. Review of reviews and world's work. e center, under General Oku, in a seriesof brilliant, desperate infantry charges, waspounding away at the Russian center. Here itwas that the greatest loss of life took two days, Oku hurled his splendid infantryagainst the Russian breastworks, fortified withevery device that time and ingenuity could pro-vide, but, despite their valor (more than onecorrespondent has characterized Okus infantryas the best in the world), the dogged resistanceof the Russians was too much for the bayonetcharges of Okus men, and this stage of the con-test may fairly be
. Review of reviews and world's work. e center, under General Oku, in a seriesof brilliant, desperate infantry charges, waspounding away at the Russian center. Here itwas that the greatest loss of life took two days, Oku hurled his splendid infantryagainst the Russian breastworks, fortified withevery device that time and ingenuity could pro-vide, but, despite their valor (more than onecorrespondent has characterized Okus infantryas the best in the world), the dogged resistanceof the Russians was too much for the bayonetcharges of Okus men, and this stage of the con-test may fairly be said to have been favorableto Kuropatkin. So fierce were the Japanese at-tacks, however, that even behind their breast-works, the Russians are said to have sufferedmore severely than their assailants. Meanwhile,a tremendous artillery duel was in progress, thesix hundred Russian guns replying to the sevenhundred or eight hundred Japanese cannon in-cessantly for three days, ending August 29. 408 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF THK. WAR AREA IN THE PAR EAST, SHOWING DISTANCES FROM JAPAN. On the last day of August, KurokisFiankl the missing right flank effected a cross-Russians. }ng -^y p0nt0on bridges over the Tai-tse River, at Sakankankwantun, and began toturn the Russian flank. It was the favorite Jap-anese plan,—pound your enemy in front, andwhile he is engaged then, creep around to therear and cut his communications. It becamenecessary for Kuropatkin to meet this movementof Kuroki, while at the same time Ins center andright wings were still being engaged by Nodzuand Oku. With part of Ins forces to the northof the river, Kuropatkin attacked Kuroki withdesperation, endeavoring to cut frff that part ofthe Japanese flank winch was on the north sideof the Tai-tse and annihilate it before the otherpoll ion could join it. But by desperate fight-ing, during which Kurokis fate was in the bal-ance for three days, the Japanese general suc-ceeded in getting his entire force ac
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