A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . .Mm n > The Battle Continues 213 made by stretching a string or wire in front of thedefenders trenches, under which the muzzles of theirrifles can be placed. At 100 yards range, however, theJapanese could no longer be restrained from main part of the Three Rock Hill was capturedby after bloody and desperate fighting, butthe Russians still held on in places, and defended thevillage even after it was blazing. In fact, it is said thatthe fighting is not yet quite at an end, and that groupsof desperate Russians ar
A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war . .Mm n > The Battle Continues 213 made by stretching a string or wire in front of thedefenders trenches, under which the muzzles of theirrifles can be placed. At 100 yards range, however, theJapanese could no longer be restrained from main part of the Three Rock Hill was capturedby after bloody and desperate fighting, butthe Russians still held on in places, and defended thevillage even after it was blazing. In fact, it is said thatthe fighting is not yet quite at an end, and that groupsof desperate Russians are even now struggling on incorners amongst the rocks, and refusing all temptationsto surrender. However, to all intents and purposes,the hill is certainly captured, for I can clearly see thetroops of the Fourth Army swarming about on allsides of it. The Fourth Army* have lost 1000 men in this * The following extracts from a subsequent conversation with oneof the actors in the night attack make the story more complete • Sankwaisekisan had been nicknamed b
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