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86 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
confusing them. One moment the powerful light
was glaring right in their faces, the next it was
turned off, leaving them in the blackest darkness.
They could see nothing, and had only the crack
of the enemies’ rifles to guide them in their fire.
On the other hand, the Japanese were in an excel-
lent position against the Russians down in the
plains, and as their numbers increased rapidly, so
that they soon had an overwhelming force assem-
bled here, they were after a while able to take
the offensive. Giving three banzais, they rushed
down upon the Russians from front and flanks and
drove them back the same way they had come, up
the hills, past the forts, and behind the Chinese
wall. The Russians retreated slowly, fighting
with the greatest determination, but only from
behind the walls of the covered way were they
able to stop the attackers by a tremendous fire
from rifles and machine guns. The Japanese,
who had sustained terrible losses, were for the
time being unable to push their attack further, and
the fight in this part of the battlefield died down
for awhile. It was then about one o’clock in the
night.
The column of Russians which advanced down
the gully to the east of East Panlung, and which
was to work round to the rear of the Japanese
troops in the captured forts, was met by the main
body of the brigade of the nth Division, massed
here to carry out their part of the Japanese attack
as planned, and against these forces the Russians
were unable to make any headway. When the left
column withdrew, they also retired behind the
Chinese wall.
Meanwhile the ist Division, where no sortie or
demonstration had been made, commenced its
operations as arranged. A strong detachment
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