Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-07

Mukden, Sept 6.-The following
message describing the earlier events
of the Japanese attack on General Sta,
kelburgs corps, southwest Of Liao
Yang, Aug 80, was written on the bat.
tlefield by M. Kiriloff, one of the AS
sOciated Press Russian correspondents
and sent to Mukden for transmission
just before the correspondent was shot
through the lung:
This morning around Liao Yang
guns thundered increasingly. The
heights forming a semi-circle around
the city were dotted with jets Of flame
and little black and white Clouds The
spectacle was clearly visible from the
water tower Of LiaO Yang. The Rus.
sian left alone was not engaged.
at a. m the correspondent rode
to the Russian center, where the Jap
ane&e were concentrated in an effort
to break through and climbed the
neighbOring heights following a de-
tachment sent to relieve the skirmish.
ers who had been covering the battery
commanded by PokOtiloff, one of the
heroes of Kiuienleng. The Japanese
according to custom, were shelling
places where they believed the Russian
reserves located. Before the CORE.
spondent could reach the battery he
had to cross a danger zone of $50
yards, projectiles falling and burst.
ing on it until the very ground seem.
ed to quiver with wrath.
There was a touching scene when
the skirmishers were reached. A Rus.
sian soldier met a brother whom he
had last seen in their native village.
There were joyous greetings and
talk of news from home. Then each
went his way and settled to the work
of firing. The Japanese fire was spas.
modic. Their bullets sang like birds
slams cracked jokes about it. Two
hours later the correspondent reach.
ed the battery and found that Poke.
tOlOff and Captain Tasroff had been
killed. Captain Tasroff was in charge
of the battery. His quiet courtesy
recalled the hero of one of Count Tol.
stOi's novels. Fifty yards away was
a splendid looking gunner, whose duty
it was to record the success or failure
of each shot, the grim song of death,
with deadly messengers hurting all
around him, but the Russian gunner
stood erect and utterly without heed
ing the danger to which he was ex
posed.
''The Russian officers had not eaten
anything since the previous day, and
the correspondent shared with them
what provisions he had. The taste
of food caused them to realize the in.
&ensity of their hunger. Prudence urged
the correspondent to leave the spot
but he was fascinated"
Here the message ended. The cap,
tain sent forward the correspondents
message with the notation:
"The correspondent was an enthusi
asst in his work, gained universal re-
spect and sympathy. He was shot
through the right lung while standing
by our battery and fell back suffering
intense agony, the blood squirting from
his mouth. Yet his devotion to duty
enabled him to overcome his suffer.
ings. He insisted On being placed on
a horse so that he could get to Liao
Yang. 1t took five hours to cover
the 515 miles to Lao Yang. When
he reached there M. Kirilofi was so
exhausted and weak from the loss OF
blood that we got him into a hospital.
He asked me to complete his message
for him. l am a soldier and no writ
er, but 1 will say that after the awful
fight today we are still holding our po.
sitions. Japanese bodies bestrew all
the heights. Their losses must run
into the tens of thousands. We have
lot 5000 thus far. A shrapnel shell
burst two PAGES from General Stan
ley. The general was slightly wound.
ed in the leg"
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