The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-14
WAS BLOODY AFFAIR.
Japanese Again Exhibit Their Won.
deFful ReS0uFcefHIneSs.
NUMBERS ARE SLAIN.
While the Sanguinary Encounter War
Raging IL Required but Little
Time For Buii1ing to Be
q Slaughter House.

Seoul. July 1.-THE brief and disas-
trous attempt OF the Russians to over
wheim the small Japane forces
which guarded the entrance to Mo
Tien Pass July 4 was a bloody affair.
The Japanese troops again exhibited
their resourcefulness and courage. and
the Russians again threw away many
lives The loss cannot be ascertained
until the battlefield has been searched.
The japanese are stir driving the en-
envy up the valley. The correspondent
OF the Associated Press saw enough 10
justify the estimate ttat the Russians
had more than zoo men Killed or
wounded and that the aJpanese easu-
aItiez probably Will amount to sixty
The Russi-ns left thirty dead In front
Of and In the trench where the at
tack began The japanese took several
prisoners and captured 100 rifles.
Mo Tien Pass opens opens up . fun
nel-shaped slope which rises for
quarter OF a mile from the valley. and
which Is thanked By hills Thirty-six
japanese we're Quartered In a Chinese
house near the bottom OF the Hill ard
two companies u japanese soldiers
were in trench 100 yards long locat-
ed on the summit If the hin which
commanded the approach The other
companies Of soldiers step near this
trench
Between ; and oelork I'm th- morn
ing. Iu complete darkness and with "a
heavy fog enshroudlng the hills. twn
battsHaas 81 the Tenth and Twenty
foarfs aud East Siberian regiment. to-
gethar ssith ieo cava}rymeu approach
81 }h@ japanese positions They sur
rounded the plekets and 0utpazts IN
the house ard gained IS position from
which to rush the trench Several
81 hsf Russian companies were 81 dis
posed that they could alten ~ a flank
laE movement ou both th- ia sEese
left ard right
When ne nRh'laE began the b8HtfuF
p here the auEpaats were qgart~rr3 be-
came "a slaughter houF". The lap
anes~. aroused from sleep by the enc
uy used their swords and bayouats
- resist the attack
Tbr Russians we're 8t such close
quarters wsth the japanese that 10
waH tnapo~e8b bile fer tire latter 20 use
their rifles The first fRhunE Sea the
trenches end In front Of tire trench
were 6at haIf clothed The 6rsf Hus-
ssan onslaught ~aa repealed. but the
Russians charged tvs}ce again within
half an hour The r@ura Inder of the
J japanese regiment. however. "a which
the out posts ard the companies at
the trench belonged reinforced their
comrades and began ln drive the Rus
SLAMS back As sooa az n wa@ suEt-
cientgy light To distinguish the enemy,
fvy0 hours after the beginning - the
{ sbt thy japanese forced the Russians .
- retreat sne mite down t5s valley
The trench and its approac hes and
the hillside acre thickiy covered w1th
dead ard wounded blood despatched .
Kras ~veryw here testified 30 thv hot
ness OF the hRnting
Chinese stretCher bearers impaSS3ve q
under dropping balgets collected the
wounded ard sarted them 10 $40 i'm
provi~ed hospital in q roadside temple
where they we're iatd out tn rows un-
der huge painted and plastcrr8 gods 4
j japanese details @ifh trpnf hing spades
eeve burytnR the dead " here they fell
mai japanese soldiers nere bringing
water ia their oHn ana FAsaia 4
wounded aud tmparttallF giving them I
cigarettes The firing continued during
the afternoon. bit gradually the sounds
grew distant indicating that thr Rus
slams were stal retreating