The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1904, Page 4

'FRANCISCO CALL, WED JAPANESE CHARGE REPEATEDLY OVER HEAPS OF DEAD AND BODIE Brown Men Face Hail of Death and| Corpses Strew the Slopes Before the Forts. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New ¥York ierald Publishing Company. A special courier enemy the Russian troops cheered. ¥ from Port Arthur, he Japanese searchlights showed 1 of the recent fight- | Shastly heaps of dead, like magic lan- tern pictures, k on the night of Aug- : » - The Japanese soon were reinforced » panese, atlacking on th€| 4 recommenced the attack furiously, i eas r e of In-| byt again they were repulsed. The site a redoubt battery on & | Novo Kral soberly asserts that the Japanese troops were forced forward ous position. g D Japanese began to| by their own shrapnel fire, the guns it : The Russians| being placed behind them to prevent beneath the|a retreat. K opened \nl:-‘_v“ A third attempt to capture the posi- 2 lled down the | tion also failed, and, anticipating a d, their rif fourth attack,”the Russians were rein- = t 5 | forced; but a fourth attack was not g they advanced again| made aver) shing over the The Zaredoutni fortifications present- . r comra but d to the Japanese a high stone wall of - ! | ¢ se construction, and the fact that ! i i | t however, | one detachment succeeded in scaling it , but the | is accounted marvelous. i bayonet and Daylight found the belligerents in enemy The brave|that quarter engaged in an artillery with their | quel. General Gorbatowsky personally | directed the Russian fire, although he | STUMBLE OVER THE DEAD. had been six days and six nights with- L of Japasiese refreated out sleep. The fort suffered consider- \nd then threw search- | aDI¥ from the Japanese artillery, and General Gorbatowsky ordered the gar- More troops ad- across the dead and | rison ipto undamaged trenches. The next glimpse the Russians had The Russi waited until . vards away and then|©f the Japanese was at 10 o'clock en line guns. which were | the morning of August when a * plates. and mowed | Mountain battery on mules was seen . like reapers cutting | M motion. The Russians opened fire on this battery and dispersed it. he Japanese advanced to| At noon of the 24th two Japanese col- 1 range of the rifle | Umns were observed, one behind Sugar. they were hurled | head Hill and the other near the rail- | d bridge, but th retired when the followed Th._-\i‘ Russian artiliery onened upon them. At 24th the Japan bardment of the endeavored to » was a hand-to- s were use anese se began a heavy bom- Russian position with on row, | clock in the afternoon of the| a reased, row uy 120-millimeter guns, and at the lead wire mixed to- time a Jananese column of infan- s vere the infantry and |try and cavalry appeared at Pali-| ins engaged tt 1 At 6 o'clock that afternoon ht one another anese furiously attacked the en- | deisoralized an northeastern frent of the Russian . nses, but they were compelled to with considerable los: night of August 24 was quiet. On rning of the th the Japanese ry opened along the entire 1 front, but most severely on the hern section night of the 25th Captain REACH THE FORT the wal The the ward up with a small force made | | | a sortic and attempted to disperse a e J battery located on Corner | - e S without success. This sortie | - = Mhachi ‘thrpnt made from High Hill. The Nova ¢ in- | Krai adds that the Japanese were sian blond the re- | building trenches in front of the hills Sl e ) b 4 ent or- | from Corner Hill to High Hill, but it| s does not mention the retreat of the | The 3 o S e e e 1 from the latter place. The fig . il 2 o'clock in the a al thirty guns, some & of un in stone Chinese A k k Japanese s and others in the foothills along | E € T! came or ach . & s, men fe. vicinity of Louisa Bay, north- breasting h of of Port Arthur, the Japanese have ping . " f wounde ms e d in a cornfield. s covered by a dis- t issue received here of the| 26 . but the Japanes: {rai contains an account warmly | X led back praising the conduct of Captain Leb: BODIES BANKED AGAINST WALL. | dieff, commanding the marines at Zar aviight revealed heaps of dead |doutni, who stood on top of a wall, his bank & o Tt weihl revolver