The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19

e. a. 10. the word came LlaL AZ
~ daylight there was TO be an ace
tiOn You stumbled into your
clothes. YOU stumbled out Of your tent,
with deid glasses over one shoulder
and TASK over the other ana a piece
81 chocolate IN your pocket. AS your
eyes strained to make out the pain
IN the darkness you felt the cold
night mist on your face From mn
u here you waited for dawn you coull
see the outline of other hills and in
the valley something dark-the to"H
OF Win.
There. expectant I'm the oppressive
Stiffness, one looked toward the east
2or She sunrise. ana listened for the rat-
Lie or muskefry, az once the Aeit ls7t
and the most terrible sound 81 war.
IL began far away ou our right 90 vol
leys as company after company or "a
line pulled their triggers. 10 was NOT
a heavy fire. it did not signify bat
lie. but only one of those many opera
tious by which am offensive force gets
the positions that provide striking
ground for a great action Except
that one heard the musketFy, you at
home knew as much OF what was pass
ing under cover of the ridges I'm the
brea king light as the spectator who
had come ~. 0JJ miles and waited long
SD Toxic. The moment Of darkness
before dawn was theatric, as if the
lights If a stage were turned down
and then up. One second YOU could
see nothing. Ten seconds later. only
the mist hanging in The valleys aud
cut by the heights shut out the view
From the left, with a great stretch
oI silence between, came more musket-
Ty and some gUu-fre. Tho left one
was told vas TO see the work of the
morning ON ridge near the guns
you had the positions or the two ar
mics separated by the river. which was
10 be- the scene of vast slaughter ST
me russians are strOug-and if they
choose. Nature here made q natural
barrier of empire but when a sea free
or enemy S ships permits of landing a
ranking column. men. rifles. guns and
liQomiiaDle energy are superior 10 ma
Elre. TO Korea and Aanchuria, the
alu IS what the Great Lakes and
the ST. Lawrence are TO the United
states and Canada. tt runs through
a country of hills and mountains.
Were there roads, the precipil0us
banks would be an obstacle more than
offset - fords higher up stream. An
army. however is tied % its trans
porLauOn. Men who climb over un-
travelled ground must have their din
ners and their blankets. So the jap
aueEe keep 10 the road and Win is
ON the road. All things in Korea. in-
Guiding the Koreans serve the Japa-
uese well.
Topography Of the Battle Ground.
The situation Of Win is typicaIy
Korean, with the water from the ass
cents making a stew of its own flth
ou so doWnhlu TO approach IL frOm
any direction. Every house is uu-
seen from the Manchuriau side. A
natural wall protects it from one shore
at a point where the Yalu's waters
pass in single channel. Above and
below there are islands low and sandy
IS an unassailable center
From the Mauchuriau hank rises a
pare and rock BLUR, with one hign
Jump and one lower. like @ camel that
81 smelling s. winding path tea8s be-
tween the humps. This is The only
sign of human occupation. and 40 enc
ascenQs or descends 81. Until the Rus
SLAMS put their mountain gums there
u was never of any human service
Behind it, as the Japanese do iu Win
the Russians may move as openly ass
tf they were i'm a peaceful valley at
home Further down, the banks on
both sides are still high and on the
which are natural breastWOrks and
earthWorks. Shelter for reserves Is
ready 10 hand as III made to order.
with the sun rising glori0usly, sill
houettiug numerous great pines that
crown the heights. the sheet If misc
dark matches and the watch tower
al the highest point. where the master
eve may see all possible that VIII serve
the master mind which carries the fer
tunes OF an army for an eXpecualt ra-
tlon Dots, patches and lines OF blue
uniform have taken the place of tie
7tAHasautFy VINO, In other times would
fbe showing spring activity. The cnly
blowing that is done is by bullets and
shells
Rare IS The figure Of The Korean.
The work in hand is war: the scene
distinct I'm its cleavage from all Eath-
eriues OF humanity. The hiIi4lies
where there have been only paths are
cbE 10y roads prepared for a battles
work as the mechanics of the stage
prepare for the production OF @ play.
iu a word, this means mobility The
passage of a field gun must he made
as easily as that Of the theatrical star.
The guns are the stars that impress
and demoralize the enemy and the lit-
tie rifles do the work of killing. Be
low the Tigers Tail. as the natives
call the humps Of the kueeling camel
the current Is divided between cham
nels that make three islands.
The Russian Position.
Whoever crosses The river with am
~ must possess these or those above
IVY Whoever possesses them may no
Immediate front and submits his force
10 6nrapnel from the euemy's heights.
Two channels mas Doe forded the
third must De bridgcC III the Jap
aHesa are 90 open the way into Man
churla 10y this route, the making of
The bridge. and crossing it iu suhi-
cieuL force TO drive back ihe Rus
SLAMS Should they resisD form The
diamond point OF interest in This war; +
u means mere than "a pass. for here .
the pass must hrst De built
The nrst of The islands the Japanese +
already held. The taking of the Sec /
ond 7 understood was 90 be attempted 4
az daylight understood az q. m.
daylight being at $50. CT0ut sDecta- /
Ter OF battle does NOT get his reserved /
seat weeks aheadD on tbe ridge chos-
en- tof seeing opposite The second isle f
aHd tleukato), We stiH heard occa- (
sioual rifle fire to the right tup the
riTer), ana occasional rifle fire to the
lea taoNn the riyerl. ON the first
island tRaushD. held by the Japanese. f
we could see the Japanese infantry .
so their trenches, ana the details for f.
"ater and wood, and the provisions
fof COINS and coming. There were
$50 signs of am assault by them Prob
o big from the Russian heights the RUS
slams in their trenches au their island
Genkato were as visible ass the Jau-
aHese 60 ms, and the japanese equally
49, INVISIBLE from the Russian heights
g 81 fhe Russians TO us
on the Russian island IS the custom
house and a small viIlage. which need
ed 100 Goldsmith 10 sing its desertlou