The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-03
TRENCHES
RAN WITH BLOOD

when th.y began t1 retreat. 1s they
could only get away through the CUPS
Boo the cut1uglemeuta and ou these vn
concentrated such fire that not one
man passed uuWouuded. I'm three mine
utos the gaps were choked with dead
and wounded men, and the stu rec
treating Japs had to Chamber over the
bodies, which not one succeeded in doc
ing without being shot
AT ! o'clock the supply OF rifle ann
munition gave out temporarily, and the
fire from the machine guns failed to
stop the enemy. AS the millet had been
cut down, they gathered and took shell
ter behind am undulation Of the ground,
and after what seemed interminable
preparation, came on i'm dense masses.
This attack very nearly succeeded.
With a tremendous roar the Japs dash
ed on to the wire ENHANCEMENT, scores
dropped first into the wolf-pits, whence
they had to be pulled out our men
held their bayonets grimly, but not
without fright, as they could not fire.
Luckily the Japanese were not properly
supplied with wire-cutters. However,
they tore "a gap through i'm one place,
and came on i'm funnel-shaped thick
mass, shouting loudly Then the ma
chine guns concentrated cross-fre,
and the whole mass collapsed like a
a pack of cards,
IF the enemy had lain down and
fired they would have cut half our ann
munitlonless men up. They were too
eager, and continued to pour in, finally
getting right into the trenches There,
as usual, they fired at close quarters,
while our men rushed out, and engaged
them with the bayonet. The scene
here was ickening, and enough to
make witness a peace man for life.
The faces of our men We're lit up with
a dabolical bloodthirstiness and the
active, emotionless mien of the Japan
csc seemed equally detestable.
zone of our men, a Siberian, named
AleXandron, hoped about like a mad
man, shouting, Give them no mercy!
A minute later he went down with a
bullet, and a Japanese, as if he had un-
derstOod the cry, coolly thrust in a
bayonet and ended his groans. This
Jap next moment had his arm dashed
clean off by an officers sword, and the
arm lay across AleXandroffs dead body
and was, no doubt, buried with it.
The enemy were still coming on,
and had the pleasure of doing all the
work over again, as there was not one
practicable opening i'm the entangle-
ments. Our men, though tired and
hungry were as cool as ice, and as
they were losing few, laughed and jok-
ed as they butchered. Some even be-
gan quarreling as to how many Japs
they had shot, and one who boosted
that he had sent 80 to h-ll' was struck
later on ir the evening by a bullet in
the jaw Streams of blood from the
bodies in front tricked into the trench,
and in the intervals of firing the SOL
diers made little clay entertainments to
keep it out, disputing together when
one mans dam made the blood flow to-
ward another's. Except i'm the actual
paroXysm of bayonet fighting the men
We're cool and even humorous, turning
into laughter even the most CHASTITY
things, as for instance, when a JAP
shell burst in one of the body-encum-
bered gaps, blowing a score of wound
ed men into bits. leg which descend
ed among the men was passed along
with witty comments on the Jap's boot
and the color of his skin.
Il confess l became hardened to this
slaughter myself, and thought no more
of handling a limbless man than OF
doctorng a shild with the collie. l know
when 1 went to wash myself next
morning l was caked from head to foot
with blood. 1 had slept soundly and
indifferently all night. MOSCOW cor
respondence of London Daily News.
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