Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10

bi1ity TINT Gen. kurOki hns lawn
OFT ~ portion ~ his army from the
center md sent II 10 reinforce the
divisions cnGnEed IN Ranking
movements. Gen. ISnWIhnrs.t most
trusted of Gen. K~urOpntLin'S OIL
rcrs, is personally In command of
the Russian forces In the triangle
the railway aud the Hun
river.
Headquarters Of Gen. Renncnkampff,
near Ouhoncpusa, Saturday, March 4, 8
n. m, via Mukdon, March 6.-The road
%northward Is crowded, so far as the
eye can reach, by a continuous file OF
two-whoclcd Chinese carts full of Rus
sian wounded. the best testimony OF
the valor with which the army of the
east, fighting continuously for Il fort
night, has defended every inch Of
ground over which it has been com.
PEELED by superior numbers to retire.
wounded men, whose exhaustion is al
most too utter for them to feel pain.
scarcely II Gronn Is Heard.
Scarcely a groan or cry Is hcard-not
even the moan Of the dying-only the
dismal crcak of the rude wheels and
the thud Of the ponies hoofs are audi
bic. Most Of the wounded have their
heads covered with Chinese blankets or
dirty coats stiff with ~coagulatcd blood,
hiding wan and dirty faces, distorted
with pain, sunken eyes and expanded
nostrils. Here and there Is seen n cart
with two wounded men, between whom
Is n corpse which, with every jolt,
pounds against the helpless living com.
radcs of the man on whose face death
had sealed the distortion OF unbear-
able agony.
4 Valley of Death.
The valley in front Of the Russian
position has become Il valley Of death.
Courses strcw the dcbatablc ground
from which neither side can remove
It's dead.
Again and again the japanese
charged down the slope and up the
hill. Again and again the Russians
countcr-attackcd, trying TO gain pos
session of "thc hill with the tower
No quarter was asked for or given
by either side. The eumity ceased only
In death. Here sits a Japanese upon
a stone, n moments pause for rest
having stretched him out into ctcr-
nifty. There lie two foes with |bayonets
shcathcd in each othcr'A breasts.
Evcrywhcr" ']"rps"s.
Everywhere corpscs corpscs -
corpscs. For two days the Russians
had been concentrating IA heavy ar
tillery fire on "the hill with the tow
err stopping the japanese sapper
work. At two O'Clock In the morning
yesterday tho Russian skirmishcrs
heard a noise on "thc hill with the
tower" Creeping forward they dis
covered that the Japanese were heap
Ing up corpscs as defense. The Rus
sian field batteries Immediately opened
IRE anu IoIttu IL ''1N'illpIl' VI " WIN
Japanese Drive" nnck.
At dawn yesterday the Japanese at
tackled the Russian positions near
Oubcncpusa. The attackers were
| scarcely recognizable as valiant Jap
ancsc, so mechanically did they move
forward, and with undying persistence
attack, only to be driven back. They
repeated this at ten In the morning.
after "a preparatory artillery lombard
mont, and reached the Russian
| trenches, where "A bayonet ilght en-
sued. At the crucial moment
| Gen. Alieff, commanding the van
| guard, arrived on the scene with two
companies and turned the scale against
| the Japanese. Among the wounded was
Licut,-Col. Hrostitsky Of the general
stan. who nevertheless remained at
the front.