Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-14
WITH GEN. KUROKPS ARMY
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 AS the attack upon Mukden pro gressed one army drew away from the Shaho to s1fe north Ito cooperate with the one flanking MukdNn and the Jap anese forces on the south had a great space to cover, but plenty of artillery to engage the enemy. The battle on the south line was practically a deadlock until the Russians were or 6ered to retire for the defense of Mukden. The Japanese policy was to hold and engage the Russians along the Shaho while their flanking armies were pushed forward.
 The Japanese bombardment of the Russian positions was fixed to begin on Sunday the 26th, of February. The left army was then started on their maroh across the Hun to Muk- den but the right army had not ad- vanced as far as had been expected. The Japanese generals, however, were confident of victory No army could have gone into battle with better spirits. Almost every possible prepa- ration had been made. every man real
 
 tire war had arrived, and all had con fidence in the leaders. On Sunday morning Gen. Kuroki, with his staff which included Prince Kuni and the young Marquis Saigo. ascended a small mountain to Witesan which was one of the hills nearest the Shaho held by the Japanese, but the day was cloudy and soon after noon when only g few guns had been fired 2 heavy snow storm descended upon the hill top and cut off the view of - the river, so that bombardment was 1. reluctantly abandoned. This noun tain. was the generals coming tower throughout the battle until the Rus sians retired from the river. There the officers stood at a great telescope Or sat around charcoal fires while snow storms and sand storms swept by, with icy blasts and Russian shells bursting about the batteries on the lower hills at either side and upon Witesan. 4 cluster of wires con necring with the divisions. with the artillery commanders directing the fire from other hills and with the
 
 focused at the rocky peak, and the tinkle of the telephone bell sounded constantly. For three days the ar t1lery duel continued with hardly crack of a rifle, and until Wednesday there were no Japanese soldiers in sight along the lines except a few men occasionally darting from their shelter around the guns. All of the infantry at the front were concealed iR the earth huts and burrows on the slopes behind their trenches. The artillery fire was neither as heavy nor as continuous as along the lines to the west where the big guns were planted. The Japanese seldom en- gagged their full strength, and there were few exhibitions of such rapid fire as was displayed at Liao Yang. Close by Witesan the Iapsnese had two batteries of captured Russian guns which nearly exhausted their ammunition before the artillery stage Of the battle was finished. but when the Russians retreated the batteries went forward toward Tiehling confi- dent that they would get g new supply.
 
 'on small scale, having two or three streams only a few yards wide and shallow at this season, running in ir- regular channels along a wide sandy bed. On the south side the line of hlls ;and mountains which were fol lowed by the Japanese trenches which were about a mile from the stream, while the lower hills and bluffs oD the Russian side were much nearer. The hills were bare of trees and rocky and the whole landscape had barren and bleak aspect In front of Witesan and for some miles in both directions the river ran nearly east and west. To the east it made wide bend northward among high steep hills. At the west it took an- other turn toward the southwest in front of the great rocky hill called Monpaushan, or Tower Hill. One division of Kuroki's troops was to cross in front of Witesan, another di- vision at the bend of the river east. and third among the hills several miles from the center division We6n- esday the men who have done more than any other branch of the army to win baalles-fhe Japanese infantry came into evideAce. During the night two companies had been sent forward and occupied a village in the plain to the right of Witesan in front of hill where the correspondent was watching events. That day they were subjected 10 the hardest test that in- fantry has to endure. to lie still under heavy shelling all day and take their chances of being hit. TDere was no protection in the town except huts win straw roofs and mud walls, and mud walls around the yaros.
 The Russian battery working on this village used mostly solid, shell. but it's aim was poor so that the majority dropped either in front of the village or behing it. and when night came the telds looked as though they had teen plowed at random. but only thir- ty soldiers were hit
 DusriRg the night Of Thursday and early morning of Friday fke infantry began to play the leading part in