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154 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
counter-attacks against the Japanese saps towards
Erhlung and Sungshuh forts.
The attacks on the Shuishi lunettes began at
five o’clock in the afternoon of the 19th. These
lunettes were built on a low eminence in the
valley. Four in number, they were situated in
the corners of a large, irregular quadrangle and
connected by trenches. They were all earthworks.
open at the gorge, and provided with bomb-proof
trenches, similar to those of the Red Redoubt.
The strongest of the lunettes was the north-
western (B), which was armed with one field-gun,
two quick-firers, and three machine guns. Of
the others, the one which the Japanese called
“A” had one quick-firing gun and three machine
guns, and “ C ”
one field gun and two mortars,
while “ D ” was without guns, being held only by
infantry. The garrison of the four lunettes
numbered about 1,000 men.
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