A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . OF OKASAKI VAMA FRC iE HILL WAS CAPTURE! THE OPEN PLAIN OVE. Battle of the Shaho C The Assault of the Tall Hill 251 It consists of less than 100 men. Most gallantly theyadvance until they get to within a few yards of thesummit, and then their hearts fail them and they rushdesperately down the hill, leaving their dead behindthem. At the same time the Russian shrapnel fromthe east-north-east and from Hamatang seems suddenlyto find their fellows clinging on behind the under-feature. The spot has been badly shrapnelled for twominutes, an
A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . OF OKASAKI VAMA FRC iE HILL WAS CAPTURE! THE OPEN PLAIN OVE. Battle of the Shaho C The Assault of the Tall Hill 251 It consists of less than 100 men. Most gallantly theyadvance until they get to within a few yards of thesummit, and then their hearts fail them and they rushdesperately down the hill, leaving their dead behindthem. At the same time the Russian shrapnel fromthe east-north-east and from Hamatang seems suddenlyto find their fellows clinging on behind the under-feature. The spot has been badly shrapnelled for twominutes, and now, instead of about 400 men. there areonly about sixty or seventy left, the rest having clearedoff down the mountain side. But the men with theflags close up to the summit are still holding on,though how they can do it I do not know, as theshrapnel seems to be bursting right in their faces. —An adjutant has come in from the FourthArmy saying that the Tenth Division, which wassupposed to be pursuing the badly defeated Kussians,has suffered a severe repulse. The Staff are bewildered,and do not quite kno
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