A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . assuming a most favourable complexion. North-eastthe prospects seem equally fair. Matsunaga, whoseThird Brigade of the Second Division seemed so com-pletely brought to a standstill when I quitted the fieldlast night, has now carried the great and formidablemountain of Sanjoshisan. The assault was made at7 oclock last niglit, and he did not win undisturbedpossession until after a series of dubious and bloodyencounters which endured until 1 At dawn hedescended the northern slopes of Sanjoshisan, and isholding a village on the sout
A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . assuming a most favourable complexion. North-eastthe prospects seem equally fair. Matsunaga, whoseThird Brigade of the Second Division seemed so com-pletely brought to a standstill when I quitted the fieldlast night, has now carried the great and formidablemountain of Sanjoshisan. The assault was made at7 oclock last niglit, and he did not win undisturbedpossession until after a series of dubious and bloodyencounters which endured until 1 At dawn hedescended the northern slopes of Sanjoshisan, and isholding a village on the southern edge of theKamiriuka valley. He is now under orders to crossthe open and attack the enemy lining the opposite on Round Top Hill and by batteries north-east of Shotatsuko andbetween Sekibioshi and Hamatang. In fact, they were so stronglyfixed in their position that Okasaki did not dare tackle it until hecould get more help from his artillery, and no further progress wasmade in this part of the field during October 12. RQUND-TOP HILL. RUSSIANS SAKI YAMA. The Battle Continues 219 hills. Verily the Japanese Commanders* do nothesitate to make calls upon the endurance of theirtroops. Matsunagas brigade had stood to its arms allthe night of the lOth-llth ; on the 11th it had beenthe whole day under fire, and had been very hard putto it to hold its own; it had carried the combat oninto the next night and had stormed a formidablemountain, stubbornly held. Now, the hardly triedbrigade was to advance across a valley even more openand spacious than that traversed by Okasaki yesterday,and to dislodge the Russians lining the opposite hills;surely as difficult and dangerous a task as any soldierhas ever been asked to undertake. At a message was brought in by an orderlyfrom General Asada, Commanding the Guards it he announced that his left brigade under GeneralWatanabe had as good as taken—surely took, wasthe exact expression—the northern continuation ofHill 238 as we
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