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Show 'e Correspondent Tells of Mosi 1 Terrible Scenes of the War "Wha llli nml t.nlbli m )ou have wit in --. .1 mi (Im- IhiiiIII .1 of (he Far Ku-'" I h n- ' I inn often sak.'.l wrli. Mr F A Mi Km lie, war cerrcioiidiiii of tin London Dally Mull The qucailnn la not caall mi wcred. for war In a thing of urcumu Jatlng horror Th noil tragic detail In modern fighting l the Injury Inflicted on woman nod children Kern of tin who Ware present at the battle iff Linn yang will ever forget the sight of the wounded bahle In arm. I In' mother hot accidentally while nursing Ihelr children nmt Hie boys, scarce able In lihlille, cut ilon I) b) shrupncl lire No scene timid out more vlvldl) than the honor of Hire Cuke Hill, the H pi on Kop of Munchurla A bat tie raced around this for nearly a week, nmt the hill was Inkeu anil retaken re-taken by either Hide At the etui It mil horrible shamble, gorged with blood, t wns with (Sen Kurokl' nrtny when It mail" It iulck mole nrounil l.lao)ang and soughl to rut tiff Kotiro palkln'a retreat We found nuraelve held tip b) the Russian on thrie for-1 for-1 1 flii I hill, anil our Iroop lit onre net out to attack (he renlral defence. Six baldric of Japanese artillery, standing out lioldl) on n ridge of the vnlley, engaged the ltulati on the bill. The heavens seemed covered villi bursting sheila in with n curtnlti. The ItUMlnn tired thousands of round In tepl). When the full rlioru of artillery began, nnd each si-cond bail II racking rack-ing explcsilon. we held our breath. Taut nene and eleclrllleil brnln pic-ti:rHl pic-ti:rHl the Menu In front "My God m) God'" burM from Hie lliw of a hardmeil tighter nl tny ldu "Can a man be left alive?" Yet when the Russians made momentary mo-mentary inline quick reply eanie I'lret one pun spoke, then mine a auc cession of nnhlie. nnd our gunncra. Jumping out nf the narrow pit the) lind iIiik fur tin Iter place, poured out t round iiihiii round The un Mink behind the heavens. Suddinly a tri-mindou crackle, calmed by thousands of Infantry vol-, vol-, Ivy llrlnK. atruck our ear, and the 1r line of spilling brightness showed that our Infantry attack on the central hill hail begun. Our Holder, who hud been creeping closer through tho millet, mil-let, ruaheil the village at the toot of the hill, and prepared to ascend. There were gullies up ono lido of the hill, Ihrough which they could creep, but they were erected with o henry a Are that even Ilia (carles Jnpaneae -joldlcr paused. Then their ntllccr sprang up. Ono, with drawn sword, nulled where the firing win thicket!. shouting before ho fell; "Now If the lime In die for the Unipertir!" Other took up the cry. nnd Iho whole body of men moved for- "What could we do?" the soldier linked me afterward, when telling mo nf their rush 'What eoiild we do hut follow when our ollleer led the way?" On the Russian able heating drum lade the men aland ifiiat . on the Japanese. Jap-anese. bURle call encouraged advance. ad-vance. Shunts of exultation, of en i hi, nil, in. ii' "( il. fiiinii IimI ! it j..,i, i, ui Hi, ilr nlitht ui iik k li.n Imiroi- i" i own .iiiltl.. luirmix of niiim hIlIU ui link in. I i niran 1 I. n Tl hill. Idea wm ahead) allppT) with htiinnn blood Men fount ill. I- liampired b) the ailll forma of iho dead lying around In deiil of hem lam each aide rivaled Him oilier hill the Japanese, alert, athletic courage oua. were the stronger men and before be-fore dawn eanie they were masters of the hill We held the hill all da our aol. liter digging holes In the earth and crouching In them for shelter from the iNMirlng shell fire Aa darktie', drew near the sound of music swept across lie valle) The Japal ee liik-Ml liik-Ml up and saw on the oiHilte hill mussed Itussinu bands of muslclniie nssembleil and blaring out. Ilauntlngly nnd d(flaiitl) the Russian national an them The Jniwnese heard uiillsma)-e.1. uiillsma)-e.1. They hnd no lunula but the) na aemhliil their buglers, and with iiiisl dellnnce. playeil hack the JntHitteMt national air IMrknecH fell The Japanese soldiers crepl from their gullle and lined the trenches rouinl the hill Sudden!) right from the ground immediate!) In front of Ihelr trenches light (lushed out. soldier Jumped to Ihelr feet to (Ire downward A the) rose bomb were thrown at them exploding with horrible effect wherever the) touched Tim ItusslHii pioneers throwing nwn their live for their fatherland, had crnwlwl right up under the trenche with Infinite rare, nnd had hurled hand greundc Into the Japanese line The Jniwnese front was shaken: then eanie the pouring ranks of thn llussian storming ari). and n hnnd-tohand hnnd-tohand light on the hill followed, Inst Ing for seven hours Ten full to conve) the llghiet Im pretslnn of (he horrors of that time An examination of the wenaiiia and Ires left on the field might do something some-thing Hern were the rifle splintered nt the magazine case where a soldier had been shot as he raised 111 weap on to (Ire Here were other with shattered stocks, here bent bii)onets. riddled hats, drums, with hole through and across them, showing where bullets hnd gone The Japanese rallied and a thn Itusslana ndvanced on Ihelr second linn they met them with a steady fire, Mne after line of Uuslans fell, an though the Angel nf Death had drawn a straight furrow. The ground became, be-came, and remnlned for many dayn after, literally soaked with blood, Now mep were firing; ut one another wllhln n few yards: now rlllo-stock did work mora deadly than bullets In Iho end the Russian re-look Iho hill, but they could not hold II, for Ihelr nrmy wn retiring all along tho rest of the line A few- hour later I stood on the hill. The sickly smell of the dead wa In the nlr Wood wns everywhere In the valleys below, thick nauseating smoke was pouring up from the point where the Japanese were heaping their own dead and burning them Aa I gaied at the Hue of the dead I reallted that thl wa the culmination nf the horrors nf war |