New-York tribune., 1905-03-08
THE PLAIN IN INFERNO.
Thousands Killed and Wounded IN
the FALLEN of the Hun.

Moukden, March THE outlines of Field
Marshal Oyama's strategy have been we'll de-
fined since March 4. While maintaining g. series
of energetic attacks on the eastern front and
demonstrations on the centre. the Japanese
made their principal stroke westward, the chief
effort being in an endeavor to break through the
triangle of Ulinpu. Ma-Dya-Pu (Ma-Chia-Pu)
and Er-Tai-Tzu thus eevering the Eastern
Army and the frontal force from Moukden, and
at the same time threatening a further advance
to the northwest to deprivs the Russians of the
road of retreat to Tie Pass.
Against this plan General Kuropatkin decided
to accept battle both on the front and west
of Moukden, and ordered an attack beginning
at dawn March 8. There was terrific ar
tillery fire and rain of missiles from ten hat
teries on the whole ground between Niug1an-
tun and Ulinpu. Major General Tserpitsky's
battalions fought with fierce determination. an
parently realizing that seven miles In the rear
In Moukden. We're tons of commssary, artillery
ana hospital supplies, parks of reserve artillery
and baggage.
AT the Moukden railway station there was n
scene of feverish activity Trains were moving
north and south, while the streets were filled
with TWO wheeled ambulance carts, loaded with
wounded. From roofs, heights and treetops
crowds OF Russians and Chinese watched the
hight which continued to increase in intensity
south of Ma-Dya-Pu. The japanese. like mad
men, or as If crazed with some drug thrav,
themselves on the regiment occupying a position
east of the old railway embankment and drove
1t eastward occupying the railway bed to tho
south near Er-Taitzu, where the same mad at
tack was met by stubborn resistance
Toward evening the fight slackened on the
railroad and the cannonading was stilled but
in the twilight the Russians. by brilliant at
tack. captured Podyaza and Padao-T1ln.
through the darkness of night the same regi-
ments were engaged in series of demonstra-
t1ons, giving regiments and batteries in the rear
a chance to rest
AT dawn on March began a fight of terrific
grandeur. which might be compared to a vast
thunderstorm Of lead. shrapnel and bullets pelt
ing nercllessly strip of land twenty miles long
ana seven miles broad, moving down victims by
the thousands. the explosions of Shnose shells
and the scythelike work of six inch shells razinr
whole villages. Through this inferno Japanese
and Russians charged and countercharged by
regiments Though some of these had been
pounded by batteries continuously for six days
they fought with amazing Determination and
f1rmness. Regiments were reduced to companias
and companies to squads, but these managed to
unite, and We'd with fresh troops in the resolu-
ton with which they re-entered the fray.
South of Ku-Shau-Tun. in the region of Ma
Dya-Pu, sanguinary fighting~was kept I'D TIL
nightfall The Japanese were intensely de-
termined to break through at this point
The soil of the river valley is thickly sown
with bits of shrapnel casing and chunks OF
shells of large and small calibre, covered in
places with green oxide resulting from the
explosion of menite lyddite and shirnose
Often men dropped dead suffocated with the
sitting gases of smokeless powder and the
fumes of high explosives