| Show 01 KIAO IU AO AOn n nn nil Artillery Fight I ht Ono One of of ot Modern Times Mukden July 30 OA A coi impendent of ot ofIn In the lI who witnessed h he battle bailie of nf Tn Ta Teho Klao 1110 July Ju y 23 to 10 toI toan I and an who ho rode rodo over ICO mile on nil all the way to Mukden to toWing Wing the tho account the thA following Personal ds MI of at the tho engagement UY CANNON This The correspondent waH nt at ati 6 G Mok i 10 k m In the tho morning m of July 23 by he booming of at guns Ho lIe had bind slept In Inv v he of If Lien fien Tsia Tin Titi tout four miles futh loath of ot Ta Klao where the tita reg reK flent to 10 which wiri he be was wan attached was Ho lie hurriedly rodo rode to the Ulan Bunion outposts and found them en eng m g i t In a II hot artillery duel which tor ft two hours houn Then the tho bat ries lo ly retreated on un the tha l IJ mon lot Gen dodd M td to 10 battle hattIe A HAIL 11 A If OF Ol S The Th nU Runners gunners thence poured n a t tell ell l directed hall hail ot or projectiles r r I topping the Japanese lIe advance anti and ins t th Ihu Various t detach herts to 10 fall fail back In safety Tho Tim artil rY nr nl nt 11 u t and andlor m en lor br three hours hourn the Japanese were gd in ui placing their batteries In Inand litton and In disposing dl of ot their rP In Mr Order or at of At 2 in III ho the on the bombardment hi hi I sad nna lasted laste until U r 5 t the n Ja Jaan had hall Bev several fi l Runs nuns of ot large arge PM lihr anti nna nil alt their batteries were vere fu out streams of on ot the KI l but bUl not causing ir J Uh mrm ln In tact the tho th total losses nt at r t wore Were HAITIn OPENS The night wn sva perfectly quiet The Thet t slept in ho he VIllage of ot the lie 1 H The Thc real bill battle tho the morning nB The Tue first T TH gun Was tired he an thon th f tho the roar of a H n t mry did d not na Qt censo for nn nil In ant 8 s 30 0 o I t I In tho tha evening tiring Pry ry 17 violence THE Tim Ih Th he He site of th the battle wan vaa about three miles south of at Ta Tn Tche Kino iCino and two ts mills miles east cast of ot the tho railroad Tho The oca tica was we plainly from tho the heights overlooking the battle Hut nothing oc at occurred in that direction The fhe nu positions fronted tr nh 1 south with a n ligh inclination eastward About two artil artt artillery tory lery ler corps AN ore Iero engaged WITH a COUPS Tho The correspondent was wa to fol follow follo 01 low lo only tho the experiences of ot Gen den SCara corps corin and so 1 him hini self to recording the tho Incidents of this thi portion I of ot tho the troops urn joi liti a u position po 0 on two lulls hiliA ot of which the tho largest was va crowned by three summits The Iho corn com find and his stuff staff stationed them themselves selves on nn tho highest point the tue th center cente one nile whence had hail nn nit uninterrupted view of the tho surrounding country The Iho Ili general had placed batteries on the hi In In behind belt these theRe th e hills hillA lii us tho Ito guns being cleverly masked by lofty lorty Chinese corn corti Tho rho Japanese tried vainly the tho whole thoi day to them theta and the tho Russian lOsses therefore were werl slight alight The Tho he men mei suffered moro more trout from the tho scorching licit heat of ot tho sun tuii luau from the tho Japanese pro liro projectiles lies AN nY It was essentially nn an artillery battle tile but It wn was remarkable even uncanny I that hint during the 13 3 hours It lasted In led tho hi could not make out ft a 1 single I Japanese soldier even oven with ito tho most moe powerful glasses girl IH from l rom tin thu position occupied by ly Gen den post poM II tion not a ii single Ringle shot hot was flied hut ho tho the gunners funnelS on both bout sides sid worked lAo Tho ho air all split and torn by l llie the lie deafening crushing reports of III tho guns tho the dull booming of tho the distant shots furnishing a II background of at deel deep basil for or tho lie vicious hissing of tho tilt hurrying messengers of death exploding ing lug shrapnel shells formed clouds over overhead head Into which were vero thrown foun toun fountains otin of du t and sand when whon the ho shells shout burst on tilt ground upon Impact showering show bullets and In splinters around Jt JAPANESE SE PIKE pum file Tho Japanese lire lre wai