The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-15
Most Serious Engagement
Since Liaoyang Battle
Is Taking Place.
SIaVs Make a Night Attack
and Retake Position
Near the Railway.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE RUS
SIAN WESTERN ARMY, Oct. 10, via
Picking, oct. 14.-Siulintzu was safely
held until midnight tonight when all
The wounded and the baggage had been
removed.
Contrary to former plans. the ad-
vance Of the japanese, which had been
pushing I'D the Lao River as though
with a determination TO turn the Rus
sian right flank, has now crossed the
Hun River.
The lines are in contact from the
west to the east, and the opposing
armies are in square frontal fight.
The most fierce and most important
lighting that has taken place since the
battle Of LiaOyang reached its height
at noon to-day when after a bold at
tack which lasted for three days the
Russians began sagacious retirement
from the positions they held yesterday,
and the japanese by a strong central
movement forced the Russian lines five
miles to the north.
The battle reached a stage of I'M
usual severity on October IL along the
railway and TO the westward, culmlnat-
ing in the vicinity Of TOusanpu.
BY the evening of the 1lth 500 wound
ed had reached the field hospital stu
ated at the Siulintzu railway station,
ten miles from the front.
The battle at that moment was best
observed from Hungpas Hill, two miles
southeast Of Siulintzu. Both the Japa-
nese and Russian batteries were dis
tinguished by the clouds of dust which
were raised by the conclusions.
SLAVS MAKE NIGHT ATTACK.
The result Of the fight was that a
mile Of ground along the front west OF
the railway was lost, but the Russians
regained the ground during the night
by a bayonet attack, without shot
having been fired
The battle was renewed at dawn to-
day with terrible effect. The eastern
army evidently is engaged in continu-
GUS smallarms fighting. There can be
heard the desultory breaking of shells
along the foothills about five miles from
the railway.
To the westward there is a growing
activity. and the smoke from the shells
forms an almost impenetrable haze,
hiding the operations of the infantry.
There was an entangled artillery duel
in the vicinity Of Tousanpu, TO the
westward, in which during the day one
regiment was caught by a cross fire
and threatened with extinction.
Tousanpu wavered until noon, when
the japanese made good their occupa-
ton. and Colonel Stackovitch, who had
Stand four
days. after more than twenty of his
officers had been put out Of action, fell
back before the terrible onslaught Of
the japanese.
RUSSIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS.
The japanese proved their ability to
utilize the strong position at the Yen
tai coal mines, which the Russian adj
vance guard reported had not been
utilized up to October 10. The Rus
slams moving in that direction were un-
able to occupy the position owing TO
the developments of the past forty
eight hours, and fell back in cOnfor-
nifty with previous plans.
AT IL o'clock in the morning the bat
tie reached a stage of severity three
times greater than that of yesterday,
solid masses of troops filling up the
front.
At 2:20 p. m. the japanese were oc-
cupying a hill two miles to the south
Of Hungpas Hill, which they shelled
from a battery which was plainly Wis
ible. The results of the Smelling were
not important.
At 4:15 p. m. the Russian army made
an orderly and timely withdrawal fol-
lowed by a furious rifle fire from the
Japanese
The Red Cross surgeons are perform
ing operations at Siulintzu railway sta
ton. Many of the wounded were load
ed on trains which moved north during
the day
At shutdown the csnnonading to the
southwest could be heard constantly.
The Russian rear guard was holding
it's ground at nightfall.