in one hand and his sword in s rred during the day -nd | the other, and killed or wounded twen- e # o7 quistly. The | tv 0dd Japanese, who, mounting on the . ot R shoulders of their comrades, attempted 2 b athe 20 to scale the wall. When the Japanese - Jrardigited repulsed Captain Lebedieff sat | sixty guns down and was wiping the perspiration | ages of Hausshem | from his face when a shrapnel shell tore his body to pieces o was ST - They WORD FROM BRAVE STOESSEL. | | | ress, | pected to-morrow. Port Arthur Commander Reports Re- - PORTS, ANCE A MUCH OF WHICH COMES U. ——— e} HURIA AND HER MASTER AND FIRST OF) L ARRIES NORMOUS ~ CARGO FOR TAL DER THE HEAD OF “CONTRABAND. | Kuroki’s Big Army, Held in Reserv Will Join in To-Day’s Attack. €, ' Continued From Page 1, Column 5. losses thus far have been very heavy, especially to the regiments which sustained bayonet charges. All the men serving one Russian except killed by shrapnel. The survivor, who was very badiy wpunded, heroically brought his gun to headquarters and even then refused to quit his place until the general peremptor- gun one were | ily ordered him into the hospital. A more energetic attack is ex- General Kuroki's force did not | participate in to-day’s engage- ment. The morale of the Russian troops is excellent. A Russian correspondent sup- plies the following: “The historical moment has arrived, and the battle of Liaoyang is in prog- ing when the first gun was fired, but soon afterward hundreds of cannon were thundering along our southern | and eastern fronts. | of baycnets Men were killed by wholesale -while pulse of Fresh Attack str 3 earthworks others ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 30.—Di- PE nt vacancies, calmly tak- | rect news from Lieutenant General | g ¥ d shovels until whole | ¢i50c00) commander of the Russian . y e milit yrces at Port Arthur, up to . 1t was deafening : it v Augu , and of a favorable char- oltdw ter, has been received here. Gen- LIVES ARE THROWN AWAY. |eral Stoessel's report says that the Japanese were repulsed on August 23, Fanatical Bravery of yancse At- h heavy loss to the attacke He | tacking the Forlifications. zives no details of the positions held or of the Russia sses i . Aug junk which left of tk Iu- an losses in men, but says the officers suffered severely, | Lisoti ¥ n the afternoon pf s : : - especially the younger men. Some of \Ss confitunti the larger Russian guns were placed ng at Palichuar out of action by the Japanese batteries King that there had |and were replaced by field pieces. 9 s¢ days’ duration The general describes the stench [ s which both sides from the decaying bodies between the e succeeded | i s being horrible. He reports position and mount- | that the morale of the garrison is ex- ch, together with those at | cellent exchanged a flerce fire| Finally the general recommends rtillery from two forts | Generals Fock, Kondratenko, Smirnoft ty of Taping and others for bravery and devotion. L in by this junk — -— affiry ti tussigns are firing NAVY SHARES WITH ARMY. and Antszshan Ihis wmay mean that there is | Orger Rewarding Port Arthur's De- g roved fort at Etzshan, fenders Includes Both Arms. Russians have recaptured PETERSBURG, Aug. 30.—The the Chinese de- S s & A bk A for D@vy. as well as the army, shares in il & oy “ ”d the imperial decree, published to-day, ¢ carryng Russian dead |,y which the terms of military ser t Tapingtz Art Krai, in its August 26, speaking of the in- £ of the siege occurring between 22 and August 26, makes no any general assault during but records several desper- on ice for seldiers of the Port Arthur gar- rison are reduced so that every month served from May last until the end of the year shall count for one year of the full term of service. This is .a repetition of what was done at the | time of the siege of Sebastopol. the Russian pc 2 positions. | B vo d attacks peri Foll a grand three days' as- e v sault on the defenses of Port Arthur| Bfll;“f!hlp Souvaroff Not Damaged. hie Japanese rested during the day-| REVAL. Russia, Aug. 30.