WI nt n first con conS concentrated upon the tho eastward hill hi held hold holdby by lb b n It small Imal force of ot by liy 11 ii 1 o clock this hits part or of tho thu lie position was literally enough to 10 try the tho courage of ot tho ho bravest soldier When title this had lusted four or nr five IIvo hours hour one after another of ot the Iho Russian positions became Untenable JAPANESE Sg D DIn In lit tho the meantime tho Cite gunners lug ng tho the batteries beyond the hula hills redoubled their heir energies and tho Iho Japanese wore were wor evidently by Iy h tho tInt of ot tho lie fire Oro from the theun un batteries They oven even di dl directed 11 their mention to the ho Hl right showering projectiles on ott Oi a small till hill hIl which wan WIK finite Ilio unoccupied Then the Japanese shifted their Sire lire to the center but hit not a ii 1 single man was sus withdrawn JAP JAl FUm CEASES The Pro fire from the Japanese diminished about bout G 6 and ceased altogether half mit an nn hour later inter whereas the tho Rus itus Russian I US dan sian Ilan continued to tire Ore When tho Lito Japanese Runners gunners reopened the tue duel litter Inter they t Iy had changed their heir position to tho tile westward whence they thc obtained nn an uninterrupted range of ot f the tue plain behind the 1011 Jon ton and their projectiles began falling dangerously near tho the batter ies les as Tto Chinese villages In the vicinity ty y suffered terribly The Tho plain pin plaints In was ts ploughed pitted by the explosion sion slon of ot the tho FOR FOn J On RUSSIANS With Wih the approach of ot evening the Illusions hail had a I little Utu relief front from the tho heat but hut Iono from rein the Japanese e lie tho only difference being that the Hashes flashes of if tim the Japanese o guns gun were distinguish distinguishable able LIlle on the slopes elopes of ot the tue lulls hills his facing the lie HU revealing their exact position by Il the lie red rod sparks of tach cannons against the lie somber shadow fol tol followed lowed ed by hI the bursting of ot shells over the he OF WILD AUTY 1 The Tho wild wid beauty nu of ot the tho scone scene leele had now reached Its ite 11 zenith the tho ho bombardment slowly lowly diminished In iii Intensity nail halfa half nn nl a hour later Inter profound reigned broken only now no and then by b the lie rattle of if Infantry volleys ole s from tram tho tim distant portions ns ot of the lie Ibid Held lehl where hero the Iho he battlo was as still dragging on ABANDONED Upon reaching the tho same evening In the ho correspondent corre found that the lie place lint hall already been heen abandoned by I tho the troops though ho vas WI for tor 01 a ii I time under the Impression that Ihal they hey had hll merely gone Hono out to take table up tP positions nt at a the front In n fact ho he veis WIS convinced that bitt the tho lie tight fight must have 1 been heen een n II victory since over the he great reat extent of Held Acid which had come como under his tile observation for tor 13 hours the tho at no point seemed able to advance Therefore great wn was his hie ur eur prise rime o on Monday morning when he ha to find the tho army re retreating treating renting Jumping Into Inlo the tho saddle the lie correspondent ent redo rodo out of the nil encountered a largo large force of ot lbs HUl sil Ian cavalry covering nn an In Infantry regi regiment ment icat I which was moving towards Ta TaTcho Tadie die Kino On reaching that town own 1011 the ho correspondent found everything pre pro prepared pared ared for IU I evacuation Tho Thie last train left ift Ta ll rehe rhe Klan Klao at nt about 11 1 nt lor t which time the tho lie Japanese o Were al uI already II ready bombarding tho ho place standing the he ho lire lre anti all rapid approach of f the Ito Japanese the tho he retreat IS ns carried out In perfect order orter although tho io mon men anti animals suffered terribly from tron on tho the stilling heat heal Tho Tue stores of ot lour flour and other revisions provisions at nt T TI relic Klao hlO were iere on nil the Iho correspondent mile rodo role af lurel northward Immense columns of at black back make were rUIng rising along tho Iho horizon behind him and until he ho approached lint Cheng at nt 8 S last night ho lie could coull mar the Iho distant rumbling of ot tho Ito Japa neM ceo guns gutis |
