This temple was the scene of two severe fights between the advancing Japanese and the Russians, in which the Russians were routed and driven back. The temple was built by the Chinese after their last war with Japan because they thought that the gods of another temple had prevented the Japanese from taking the pass. The gods and the Russians together could not stop the enemy this time. [Illustration: DETACHMENT OF JAPANESE COMING UP AT THE DOUBLE-QUICK DURING THE FIGHT AT MOTIEN PASS ] [Illustration: SHARPSHOOTERS COVERING THE ADVANCE AGAINST THE RUSSIANS ON THE RIDGES ] The Japanese in the trenches in the foreground are firing on the Russians retreating up the hillside in the distance clear across the valley. The Japanese advance is concealed in the timber in the middle distance just beyond the farmhouses. The Russians are too far away to be seen. Collier’s photographer, J. H. Hare, took this unusual picture from a tree-top just behind the Japanese trenches [Illustration: COLONEL BABA OF THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT AT MOTIENLING ] [Illustration: BRINGING AMMUNITION UP TO THE FIRING LINE ] [Illustration: IN THE TRENCHES AT MOTIENLING ON JULY 4 ] [Illustration: DISTRIBUTING AMMUNITION TO THE MEN IN THE TRENCHES ] SCENES DURING THE BATTLE OF MOTIENLING [Illustration: GENERAL KUROKI AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FUJI, WATCHING THE FIGHT AT MOTIENLING ] [Illustration: BRINGING WOUNDED RUSSIANS TO THE DRESSING STATION AT THE KWANTEI TEMPLE ON JULY 4 ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN RED CROSS SOLDIER WOUNDED AT MOTIEN PASS ] [Illustration: BADLY WOUNDED AND DELIRIOUS RUSSIAN UNABLE TO WALK ] [Illustration: JAPANESE BURYING A DEAD RUSSIAN AFTER THE FIGHT ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN DEAD COVERED WITH BRANCHES BY JAPANESE AT MOTIEN PASS ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN DEAD AND WOUNDED LYING TOGETHER AT MOTIENLING ] RUSSIAN WOUNDED AND DEAD AT MOTIEN PASS [Illustration: WOUNDED PRISONERS HOBBLING INTO THE JAPANESE CAMP ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN PRISONER TOO SEVERELY WOUNDED TO WALK ] [Illustration: JAPANESE CARRYING WOUNDED RUSSIAN TO DRESSING STATION ] [Illustration: BADLY WOUNDED IN THE LEG, BUT CHEERFUL ] WITH THE WOUNDED AND CAPTURED AT MOTIEN PASS [Illustration: JAPANESE SKIRMISHERS ADVANCING TO FLANK THE ENEMY AT MOTIENLING ] [Illustration: WANDERING IN HIS HEAD AND WOUNDED IN THE ARM ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN PRISONERS SITTING ON THE TEMPLE STEPS ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN PRISONERS TIED TO TELEPHONE POLE FOR SAFE-KEEPING ] [Illustration: THE BIG PRISONER AND THE LITTLE CAPTORS ] PRISONERS AND CAPTORS AT MOTIENLING [Illustration: LIEUTENANT WHO CUT DOWN FOUR RUSSIANS WITH HIS SABRE ] [Illustration: MAJOR TAKUSAGO EXAMINING A MAP OF THE FIELD ] [Illustration: JOVIAL JAPANESE COLLECTING THE SPOILS OF BATTLE ] [Illustration: