The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-27

the distance and the fields before
"a shivered with the thousands o.
ahfApuel bullets that passed
through them. The Russian aftll.
iery practice was good. We could
see the urte cloud 81 smoke and
the flash 0f flame that marked the
discharge 81 a Japanese kun IN
the field and a moment later q
Russian Strapped would burst over
the exact spot The damage 20 the
Japanese Knnnera there In the
fields must have bceh terrible. but
the gums Nere not siienecd. not
ones I'D the fire s'arksn All the
morning we lay there on the LITTLE
knoll listening 90 the sound q the
guns and watching the bursting Of
the shells
INFANTRY BEGINS WORK.
To the right aud left all daY long
re could see the Supplies 81 am
munitlon going % the front Over
there to the left are nearly a score
81 artillery ammunition wagons.
each With IL str powerful horses.
creeping towards the front with
their loads d shells which ue will
son SO bursting against the hills.
there to the left a long sinuous line
uinda through the corn. u Il
pack train. each animal loaded with
two large boxes 81 rifle ammuni.
ton. a sure sign that the infantry
las is work % do and II preparing
for H. Suddenly during a short in
tervni in the artillery firing we hear
A new sound. = long. los crash fol-
Lowed by another and another and
then By a long rattle II wsn mus
kerry The infantry was AZ work
During The night the infantry
has worked up and had taken POSI-
lions under the hills On the left
q large force u Infantry had oceu-
pied wart Hill The firing seem
ed to come from that position.
Scrub Hlli. which was Joined 10
Wart uiii b. a long narrow slope.
wss defended hy lines ~ trenches
On the far cnd and above the slope
leading 10 Wart win was a trench
IN front of which heavy embank-
ments had been thrown up sud
denly. a. We were watching. the
fire o. all the artillery on the right
~ the Japanese position opened on
this trench Almost Immediately
afterwards the artillery Of the cen
Ter and the right opened on the
same spot For half an hour this
bombafdlnR continued. 4 perfect
hail 81 shell fained ON the trench.
CHARGE FROM THE TRENCHES.
As suddenly a. il had begun the
bombardment ceased We could
see the Japanese leaving the
trenches and disappearing over the
crest Of the hin A few minutes
later a man leaped over the Jap
aueaa trenches on Wart Hlll and
started across the slope toward
the Russian trench lie Was fol-
lowed by another and another, then
bv two or three. then n hair dozen
within a minute thick black
line of men we're on their way for
ward. The artillery had ceased.
and the crack OF the rifles was
heard Suddenly on the slope the
shrapnel began To burst Men fell
on every side and for a moment II
looked as II Abe charge would be
stopped. The shrapnel came evil
IDENTIFY frosn some position In the
rear. which we could not SOC n
was very heavy. but II did not stop
the charge by this time tho head
OF the line had passed a wire On
tinglement within a very short dis
lance Of the Russian trench. Sud
denly a great cloud OF dust arose
from a spot just In front OF the
R,saaan trench. followed by an
other apd another They we're
mines laid there 10 stop the charge