. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. order given to ColumnA was to attack Suitechansa and B was to keep touch with the Second Divisionon its right, and to hold the enemy lining the ridgedue west of Makumenza. At 8 the two batterieswith Column A came into action against the Russianbatteries perched 500 feet up above them on the loftyridge 1500 yards south-east of Yoshirei. For thispurpose they took up positions in the bottom of thevalley opposite Suitechansa, and as the ground wasvery limited in width one battery opened fire 300 yardsbehind the
. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. order given to ColumnA was to attack Suitechansa and B was to keep touch with the Second Divisionon its right, and to hold the enemy lining the ridgedue west of Makumenza. At 8 the two batterieswith Column A came into action against the Russianbatteries perched 500 feet up above them on the loftyridge 1500 yards south-east of Yoshirei. For thispurpose they took up positions in the bottom of thevalley opposite Suitechansa, and as the ground wasvery limited in width one battery opened fire 300 yardsbehind the other. The two batteries had hardly begunto range when the Russian batteries, who had the rangealready, turned on them and reduced them to silencewithin twenty minutes. Several times during the daythese two batteries pluckily tried to resume the contest,but on each occasion they were similarly silenced in afew minutes by the superior accuracy and command ofthe entrenched Russian batteries, which at 5500 yardswere firing well within their own shrapnel range,. Towan Tower The Battle op Yoshirei 325 whereas at that distance the weaker Japanese gunscould effectively use only their high explosive shell. The two battalions of infantry belonging to ColumnA were disposed as follows : Three companies of the1st battalion were on the hills to the north side of theSuitechansa valley, where they remained until 4th company had been attached to the 2nd bat-talion, and was in position with it half a mile distanton the southern side of the same valley. At 9 this4th company of the First Guards battalion quitted theshelter of the hills and advanced diagonally across theYamorinza valley against Suitechansa village. During themovement it was well supported by the fire of the threecompanies of its own battalion, who, by creeping downto the foot of the hills on the north of the Suitechansavalley, had got exactly opposite the village and withineffective range of it. The attacking co
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