| Show T T T T T T T T T v T v V V T T w T TV rT TV VT Type of Fortress Against Which W c Japan pa Is COl telling I Is la nothing so o well calculated to convey an accurate T understanding of ot the thu almost Insuperable which no met the Japanese advance In Man Manchuria churla churia an nil a 0 somewhat detailed study eludy of ot me nine of ot tho rho formidable redoubts which the tho Russians have havo constructed con an as n the outer defenses of ot all nil the fortified points at It which they have made a n stand These earthworks are arc beyond ques question tion the most over built under similar conditions and ond they me at very or numerous At one point which was eventually dominated by the thu no less than plan eleven eleen of ot these thelo monstrous death trap traps stood between the eager e er and their prey pre They are w so nearly nUke alike differing only In size and minor arrangements that a 1 description of ot one will for tor all alt They are constructed on the tho level lovel plain and are Irregularly ovoid In shApe shop They are almost Invariably by Holds fields of ot grain grab tho time Inner boundary of ot which Is marked by br a 1 single line of ot barbed wire stretched Just juat above aboe the ground Immediately within thle rath rather tather er harmless IJ looking and partially con concealed concealed wire are aro four contiguous rows of ot rite pits each of ot which Is Ie a cruel and In iii Ingeniously contrived death trap Tho The pits are In the form torm of nn an Inverted 1 truncated cone and are about four feet rt across the top and two at tho the bottom They are arc seven feet reet In iii depth and Ind the bottom of ot Is 18 provided with an up upturned upturned 11 turned steel spike of ot nn an especially mur murderous murderous derous pattern Those Thole yawning lepul d chera sere have swallowed many an advance troop of ot Infantry flushed with th lbs days day successes eS and at gallantly making a 0 final anal charge c across the grain grainfield grainfield field there to be he precipitated by the hidden wire Into the very arm of or death Those who succeed In crowing this quadruple danger Bangor line reach 11 stretch of nit level surface which IH is free from any In danger more deadly than that derived from fromn the Ihu tire fire of ot the machine Un mounted In the lateral of ot the parapet An advance of oe u IL few tew hun hundred hundred dred 1 Yards yard bring them face tace to with aIth another peril pail This It II I ulao 1110 con oon constructed of tour four parallel rows row of at pits pit like the outer d by lIy byan byan an Rn Ingenious entanglement of at wire so ear II woven and that passage e the barrier barrIl r Is ii I well nigh hopeless o Once within this devilish system IFt m of or mantra V a resin frosh Interposition In the forma form of ot a flooded moat moot presents itself This Thle Immense ditch U fa I tram from twelve to twenty feet teet In width and deep enough to check a sudden ludd n advance of foot root soldiers At its It II Inner margin are located boated tho the wells well which supply the garrison By Ily this time the fortification hu haa ha assumed a II triangular and Is le outlined and further protected td by bya a parapet six Ix test feet t above aboe the level leel sur surface surface face of the plain Thle This strong earth earthwork earthwork work Is expanded Into horseshoe later laterals laterals als at nit the time angles angle and apex and these f with machine guns of or the j 1 most modern type Jut Just within the true apex of ot the triangle are the ammunition galleries which are arc bombproof anti and In the center of ot the Inner Inclosure are the tho bombproof Hv liv Ih 1 JAPS r U W CANE FIELDS letos M d D i II BROKEN TO 3 J FEET HIGH j I e If f It Q PITS I i c 1 ONLY Oc 9 I III 9 h r It II 0 I I III II r e u ana 1 A k s u as l p ese wines ti o ROLLS Roua Of or ease war a i 1 O d Ano anus GoKe I t A frt 4 t d ey i r I If f N v a Q t TANDI a LEd M N J t A TYPICAL RUSSIAN FORT PORT IN MANCHURIA CAPTURED BY THE TUE JAPANESE Ing quarters for tor the Although these ate are excavations an nn earthwork mound above them makes possible the entrance of or air and light no so that these those underground habitations are less lees uncomfortable than might be to sup filip supposed posed t I 1 This brief description includes II the Ule es ps nt to I features of oC the redoubt In do ad nd addition to till this the entire length lenth ut the tho base of ot the tho triangle which contains contain c the thu exit to the line system Is la further sate safe safeguarded guarded In the Iho center and Just without with without without out the parapet guarding both the In Ine e ner nor and the outer exits U Is I another snottier horseshoe tort fort amid 1111 between this and the mho outer exit are Iud fixed supplemental menaces In the form of ot bristling clie ohe vaux de at lit the lateral horseshoe forts torts tho the moat expands and tho the water Waler U hi I tilled filled with barbed barbell wire en eno enI I o Between the time two man mn mantrop trop troll systems and on both bolh sides sidell of ot the time outer exit traverses at are rj Interposed making enfilading almost Impossible After Alter becoming familiar with the tho plan of ot these thc e almost Impregnable redoubts re te redoubts doubts one ceases to tu marvel that I sin j Japanese soldiers fell tell during a night attack on one of ot them fhe The wonder Is that the valiant little men lien ot of the Island empire have hae succeeded In breaking Into so IiO many of or these strongholds The Tho cut shows the points at nt which this tilts particular particular ular fortress was entered St I 0 J ft |