—%he re- | At 11 o'clock that | POrt that a gun on board the Russian trated a strong force | Pattleship Souvaroff had exploded is edoutni fort, which js | Untrue. The warship successfully tion on the Russian righl,wenl through her firing trials and fia Japanese made clever use | Sailed last night with the Baltic squad- of the available cover, creeping for-|ron for Libau. ward in Indien fashion for one hour in | = epite of the Russian rifie fire. Mid-, Cruiser Don Leaves Spanish Port. night found them properly formed| VIGO, Spain, Aug. 30.—The Russian within striking distance of the fortifi. |auxiliary crulser Don, which put in cations. Then they made ‘a powepfu] | Dere on August 26 for repairs, sailed rush, but were mowedsdown in all bug | to-day after repairing her condensers, one quarter.” Here a body of Japanese, < succeeded ip entering the fort over the | Card Systems and Cabinets. dead bodies of their comrgdes, but| Index cards. filing cabinets, loose leaf nearly all were bayoneted inside the | ledgers and all modern systems in our fort. The remnant retregted, losing se- tulloneri'n'de rtment. Printing and bookbind! at lowest prices. Sanborn, verely as they fled. After. repuising | vail & Co., 741 Market st. - a strong poi i “The center of our position is lo- cated near the famous tower of Liao- vang, about seven miles to the south- east. The fighting there was of the most desperate character, but is now going on nearer at the flanks. “The hissing of shells is distinctly audible, and from the city it is easy to see the shells bursting. “Heavy guns were brought into ac- tion by both sides to-day and their dull roar was discernible above the | sharper detonation of field and moun- tain guns. “The Russians are using big ord- nance, which is in position in the inner ring of the Liaoyang forts. “The noisy Chinese population has suddenly become quiet. The main street of Liaovang, always the scene of the busiest traffic and usually re- sounding with thousands of shrill voices from sunrise to sunset, is now as silent as if it were night. “The inhabitants are watching the distant battle from the housetops and watch towers or are wandering gloom- ily in the streets. “We are asking ourselves what, should the tide of battle swamp the city, is to become of the houses and other property. I am going to the southern front.” From b o'clock this morning until 9 o'clock there was an incessant shower of shrapnel. The heaviest cannonading came from the southeast, where the Japanese evidently had numerous guns. Shells were bursting everywhere, their white smoke being distinctly traceable against the dark foliage of the mountain sides. The Japanese searched the whole countryside with their fire, selecting certain squares of territory on which for a few moments they massed a hall of shot and shell from all their guns. They then passed to |another square, thus working the whole It seems that ; It was not 6 o'clock this morn- | o field with mathematical precision from right to left. In th way the entire Russian front was systematically searched in the first four hours of the cannonading. Then commenced the general Japa- nese advance along the whole line. —e MILLION MEN ENGAGED. HALF Armies in Death Straggle at Liaoyang Ave Enormous. BERLIN, Aug. 30.—A dispatch from Liaoyang to the Lokal Anzeiger, timed 9:25 o'clock this morning, said: battle began at 4 a. m. Since then the artillery has been thundering and rifie fire has been rolling incessantly. The encircling heights resemble fire-emit- ting mountains. The Japanese began the attack east of Liaoyang, along the Taitse River, but were repulsed. “The firing is now specially heavy south and southwest of Liaoyang. One can no longer distinguish individual de- tonations. The Wyborg regiment, which Emperor William II is honorary chief, is deploying upon the battlefield. The Rusesian army is full of confidence. “The total strength of the combat- ants engaged is estimated at more than a f-million men. The battie probably ~will continue for several | days.” Colonel Gaedke, correspondent of the Tageblatt at Liaoyang, telegraphed to his paver at noon to-day as follows: he deciding battle has been in pro- | gress since early dawn. The Russian | positions are on the heights surround- ing Liaovang, making a semicircle of railroad to the upper Taitse River, and | averaging about four and a third miles from the city. “A magnificent artillery duel is in progress. Since 11 o’clock it has reached extraordinary intensity. At 9:30 a. m. a Russian battery posted on the heights north of the Taitse River began shell- ing the Japanese, who were attempting to advance on the Anping road.” Gt tns FIGHT RAGES ALL NIGHT. Japanese Gunners Hurl Shells at the Russian Positions. PARIS, Aug. 30.