The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-17

tween the two lines does not VERY
the soldiers al all They simply
don't pay any attention To It.. ! he
japanese soldiers IN the trenches
are Juat aH happy and just aH CO..
tented today a. they were the day
they first occupied the line. They
would like 60 20 across the litis
stream and drive the -RuskYs uut
Of their positions, % course. but
that is because they want 10 beat
the enemy. not because they are at
all tired or nerNe-wurn hegauaH 81
the Ions weeks % insetiou-
OF course. We don't KNOW how ihs
Russians are feeling about T. hut
th~y don't show any signs % nerN.
business They keep NJ daily holm
hardusnt ~ the JApu lines. hut
% practically no damage. When the
field guns begin 90 fire and thf
nhrapnsl begins Go burst over the
japanese lines. the japanese al
eisrs say. All. here come the little
children" and 60 on a. usual Hut
Nhsn the nftsrn crutimeter havit-
tsrs and HieEc guns begin work the
soldiers say. Row the full grown
men are coming" and SEX their
bomb proofs. Although the rus
SLAMS thruW scores % shells into the
japanese lines every day. the easu.
altira are almost nothing The Rus
nlaun fire Of random and their fire
IL seldom even replied 10. The Jap
anear 70 on the principle that there
L. no use wasting ammunition an
Lees you can see something 80 shoot
At and unless they do see something
they don't shoot.
In the infantry trenches the anip-
| ing goes on all the time. The loop
holes are constantly manned and not
a soldier on either side can raise HE
head without having bullet NhiE
over u. or through a. The men
are watching each other every min
ute Of the day or night, looking fof
/ a chance 90 shoot
There has been no attacks worth
| mentioning for more than two
| months. For a few days after the
/ Second army occupied it's present
/ line the Russians made a number Of
| counter attacks IN force. but they
we're 50 warmly received that they
have not tried u since. The largest
J HAHHH " ANhNstNAAHN NNAaaA ~ HHHsHsH -
| eauntered between the lives mum
hered 500 men. but even that party
was driven back by the Japanese
outpoats before the supports from
the main trenches could come to
their relief Hardly "a night passes
that patrol parties do not meet be-
tween the lines and shoot ct each
other. but usually tho Russians re-
tire before any great damage has
been done 10 either side. Some
times the Russian patrols approach
the japanese outposts In the dark
but these little akirmishea amount
TO very little.
one thing that has surprised ev-
sryoue during the past two months
IL the inactivity Of the Russians
cavalry. II 20 believed that the Rus
SLAMS have a. least $4,000 cavalry TO
the north % US, but absolutely no
use has been made Of g. once or
twice very small parties Of cavalry
have appeared on the extreme left
Of the Second army but they have
been easlly driven back BY the Jan
anese cavalry which guards that
flank Not once has there been any
attempt on the part OF the Russian
cavalry 60 circle the flank and at
| tack the japanese lines Of commune
cation. OF course the Russians may
have some better plan for their cav
airy or may be waiting for a more
favorable opportunity. but Il seems
very strange that this enormous
body OF cavalry supposedly the hest
cavalry In the world. has done ali
soluteiy nothing so far during tho
war. BEFORE the war began tho
dTeadsd Cossack alone waH going Go
drive the japanese army into tie
sea. But the Coasack In war docs
not seem 90 DO nearly so dreadful
as he appears IN Buffalo Biira ahow.
only once or twice has the Coasacks
come down on the japanese cavalry
and then they have been forced to
withdraw quicker than they came.
n tho Russians had a Sheridan or
Mosby there might be a different
story 20 tell.
The Russian artillery has also
been a disappointment. Their gun
practice has been universally bad
and during the post two months Il
has been practically useless. Since
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