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CHAPTER XXI
THE TURN OF THE TIDE
HE capture of 203 Metre Hill was well
worth the sacrifices it had cost the
A Japanese, and their dogged persever-
ance and their stupendous efforts were richly-
rewarded by the vast results that followed. Not
only did the possession of the hill make it
possible for them to destroy the Russian fleet in
the harbour, and not only did the capture of this
key of the western defences, as the Japanese had
calculated, bring about the fall of a series of
minor defence works, but this first real success in
front of Port Arthur had a very salutary effect on
the spirits of the whole army, and restored to
them that confidence which the long terrible
strain and the constant reverses during the last
four months had badly shaken.
The capture of 203 was the real turning point
of the siege. From now onwards the Japanese
advance was irresistible. Though the Russians
still for a couple of weeks put up a good fight and
defended every inch of ground with their custom-
ary stubbornness, position after position fell into
the hands of their assailants, until they decided to
give up the hopeless struggle and surrender.
Directly after the Russians had been driven
away from 203 Metre Hill, the batteries on
Tiger’s Tail, Taiyangkon, Golden Hill, Paijushan
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