The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

terieS or his troops, while the Japa-
nese continued to silence Russian bat
terry after Russian battery.
AT 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the
S0th the Japanese shelled Russian
battery posted On hill within three
miles of Liau-yang, but shortly after
this hour it became apparent that the
Russians had begun to hold their OWL.
By 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Jap
anese shrapnel was confined to the po-
sition at Chiaofantun, where the Rus
slams We're disputing every hillock with
the enemy. The Japanse made repeat
ed but unsuccessful assaults upon this
position. The fighting of the Both came
to close at Z o'clock in the evening.
The Russian casualties for the 29th
and Both totaled more than 5000 men.
Shells From New Quarter
The Japanese, from low range Of
hills to the southeast and south OF
Shusan, began Smelling the northern
end of the Russian line at Shusan at
a quarter before 10 on the morning of
the 31st This artillery fire was pre-.
ceded and accompanied by infantry
rusheS over the valley and the lower
hills south of the road. They began
before dawn and were continued until
evening, the Japanese officers urging
their worn-out and fainting men with
the points of their swords There was;
very hard fighting at a Handicapped
hill in the Russian line opposite the
point where the two Japanese armies
under Gems. Nodzu and Oku, came to-
gether.
The Russian position here was pro-
tecfed with wire entangiements, and al
small body Of Russian troops abso-
lutely refused to retire. In one taench
seven men fought CALAMITY until they
We're surrounded by the Japanese. AT
the end Of this sharp fighting the Rus
Ct hes II >.ecrc
upon the enemy. They killed one Jap
anese officer and injured another. after
which they surrendered and the hill
was occupied by the enemy.
AT o'clock in the evening the fight
ing, which had ragged all day. centered
along the south road. For two hours
there was a heavy artillery fire and
vast amount of ammunition was ex-
pended. The valley in front and under
the Russian guns during this artillery
duel was an inferno of shrieking and
moaning shrapnel, while beyond the
the head Of the Japanese advance.
During the day the Russian rifle fire
was indescribably furious.
Continuous Hail of Lead
The Russian trenches for a distance
of several miles threw out all day
continuous hail of lead, accompanied
by unceasing flashes of fire. In spite
Of it's continued fefeeity this rifle fire
was comparatively Intellectual, the
Russians often firing without sight of
the enemy. This hail of Russian rife
bullets did not cease before 10 O'Clock
at night. 1t is estimated that 1000
Russian shells were thrown into the
valley beyond the south road, where
the only evidence of the presence Of
the Japanese was Red Cross camp.
At nfghtfail Gen. StakelbeFg, with the
a
on the Japanese left. This Russian
corps had lost 5000 men.
During the night Of the 31st the
Russians deemed the position of the
enemy to be so threatening that they
made preparations to fall back Gen.
Mistehenko was On the extreme left OF
the Russian line with a division COM
posed of cavalry, artillery and infan-
try. During the night of the 31st his
force was sent out in a northeaster1y
direction to gain Information concern
ing Gen. Kurokis movement around
the Russians left flank in the direc-
ton of the railroads. Gen. ,Mistchen-
kos movement was of short duration
and he soon returned to his line.
Gen. Ivanoff and his command was
stationed on Gen. Stakelberg's left and
facing Gen. Nodzu and the Japanese
center army Gen. Ivanof had sue
ceeded the late Lieut., Gen. Count KEEL
Ter to the command of the Russian
Eastern army. He had removed his
headquarters from the village of Ia
Shi, in the middle of the southern plain,
to a point within the shelter of the
city walls and on the road which leads
to Yentai by pontoon bridge across
the Taitse river.
Begin Moving Out
During the night of the 31st the
in,
holding the Fengwangcheng road
against the Japanese, began moving its
transports out of the city to the north.
The Seventeenth corps, which had
not as yet been in action and which
was being held on the north bank of
the Taitse river, was deployed in the
hills and had been partly moved to the
nerthward. Part of the Fifth corps
which arrived here a short time before
the fighting began had been sent at
once to the frontss while the remainder
had reported with the Second corps
and was being held in reserve. All the
trees and Chinese graves on the firing
line which in any way might obstruet
the operations had been removed by
the Russians.
On the morning of Sept. all the
non combatants were ordered to leave
Liau-yang and the Russian commits
Sary of police sent an order to the Chi
neSe magistrate of the city that all
Chinese must leave Liau-yang within
two days. The Japanese were seen to
be in possession of the Russian posi-
tions at Shusan and it was learned also
on the morning of Sept l that Gen.
Stakelberg had withdrawn during the
night.
The Chinese at Liau-yang became
alarmed and they began secretly to
make Japanese flags. There was much
confusion throughout the city The
proprietors of foreign shops made fran
tic efforts to sell their stocks on the
streets at ridiculously low prices to
anyone who would pay cash, or endeav-
ored to have their property loaded on
railroad cars. The fight of Japanese
shells over the railroad station SIAM
peded them, however, and they fled in
disorder. The foreign military attaches
who were in Liau-yang were taken
north under escort. The correspondent
noticed on this morning an unbfoken
line of ammunition wagons and bat
teries of artillery and Russian troops
using the raiIroad bridge to get out of
Liau-yang to the north.
kuroki Makes Dash
1t became known that Gen. Kuroki
was making a dash around the Rus
sian left for the railroad al a point fif-
teen miles north of here. He crossed
the Taitse river the night of Aug 80
and took the splendid Russian defenses
al Penaihu witt, very lit+Je effort M