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THIS OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY Pay no money to agents who do not carry The Astorian Publishing Company's credentials ROUTED BY JAPANESE Complete Story of the Battle of Mo Tien Pass Comes From Kuroki's Headquarters RUSSIANS EXPECTED VICTORY Were ftpull and Suffered Se vere Lom Dining Itetreat Be cause of Close Formation Observed. General Kurokl's Headquarters In the Field. July li, via Seoul) Delayed tn Transmission) Aug. G, From later information, yesterday's engagement prove to have been more general and more Important than could be appre ciated by observers at Mo Tien pane, whose vision of the field wan bounded by high hill, guarding both aide and whose reports were written before the Japanese pursuit of the Russians down the valley was ended. , Today it is impossible to describe accurately some of the most Import ant features of the fight because the number of the Russian troops engaged can only be estimated from their reg imental insignia on their uniforms and the conflicting stories told by prison ers, while censorship prevents giving the number of organizations present on the Japanese side. It is believed that seven Russian regiments parti cipated In the battle to which were op posed at the most one brigade with one or more additional battalions of J Japanese troops. The hardest fight ing was done to the right of Mo Tien pass, that valley approaching the Jap anese line of defenses which lay be tween high wooded hills. A Russian contingent, consisting of a regiment or more attempted by ad vancing through the valley to gain the Japanese position by a flanking move ment or from behind the pass, but was repulsed after an action lasting until sunset when the Japanese troops aban doned pursuit, and the Russians, who stubbornly contested the ground as they were forced back, marched away toward the town of Gabato. One Jap anese company lost all of Its officers In this action and a sergeant major was finally in command. The expulsion of the Russian troops from the valley leading to Mo Tien pass was greatly assisted by a Jap anese force consisting of a battalion of Infantry and several guns sent from a Japanese brigade stationed on the left of Mofantry valley, which at tacked the Russians on their flank, menacing their, rear and line of re treat. On the morning of July 17, the Jap anese outpost line protecting Mo Tien pass was entrenched on the lower ridge, where the fight occurred on July 4, with a few pickets stationed ahead. Major-General Okasakl, expecting an attack, had ordered the outposts if con fronted by a superior force, to with draw to the main line of defense on the highest ridge, where the pass was narrowest. The outposts discovered a company of cavalry and a large body of infantry advancing in the darkness at about 2:30 a. ni., and retired accord ing to Instructions. When firing began about 6 a. tn.. the Russian line facing the Japanese trenches was more than a mile and a quarter long. They occupied Templo and the road leading directly right to Mo, Tien pass, the road being nearly parallel with the Japanese position for a few hundred yards, with a deep chasm a quarter of a mile across at the widest, separating the two forces, also a wooded hillside in front of the pass. , The firing along this line was se vere for more than four hours, com paratively few Japanese being hit. The Russians were unable to employ ar tillery here, although they were using a battery in another fight on the right. and afterwards In the valley during the retreat they fired a few shots. The fog lifting at T a. m. enabled a Japanese battery stationed on a height to rake the attacking force effectually. The Husslans later began to retreat when the Japanese threatened their road of retirement, which was still further endangered by the advance of another detachment of Japanese on their left. The Russian officers had collected their companies for retreat in close formation, as usual, making them splendid targets, their dark coats form ing huge blots against the ' brilliant green shrubbery. Several shells burst among the retreating troops, scattering them Into temporary confusion and as the Japanese from their trenches saw a dosen men mowed down by a single Bo You Wish the-Finest Bcea nd CeJce It is conceded that Royal Baking Powder is purest and strongest of all baking pow ders,absolutely free from alum, ammonia and every adulter ant "Royal" makes the best and most wholesome food. ROYAL BAKIM fOWOEH CO 100 W1UIAM ST., NEW YORK. shell, they stopped shooting and loudly j past half century. Dan. Beard contrlb shouied "banzai." V utes a full page satirical cartoon tak- From 10 a. m, till noon, the Russians j ing off the frivolous life of the smart slowly and doggedly retreated down ' set at ftewport. No magazine in use the valley, gathered In close, solid j history of recent years has shown Uie bodies with rear guards deploying to ; marked Improvement in so short a cover their retirement The shrubbery time that has cnaracterizea -me was so dense, with frequent clumps of Arena" since It was purchased by Al trees to furnish cover, that rapid pur-jbert Brandt It Is now, artistically suit was Impossible, No matter how j considered, a leader among the great sorely pressed, the Russians maintain-. reviews of opinion; while for ability ed their formation with admirable die-1 in Its discussions, for variety in con cipllne. . 'tent matter and for timeliness of the Some prisoners taken say that It be- j topics considered It is not excelled by Ing the anniversary of the taking of ; any of our present-day magazines. Schlweka pass, and a lucky day In the Russian calendar, the soldiers had entered the fight In the highest spirits confident of victory, and as European troops determined to prove their met It was evident that the End of Bitter Fight. "Two physicians had a long and stubborn fight with an abscess on my right lung," .writes J. F. Hughes, oC Russians DuPont Ga, "and gave me up. Every- expected to occupy the pass, because , body thought my time had come. A they had struck their tents and packed ; a last resorc i inea ur. js.mg all their camp equipment In wagons Discovery for Consumption. The bene- long trains of which followed the army, fit I received was striking and I Testerday was Intensely hot and the on my feet in a few days. Now Tv entirely regained my health." It con quers all Coughs, Colds and Throat by wounded of both armies suffered fear fully lying In the sandy cornfields be- nath the. hiATin nn' Manv of thm i and Lung troubles. Guaranteed spent the night undiscovered and un-jchas. Rogers' drug store. Price Site aided in the wood t- undertw-iwh and nd -M-fifl Trial hnltlea iree. work of searching for them con the tlnues today Burial detachments are yet busy and wounded men are still arriving at the hospitals. Compara tively few unwounded prisoners were taken by the Japanese and many Rus sians were rescued by their own forces, whose white covered ambulance wagons could be seen hurrying about within their lines all day. Tonight the Russian camps are vis ible from Mo Tien pass, and the Jap anese troops have undisputed posses sion of the valley. Americans who possess a large de gree of the spirit of fair play will be deeply Interested In two papers which appear In the August "Arena." One Is entitled "Judaism and the American Spirit" It is a brilliant, eloquent and scholarly plea for the Hebrew, prepared by Edward M. "Baker. 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