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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
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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
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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.
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