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

Was the hag at the head Of She storm
ing party at the right also hidden
from his View He remained So Ione
that his surprise and capture seemed
certain. and 1 think that there was
no member Of the Japanese staff-such
is cOurage's admiration for courage
who cid not hope that one Russian
might have the deserved reward 0f
escaping unframed He must have
been the very last 10 go steadyiaE his
men-his big. helpless. untutored fair
haired ChiIoren-With his own rock
ribbed fearlessness- one moment sou
saw BIN stih ana erect q lone rgure
poised between the forces of two cm-
Dires Then ne was gone.
The flag which had zigzaEged and
bodied up the raNine appeared at the
end IF the trench. That climber the
color bearer. was not too out of breath
TO walk The length OF the trench
swinging alou his dag iu order thal
all on the plain below might see that
he had arrived
1t was not yet 10 o'clock. Less than
three hours had been occupied In n
business which YOU lad seen as a whole
with panoramic fidelity liz was like
seeing Lookout Mountain fought with
out the mists. You wanted the charge
made over again, and made slower TO
give you more time for appreciation.
You had seen the reality. and at the
same time you felt "A detachment from
ii which was al once uncanny and
nsportslaanlike The spectator had
been as safe as I'm am orchestra chair
when carnage reigns ON the stage. 1T
was as if a battle had been arranged
for him, and he had been taken %
the best position for seeing its the
atricat effects.
No Rest for the japanese
Nro4rr4-, .4----H-r
lngs task "A days work finished Ma
ture would have said 20 the color
bearer and all the men behind him.
We'll you've done liz YOU are here
now rest What followed recalls the
remark of japanese officer some time
ago, that the japanese hoped the mo-
bility Of their infantry would offset
the dash of the COssack horsemen.
These little men, who had been cease
lessly at work for thiTty-BiX hours.
were only beginning the day. That
supreme test OF an army. when IA
tigue IS the accOmplice Of a breath
ing spell 20 ENJOY victory, was met
by this army with the smiie-the jap
anese smile. Tt followed the book as
it always does. It followed Up its adj
vantage with Grant-IilSe persistence.
With rifle fire reverberating from the
Hills. your paid 0nlOOker knew than
more was TO come and iu the face
OF the official sign that he was not
TO cross the river yet, ne returned to
camp.
That night in the little Chinese viz
lage of Chiu Lien Cheug. where the
staff had established itself. we had
the aftermaUch of battle iu its real
ity and detail. Russian prisoners were
brought in with the news of twenty
eight guns captured Russian officers
stood around the camp fire with the
members Of the victorious general staff
Russian wounded waited with the jap
anese wounded their turn az the
operating table. Surgeons noddiug for
want Of sleep had a harvest of vital
cases. The japanese smile had the
realism Of the European for once. sue
cess beyond the measure Of e2pectH-
ton warmed even the modern Spar
tans to some excitement Two regi-
meuts had been cut 80 pieces au1n1ti
milton and artillery were che prizes
of tireless energy The disasters or
Port Arthur had been repeated ON land
TO prove the meaning Of uupTepared-
ness when set against prepareduess.
This much we knew The morrow must
see the summing up, the viewing OF
positions, the reasons in elaDOratl0u for
this signal success
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