The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Brown Men Face Hail of Death and
Corpses Strew the Slopes
Before the Forts.
New York Publishing

CHEFUT. Aug. 3O.-A special courier
has arrived here from Port Arthur,
bringing accounts of the recent fight
ing. At II o'clock on the night of Aug
ust q the japanese. attacking on the
east, concentrated a large force of in
fantry opposite a redoubt battery on a
steep. mountainous position
Lying prone the japanese began TO
creep along in long lines. The Russians
waited until they wers beneath the
walls. when part of them opened volley
frng and the japanese rolled down the
hillside dead and wogaded, their rifles
rafting after them.
AT midnight they advanced again
with recl1les bravery, dashing over the
bodies OF their comrades. but were
asain repUlsed.
one company of infantry, however,
penetrated the line Of defenses. but the
Russian infantry used the bayonet and
snnihilatod the enemy. The brave
japanese shouted "Banzai' with their
last breath.
STUMBLE OVER THE DEAD.
The main body Of japanese retreated
over the hills and then threw search
. lieHes upon the scene. More troops ad-
Kanced. stumbling across the dead and
wounded. The Russians waited until
they were 100 yards away and then
fired their machine guns. which were
protected by armor plates. and moved
the enemy down like reapers cutting
corn.
Ar.fD +ho TaDareeo advanced n
within a ffty-yard range Of the rifle
Holleys, but again they were hurled
back.
A heavy artillery duel followed. Then
once more the japanese endeavored to
storm the fort There was a hand-to-
hand fight and Maxims were used. The
piles of. dead increased. row upon row,
and wounded and dead were mixed to-
Eether. So near we're the infantry and
The machine guns engaged that men
fired point blank at one another. AS
one column became denloralized an
other took IS place
JAPANESE REACH THE FORT.
Marching steadily forward the men
broke through the Chinese wall in
front Of the fort and fierce engage
ment ensued. 10000 rifles cracks ng
amid the roar Of all kinds Of guns. The
japanese kept their front line COM
pleJe. each man stepping forward with
precision to MI vacancies:
Suddenly the Russians ceased firing
and. fixing bayOnets, charged and
swept away the first line. Each thrust
of steel went home. The Russian in
fantry then opened fire on the re-
mainder, who retired in excellent or
der.
The japanese again returned and tie
fighting continued until . o'clock in the
morning.
At o'clock the japanese made
another attack They came on in the
same solid masses, the men fearlessly
breasting the hailstorm OF lead and
ccouy leaping over rows Of wounded.
Their advance was covered by a dis
charge Of shrapnel. but the Japanese
were literally hurled back.
BODIES BANKED AGAINST WALL.
Daylight revealed heaps of dead
banked against the forts wall
Little occurred during the day md
the next night passed quietly. The
japanese continued bringing up sup
plies and constructing earthworks and,
despite z terrible FIRE from the neigh
boring hills, placed sixty guns IN posi-
tion near the villages Of Hausahcm
and Sanhandatan.
The advance Of the japanese was
like that of q swarm Of locusts. They
waded through streams Of blood and
were impaled upon lines Of baycnets.
Men were killed by wholesale while
constructing earthwOrks. others
stepped into the vacancies, calmly TAX
ing UP picks and shovels until whole
trenches were swept away.
The roar Of the guns was deafening
and orders were given by signs.