Iapanesc were wOundcT.
The attempt to seize t1is hli
; which was an important van'ag
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