—The Temps' cor- respondent at Liaoyang, telegraphing from there this evening, said: “There is no sign that the Russians propose an early evacuation of Liao- yang. Through the night, from a roof- top, I could see the bursting of shells from the Japanese guns. The Japan- ese are approaching the crests east and south of the town. 700 guns.” BEARS A PEACE MESSAGE. Envoy of King Leopold Requests President to End the War. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 30.—Informa- tion was received at the executive of- fices here to-night of the arrival in New York to-day of G. Francotte, delegate to the peace conference which is to be held in September at the St. Louis Exposition. He is said to be the bearer of crednetials from the King of Belgium to President Roosevelt re- questing the latter to use his good of- fices tn the restoration of peace be- tween Russia and Japan, of | about eight and a half miles from the| The attacking | force is estimated at 200,000 men, with | \ Manchuria Sails for Orient With All Holds Full. e Captain Saunders, commander of the Pacific Mail Company’s new 13,000-ton liner Manchuria, was a proud man yes- terday as his huge charge glided from her berth, made a graceful swing just | far enough from the wharf end to be | clear of danger and straightened out on | her course for the Golden Gate. It was as pretty a departure as liner ever made. It was Jone skillfully, and to those of the crowd on the wharf who were not weeping over a recent good- | by the sight was most majestic. Any | sailorman would have been proud of a | command that behaved so spendidly be- | fore an audience. Superintendent Hauxhurst looked pleased, and an al- | most genlal smile softened for a second | the - face of General Manager R. P.| Schwerin. | But the pride of Saunders will be as nothing to the pride of the Russian! | commander lucky enough to make a prize of the $2,000,000 steamship and her $1,000,000 cargo. Should some sh | of the Czar's fleet emcounter the Man- | churia the Russian officers will find in | the liner’s hold plenty excuse to inter- | | rupt her journey to Japan. A Russian | ‘What appears to be the deciding | Prize court would enjoy sitting on the | Sreat | Manchuria, and there will be no “re-| | gret to report” in the message to the | | father of the tiny baby colonel if the | Manchuria falls into the clutches of | the bear. | The Manchuria sailed yesterday for Honolulu, China and Japan. Her cargo | measures about 13,000 tons, and more | than half of it is.for Janan. The total | cargo s valued at $520,692. In addition | she carries treasure valued at $941,631, | of which $800,000 is for Japan. Her cargo for Japan is valued at | 835,413, and includes 1243 rolls of leath- | | er, 1541 bundles of steel, 1405 steel bars, | | 402 bales of cotton, 920 bales of cotton | goods, 40,057 centals of barley, 17,100 | pounds of tin foil and 239 packages of | machinery. She also has 35,500 barrels | of flour, consigned, however, to China. | The nature of the 239 packages of | ma inery has been kept a profound ret, but it is said that when this | shipment is unpacked and put together | by the Mikado's naval engineers the | result will closely resemble & submarine | boat. This boat is said to have been purchased in Kurope and was left on the hands of the railroad when the Pa- cific Mail Company decided, in view of the activity of the Vladivostok squad- ron, to go out of the contraband busi- ness. Subsequent Japanese victories have cleared the seas of danger from Russia, and the company does not an- ticipate any interference with the Mnn-l churia. Every cabin on the big liner was crowded. The Manchuria carried about forty passengers for Honolulu, and | among those bound for Oriental ports were many misslonaries. —e— SHRAPNEL FIRE 1S DEADLY. General Sakharoff Reports Killing of a Lieutenant Colonel. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 30.