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Show BlSHAHKE RIVER BATTLE, Jpiiflcent Spectacle of Disciplined ,j Far Involving Terrible Carnage. ONDOX.i Oct. 22. The Standard's ital correspondent, telegraphing on fober 15, describes In detail the final ges of the Shakhe river battle, arid W dentally refers to the danger which iporarlly threatened Field Marshal iitna's right near Bensihu. where the eslans. In overwhelming force nearly " weeded in turning the Japanese right ; i isolating the men sent to protect ; Amas right wing. He savs It was ' ij indomitable courage and energv of 4 t. Japanese infantry that saved 'the uatlon. Tribute to Russian Courage. ?ial,inli.the struffK1e of October 11 'i iin or Shakhe river, the corrcspond- tsof a5's tribute to- the despei-ato' .J tw f ,V,10 Ruwano. who defcnd- 35M their positions with the greatest gal- l rJy" . e JaP-nese infantry, he J nVM1?, hnd lhe lask oC carrying i .ldab e position by supremo ef-!! ef-!! 'wt seI-scrillce. The clopo up ' iSa cy?rept waa swcnt b' a storm Kd;i fe thin dark lino wavered 1 S i I b aat and broke and scat-1 scat-1 Sf hck dow,;-,fth 1I11, but a hand-rL hand-rL . and r"lod head-J head-J W he S,0PC- halted, reformed and . n?d JiUl ihGlr "umbers being ?S icnH V th ov!ry fooL lhcy ad- M !-hf ho ,n(1 once na,n ey vere ' i n In confusion down the hill- olhorl" th1eynn1 H,'wn the way Sarf u-itiAl ?tlicr cmpany pushed 3ard wi h ltg ,oft wcI, th i tin,,5 ln vonfy crashed out, but h Un,avaU,nsly the Kin f.,0K niHh, and the in- j juablo little men gained the sum- I Brown Men Victors. feSlEsI,an" msc 10 1 heir feet, the a ?ork h? a"d rl,Ic 5Uld bayonet wore ii V'fnr." 0,lc W,ld "nelee. It waa e'oV'tr1, Und 8h.aken b' e 4 ike and 1 ! S 'In1 hRC,80' tho Russians il2lLeady ia retreat. Thn ntssnun and defense alike were a brilliant feat o arms, in which the gallantry of the Russian was surpassed only by the devoted de-voted courage of tho Japanese infantry. Tho Russians fell back to a range of low hills bordering on the Shakhe liver, whence, on the llth. the artillery fnillng to dislodge them, the Japanese drove them in the afternoon by a magnificent spectacle of disciplined war involving terrible carnage, pursuing them down lo the very banks of the Shakhe river. Troops Concentrating. The same correspondent, under date of October 17, says: Gen. Kuropatkln appears lo be preparing to hold tho plain in front of Iukden. Ho Is concentrating con-centrating troops and strengthening his defense work3 In three lines, the outer along the Shakho river, tho second along tho Hun river, and tho Innermost Inner-most close to Mukden. |