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203 METRE HILL 253
Several times the Japanese succeeded In taking
parts of the hill, but each time they were driven
out again by a Russian counter-attack, delivered
with the most furious energy, hand grenades
being used as the principal weapon. Twice for a
short time they gained possession of the whole
hill, but on the first occasion a strong body of
sailors, advancing with shouts of “ hurrah,” and
with bayonets fixed, made the Japanese take to
their heels without awaiting the charge ;
and the
next time, so soon as the Russians had evacuated
the position, such a deluge of large shells was
poured in over the hill, especially from Taiyang-
kou and also from Antzeshan, Itzeshan, Lao-
tiehshan, and the other battery positions, that it
became impossible for the Japanese to remain
there. They had to retreat to their saps, where-
upon the Russians again returned.
The Japanese, on their side, bombarded the hill
with their big howitzers with, if possible, a still
greater fury. As I have mentioned, over 4,000
shots were fired from them, and the effect of these
huge shells and violent charges against the semi-
permanent fortifications was tremendous. The
fuses of these shells do not take effect until they
strike hard ground ;
consequently they went right
through the earth and the sandbags on top of
the bomb-proofs, and did not explode until they
struck the steel plates. The effect was then so
violent that it broke or flung aside the heavy
plates, shattering the heavy timbers and throwing
them about in every direction. During the attacks
on the 28th the Japanese carried with them
buckets of kerosene, with which they saturated
the timber and the sandbags of the bomb-proofs,
and set fire to them ;
but when the attacks had
been repulsed the Russians again occupied the
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