Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-02-03

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hands and teeth AM by tug rilg aHd
twisting ana biting succeed in cutting
It through after all This story his Of
ten been attestcd by Japane-e O.i.els.
Then tie japanese ate -FteI u bring
down the whole ARIA u-clEeut u wires
and the poles TO which the vi-eS were
strul- len thwise and eros wise in ey-
cry direction by cutting the poles. In
o.e g.. - they succeeded. but the ex-
lr4ii.clt was never repeated IS far ~
know. The men were fully expose
10 the enemy's fire. anl-wril, they had
To ind some cheaper means.
For time another eEped!ent was
more successful. \ man would crawl
up during the night and fix ropes to the
tops Of some OF the poles and then
wri2gle back again with tie ends OF the
ropes TO the nearest trenches, where
his comrades would tug, with an "lchi.
nj. san" till the whole arrangement
came down bodily. But the Russians
soon found ont what was happening.
end the next time the Japanese tried
tie same game they found that the
poles had been wire braced and with
stood all their efforts.
OF course, the shell fire destroyed
much " the wire fences but the Jap
aneSe had another way Of destroying
them 10y powder They took long BAN.
boz poles and filed them with black,
strong. smoke giving powder. Then a
man crept up, placed the pole under the
ENHANCEMENT. lit a fuse and 50 blasted
part Of the wire. These bamboo poles
were also used sometimes in attacks
upon bomb proofs and caDonnieres In
the forts. They were pushed through
tie lrODhO,es or the entrances and
made to burst. and under cover Of tne
thick vel Of heary black SMOKE, which
clicked and blinded the defenders. the
Japanese would make their final ruSl
Sometimes the men would. "a Il las
desperate effort. walk up in broad day
light have seen it myself before al
attack-protected by one of their bi.
shields and quietly set TO work to GU
the wire right in front Of the defenders
The shields are made OF two one-quar
ter inch iron plates welded tOgethe
and weigh about forty pounds. Ont
bottom slit is where the man works hi'
shears The shield reaches to his knee
and is sIung from his shoulders. l.,
can only walk very slowly. and | d.
not think he would have much of
chance in a race with a tortoise.
Tie first man who was sent out wa
met ny number of rife shots. wlicl
hit him right in the chest The bullet
did not penetrate the shield. but tn
impact, which possessed the force 0
Il siedge hammer blow, knocked hin
clean over. He was not. hurt. but 20
on his feet again. and. though he WA
hit over and over again and TIE i'm
pact Of the bullets made him stop AM
stagger, lie reached the entanglements
Sometimes the man would brace him
self with two bamboo sticks, the up
per ends Of which We're firmly fxet
to a rope round his waist. while til
lower ends were hanging down an,
dragging along the ground behind him
When the shock Of the bullets mad
him lose his balance the bamboo stick
would grip the ground and keep hin
from going over.
OF tie active means Of defense tn
Russian se3rchlights and machine gun
come in the front rank They utterl,
blinded and confused the japanese
At one moment the powerful light wa
glaring full in their faces At the mex
it was suddenly turned off. leaving
them III complete and battling darkness
They could see nothing and had onl
the crack of their enemies rifles t
guide them in their fire. The ligh
blinded and confused them. and wler
they were EXPOSED to its rays the Rus
sian bullets fell fast and furious. The,
had no means Of retaliating againS
their enemies, who were hidden behint
a screen of light. 50 they had to tax
cover during the whole time Of thei
advance in declivities in the soil 0
behind small mounds of lllocks, wher
the rays Of the implacabe light coul
not reach them. 1t was remorselesS
and. though we ourselves stood ia
pway on hill. 1t blinded rs if W
looked at it like sunshine and made ey
cry stone, every straw. every featur
Of our faces stand out AS clearly as /
broad daylight-at a distance of owe
six miles
Then suddenly another light. 0
which the Russians had nine. threy
the japanese into the fullest relie
Instantly q tremendous fire was oper
ed IN on them from rifles and especia