A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . .M.—Round Top has been captured by the TenthDivision, Fourth Army, assisted by the fire of theSecond Division, from the captured hill, now calledOkasaki Yama in honour of the gallant himself and his troops are to have no rest, buthave been ordered to take another hill two miles to theeast by Renkwasan during the coming night. Theyare now starting. The capture of Okasaki Yama relieves the FirstArmy from a great danger. Since Matsunaga has beensent to Chosenrei (where he is still held up), theweakest point in Kurokis
A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . .M.—Round Top has been captured by the TenthDivision, Fourth Army, assisted by the fire of theSecond Division, from the captured hill, now calledOkasaki Yama in honour of the gallant himself and his troops are to have no rest, buthave been ordered to take another hill two miles to theeast by Renkwasan during the coming night. Theyare now starting. The capture of Okasaki Yama relieves the FirstArmy from a great danger. Since Matsunaga has beensent to Chosenrei (where he is still held up), theweakest point in Kurokis line is that between the rightof the Second Division and the left of the Guards. Infact, the gap of some three miles between them was atfirst only filled by two Kobi battalions, left behind byMatsunaga, afterwards increased to four Kobi battalionsby the addition of the whole of Kurokis Yama was like a spear-head, pressing painfully Jf BATTLE OF THE SHAHO Showmg the Relative Positions of theOpposing lorces on Octoter 13^ about, middayScale. ?^^..^ ,*^-° V*** n The Assault of the Tall Hill 255 against this weakly armoured spot. Had it not beentaken before nightfall, it might have punctured anopen wound in the Japanese line of battle, throughwhich several E-ussian Divisions^ might have pene-trated into their vitals. I am sure that the sending ofMatsunaga to Penchiho was worse to the commander ofthe First Army than losing a limb. If, however, I wereasked whether the problematical results were worth sodesperate a risk I, personally, with the limited informa-tion at my disposal, should say, most certainly consideration of such a question is more suitablefor an elaborate study than for my note-book, but,briefly, it seems to me that the best justification fordetaching Matsunaga would be : (1) That the Twelfth Division was in such abad way that help must be sent them at all costs. (2) That there was danger lest the Russiansshould break through the Japanese Twe
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