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Show Horrors of War. ' M lu the couisc ol the assault which ' pftHj took place hi the four last dasof ' jVjBJ August, two companies of Japanese soldiers, according to Prince Radz.lvil, BaH round themselves at the mercy of the j pftH Russians and hoisted a white Hag. . To thls.howcvcr, the Russians paid no pftW attention and continued to volley rapid!) into tho helpless ranks or the ! ciiomv. In the meantime Japanese tioops fail In the icar of the companies that had ii-flU laised the white Hag saw what their ' fljBJ comiadcs had done, and expressed ''HVJ their dlsappioval by tiring Into the ''VJ icar. As a lesult of the lire from ; iBH friend and foe, 000 men were annlhil- Ih1 ated. The dead fell among tlicdo- J'HHI composing bodies or previous assaults. ! JpaHj For days afleruaul the wounded AU men in tho aiea lalscd tlutteiing '9HJ handkerchiefs In their hands hi 'Bftl plea of help, but the Russalns flVJ were afiald to venture out to give flHJ succor. Within a week tho last arm 'hVJ had made Its last unregaidcd prayer . ' Ior help and the shambles was a quite ' . but ghastly ticld oliionor. mM Among tho heaps or dead the pilnco .fiVJ saw two sold leis, one a Russian and liflVJ the other a Japanese lying locked In a j flVJ death embrace. Tho teeth or the ' Japancso were sunk In the Russian's - throat, while tho Russian had forced vB two of his lingers Into the eye sockets fl or his antagonist. The Prince cited IftVfl fits as merely an Incident denoting iflVJ tho ferocity of the conflict beroro Port ilV Arthur. I |