—A dispatch from General Sakharoff, dated Liaoyang at 10 o'clock (o-duy.l 'The main Japanese attack is being| directed against the Russian center, and right, where the Russian losses have been the heaviest. “The Japanese posted artillery within range of all the Russian posi- tions during the night. A het fire was opened at 5 a. m. and by 9 o'clock the Japanese were close to the Rus- sian positions. Al “The Japanese shrapnel fire inflicted considerable losses on our troops at several points. Lieutenant Colonel ) Pokatiloff, commanding a battery of the Sixth East Siberian Brigade, was killed. “The Japanese are delivering an ob- stinate attack on our center and at 9 o'clock this morning they were in close proximity to our advance guard,” S ARE BANKED AGAINST PORT ARTHUR WALL Mikado’s Losses in thz Three Da Battle at Anping Total Two e * Thousand Men. ? ‘ . TOKIO, Aug. 30.—Details of the oper- ments attached to the Tenth 5 ations against Liaoyang from August f'.ml)‘half (;’r‘ l‘l;e sm‘ilm;;:‘\:i‘p 25 to August 28, which include an ac- | TheY I‘::::‘l erec MRS count of the the desperate neighborhood of andonment of Al three days' | ated toward Liaoyang. Anping | | JAPANESE LOSS IS HEAVY ranshan, | battle and the a in The Japane casualties reached Tokio to-day. ‘fig:,l ng ,,u'm\, red 2000 o es The first Japanese army was divided | ;" viven of the Russisn ca into three columns and moved against | are believed to hav 1 Anping, where the Russians occupied | The Japanese army which ope a steep and we fortified eminence, | against A anshan advaned which they had spent months in |the Haicheng-Liaoyang rou 1, cle strengthening. The Russian position |aWaY small forces of Russia to ‘the esst and south of Anpir he morning of August 27 th tended along a ridge north e extended from St shukou to Hungshaling, throug the of Sow pclin and Tatientsu. The advants pared to attack the Ru were with the Russians. The Japanese | Vhich extended from Anshansha: were not able to secure good positions | TenSaop The Russians abando for their artillery, pt along the |their nositions here without offering Liaoyang road. resistance. The Japa msbead 1 The Japanese left column enemy and overtook v cast of | ward on August 23, dilvir ad i neigl<iornood of T el ke of and on. the. chuntai, Tashihtao and Pakuakou 25th took pussession of a line on an |2!'ack rously at 10 o'clock eminence north ¢ htaokou and | 'he me 3 the 28th. The Rus south of Pelingtzu, and prepared to |SaNs ited in confusion towa give battle the following day. The cen- |- TR 10. The column of Japa ter and right colu made their pre- | *3® 1 y which paratory moves before the e w l"‘. the 25th. At midnight of tr . road over Japanese center suddenly ru the enemy as it w ward in a baycnet charge aga northward and drove Russian center, which was located in Nurth Shake the vicinity of Kungchang! This engagement > Japa charge was a surprise and proved to | S?Ptured eight guns and a nun be eminently successful. The Japan- i""””‘““’ on and —— . S SRR e et gosir | SMASHING THE DEFENSES. DEADLY ARTILLERY FIRE. The Russian forces on the second and | ST. P ISBURG, Aug. third lines were then strongly rein- | FéPOTts received by the War Cosoad . shid ol determined. | dicate that the battle at Liaoya tance. A flerce rifie engagement continue for several days. T sued #nd continued without abatement | e directing their energies 1 | throughout the 26th. The Russian ar- | B the 1 tillery posted at Anping got the range itions occupied by the Ru of the Japanese lines and sent in a | Si2ns. The latter have already suffered deadly fire. The Japanese arti was ly from the hail of sh . - not able to secure good positions ar an cavairy won a notabie was badly exposed. The Russian ir west of Liaoyang, repulsing t fantry endeavored to recover its st Japanese adv ‘ni" from that dir T ground, but the Japanese held their | This was the first time the Russian positions and managed gradually to |€avalry had an opportunity te charg press the Russians toward the valley | the Japanese on open ground since th of the Lan River. | war began. ; The Japanese right column made a In a brief telegram received this night attack on Hungshaling, Chipan- morning Kuropatkin said the general ling and the intervening positions. Its |advance of the Japanese began yester left wing was successful, but the Rus- | 4a¥ at noon, the Russian outposts fai an held & part of the position at ing back pon the main lines, the Hungshaling. A severe rifle and artil- | heaviest fighting taking place, when lery duel opened at dawn and la his dispatch was at, at a poi until dusk. miles southeast Liaoya The Japanese left column, the prin- | Japanese secemed to be cipal strength of which was in in- | f¢ their main batt fantry, attacked an eminence north of | Suffered principally from Tahsikou at dawn eof the 26th. The |fire of the Japanese ar e birthday Russian artillery was in semi-perma- The Japanese selected nent fortifications morth of Tatientsu | the Crown Pr of Japan (August 31) ,and northwest of Kacfengsu and, in | for the decisive battle, and it would r strength, sup: to that of the | be surprising if day is signalize Japanese. This bombardment reached | also by a grand assault on Pert Ar- its height between 2 and 4 o'clock in thur. the afternoon. The Russian fir The Russian dled at times, but the Japanese were unable to ence the enem The Russian infantry was these di and pressed against the left wing of | from Kuropatkin, which gives the Japanese left column. The Japan- | formati_n, together with the deta ese troops here were dangerously ex- |the retirement of the Russian troop posed and the advance of the left col- | upen I yang, has not been given ou umn returned. f"';_ strategic S RUSSIAN LINE PIERCED. K,”r::;.”. 'k ;IF..u.w d\i‘z‘ - In the meantime the Japanese cen- | ceed 200,000 men. The ter had pierced the Russian line, - | siderably superior in num 3 pletely dividing it, but both the Rus- | eral Kuropatkinig., but the sian wings held their positions firmiy.| comman in chief probably During the afternoon of the 26th a | upon the strength and character of h thunder storm broke over the | position®to overcome th disparity battlefield, covering the hills with mist | pum and preventing accurate use of the SN BN guns. FOUR DAYS' DIARY OF SIEGE During the night of the 26th Japanese made fruitless assaults ug CHEFU. Aug. 30.—The followinz the Russian positions at Hungshaling | dispatch has been received from P and Tahsikou. They finaily succeeded, | Arthur however, in getting pos ion of the August It is quiet on the ea position at Hungshaling, where they |ern front. The guns on Quail Hill and captured eight guns which had pre-|the shore batterie cesstully bo viously wrought havec in their . ! barded the ener on/ the west On the morning of the 27th, |front. The Japanese have o i through mists and haze, all three of |the quarantine station at the villug the Japanese columns moved forward. | of Dayangow. The battleship Sev The Russians resisted this advance | topol went out this morning to bo vigorously and it was nightfall before : bard the e in Tahe Bay, | the Japanese were in poss n of | withdrew under cover of the batte the long ridge. . jupon the appearance of the cruis The fiercest engagements of August | Kasuga and n, with a d 26 occurred at Hungshaling and|ment of torpedo-boats. Kungshaling. The moonlight revealed ‘August 4—Last night the Japanese troops as they advanced. | morning the Japanese deliv The Russian defenders of these posi- |assaults on the redouty tions, Bezides opening a fierce rifle fire | but the enemy was iv [ on the enemy, rolled bowlders down |skrapnel from the N the hillsides upon the climbing Jap- | lcsses, anese soldiers. The Japanese reserv- “August —The Japanese are hu ed their fire and climbed steadily up- | riedly entrenching at the foot of Ou ward, finally reaching the summit and jlovaya or Corner Hill, to the north- driving out the Russians. east of Port Arthur. The Russian forces included the 'August 26—There has bheen no Second Army Corps, the rifle regi-|change.” ADVERTISEMENTS. ire , etls. 7 Dircct from Evrope, the Larges! Line of Imported WASTE PAPER and CLOTHES HAMPER BASKETS cver shown. Baskets for your office--Baskets for your homes —Plain Baskets — Beautifully Shaped Baskets—Colors to match the furniture or tiats of any room. WASTE PAPER BASKETS . 75¢, $1,$1.50, $2 up = $3to 8135 HAMPERS Shown n the Annex Special Sale of Xi Elite Enamel Ware continues. nctions 33 1-3 to 50 per cent.