A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . ridgeand for fords in the river. At it looked as if there was a fair prospectthat the artillery of the Twelfth Division, and perhapssome of the infantry of the Second Division as wellas their mountain battery, might get within range ofthe bridge before the bulk of the Bussians could getacross it. Had they succeeded, a second Beresinatragedy would have overwhelmed nigh on a Divisionof Bussians. There was still an hour and a half ofdaylight and almost anything was possible. But asthese thoughts crossed my mind, two batteries of th
A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . ridgeand for fords in the river. At it looked as if there was a fair prospectthat the artillery of the Twelfth Division, and perhapssome of the infantry of the Second Division as wellas their mountain battery, might get within range ofthe bridge before the bulk of the Bussians could getacross it. Had they succeeded, a second Beresinatragedy would have overwhelmed nigh on a Divisionof Bussians. There was still an hour and a half ofdaylight and almost anything was possible. But asthese thoughts crossed my mind, two batteries of theenemys artillery unlimbered on the open sand, closeby the main camp which was now nearly struck, andalmost immediately I saw eight white puffs of smokeover a point of the northern ridge down which theTwelfth Division was pressing ; then a couple of groupsof four just to steady the Second Division, andsteadied they were! The Japanese either halted, oradvanced double-slow time, whilst several great massesof Bussians emerged from behind a low bluff by Amping. !7 <o o - ^ (1 o oT ^ < r< fCl o ^ (4 H i ^ b. ti O •< 5 H H W a The Russians Ketire G3 and forded the river. The enemy had now practically-got clear away. At a single horseman appeared gallopingover the sand on the right bank of the river for all hewas worth. I cannot imagine what he can have beendoing. The Japanese must be rather uncomfortablynear him. However, he escapes. This is the last ofthe Russians on the right bank of the Tangho. Thegreat Marquis Oyama has been duly obeyed. Meanwhile several Russian batteries were firingheavily and covering the retirement. Yet another ex-emplification of the power of artillery when unopposedby artillery, culled this time from a successful with-drawal by the enemy. When I got back here, tired and wet, but extraordinarily happy, I found in much anxiety about my long absence. Evidently he thinksI should not have gone off independently, even withHeadquarters perm
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