. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. orce, whosenumbers could not be seen for the thick brushwood,whilst they themselves were in column of route on theopen spur, the Russians gave way just as it was gettingdaylight at The combatants were still sointermixed, and it was still so dark owing to fog, thatsome of the Russians laid hold of Japanese soldiers bythe sleeve, saying, Come along, it is time now to fallback. I asked how the Japanese could understandthis, and it was explained that several of the men whodid it were taken prisoners and had since been interro-
. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. orce, whosenumbers could not be seen for the thick brushwood,whilst they themselves were in column of route on theopen spur, the Russians gave way just as it was gettingdaylight at The combatants were still sointermixed, and it was still so dark owing to fog, thatsome of the Russians laid hold of Japanese soldiers bythe sleeve, saying, Come along, it is time now to fallback. I asked how the Japanese could understandthis, and it was explained that several of the men whodid it were taken prisoners and had since been interro-gated. A few minutes after the retreat, Colonel Babaarrived on the ground with two more companies drawnfrom the 2nd battalion of the 30th Regiment. He leftthe two companies from the new temple which hadborne the brunt of the fighting, and taking on thecomparatively fresh company from the old temple, whichhad been fighting with the left of the Russians fromthe nullah north of the ridge, he started in pursuit The pursuit of 2000 men by these three. Old Tfln/i/r Scejie of figAA?„# v/i July £ _ Jfetlt>?i?e»ff trAttrr? f/tts. An Affair of Outposts 239 companies, say 630 men, continued as far as the Russians tried to make a stand, but eachtime they had to give way when pressed. At Towana large force of Russians showed themselves, manningthe trenches, and letting the beaten troops pass 2000 men who had to make this retrograde move-ment were the 2nd battalion of the 10th Regiment andthe 2nd battalion of the 24th Regiment of SiberianTirailleurs, plus one company of the 22nd Regiment. Thus far my story has dealt entirely with the mis-fortunes of the battalion of the 10th. The battalion ofthe 24th had advanced beyond the mouth of the valleyentered by the battalion of the 10th, and, leaving thevillage of Lichaputsu behind them, had entered thevalley north of the spur on which their comrades werealready fighting. It was doubtless their intention to
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