Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-07
RUSSIAN WOUNDED
Carried From Scene Of Conflict BY the
Hundreds.

Headquarters of General Rcnncnk;mpff
near Oubencpusa. Saturday, March T.
6 a. M).-Nia Mukdcn, March 6.-rh"
road nortwar is crowded SO lar as the
cy" can reach by Il continuous file OF two
wheeled Chinese carts fun of Russian
wounded the best testimony of the valor
with which the army of the East, fight
ing continuously for Il fortnight has de-
Tended every inch of the ground over
which ii has been compelled by superior
numbers to retire. Each cart bears from
three to five wounded men whose cXhdus-
ton is almost too utter for them to feel
pain. Scarcely Il groan or Il cry is heard
not even the means OF the dyinS-onIy
thu dismal cre;tk of the rude wheels ami
the thud Of the ponies hoofs are audible
Most of the wounded have their heads
covered with Chinese blankets or dirty
coats stiff with corgulitcd blood. hiding
wan and dirty faces distorted with pain,
sunken eyes ana expanded nost:ils. Here
and there is seen cart with two wound
Cd men between whom is IL corpse which
with every jolt pounds against the help
less living comrades Of the man on whose
face death has sealed the distortion Of
unbcarable agony
The valley in front of the Russian po-
stion has become II valley of death.
Corpses Strcw the dcbltablc ground, from
which neither side can remove its dead.
Again and again the japanese charged
down the slope and up the hill. Again
and again the Russians countcr-,tttackcd.
trying to gain possession of the hill with
the tower No quarter was asked Tor or
given by either side. The enemy ceased
only in dcsth-the wounded with breasts
torn open by Shrapnel or bayOnct essay
ing another shot with their last breath.
Here sits Il Japanese upon Il stone. Il
moments pause for rest. having stretched
him out into eternity.
There lie two foes with bayoncts
Sheathcd in each others breasts.
Everywhere corpscs-corpscS-cor
For two days the Russians haG been
concentrating Il heavy artillery fire on
the hill with the tower" stopping the
japanese sapper work. At o clock in
the morning. yesterday, the Russian sllr-
mishers heard a noise at the hill with
the tower. Creeping forward they dis :
covered that the Japanese were hcapinE
up corpses as defences. The Russian field
batteries Immediately opened fire and
fore ed Il cessation of the work.
At dawn. yesterday. the japanese at
tackled the Russian positions near Ouben-
epllS;i. The attackers were scarcely rec
oeniZ;tblc as valiant Japanese so mccnan-
ically did they move forward and withal
with undying persistence to the attack.
only TO be thrown back. They repeated
this ut 10 in the morning. after an altIl-
ltry bOmbardment and reached the Rus
sian trenches where a biyonet fight en-
sued. At the crucial moment General
AieIf, commanding the vanSuardS. ariiv-
ed ON the scene with two companies and
turned the scale against the Japancs"
Among the wounded WAS Lieut.. Col
flrostitsky of the general staff, who ncv-
CrtfeirSS remained at the front.
Toward evening the fight slackepcd.
The Japanese employed an ingenious
scheme to deceive the Russian artillery
whose shells though having tn" ranges
appeared to hc exploding i'll the wrong
direction Tho officers We're about to re-
sort to experimental firing when Skin
miShcrS reported that the Japanese wcr"
rAplodin" small mines and even throwing
dirt in the air With spades to effect Il de-
ccption.