The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-30
BRAVERY OF
 COMBATANTS Japs and Russians Show Great Courage. FINAL ASSAULT ON HILL Oku Decided to Attack Re- gardless of Casualties. roashs wlsA the Bayonet at ciose auar- ssss mt sapaasss Are at Last
 Left h Possession of
 the Field.

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 rolfo. May 2es--lrhe details of the nghting at Kin Chou emphasize the heroic tenscIty of the Japanese in their conduct at Nan shan.
 Nine successive times the Japanese charged the fortified heights in the face Of storm of death dealing mis- siles, and in their last effort they car ried the fort and trenches only after bayonet to bayonet conflict with the Russians. who made desperate de- spairing struggle to beat back the on- coming hordes.
 The final assault the Japanese made, in which they succeeded in taking pos session. was marked by the most des-
 perate hand to hand encounter that has thus far characterized the war.
 The Japanese left throughout the entire encounter was exposed to a heavy fire from the Russian infantry. At critical moment, the ammuni- ton of the artillery ran low, and 1t
 was decided to cast the remaining ann intuition into one final desperate as- sault. Fortunately. however. at the last moment this decision was reached. the Japs squadron in Kin Chou Bay, which had ceased bombarding when the
 infantry had first moved forward, sud- denly resumed the shelling of Nan shan. Then 1t was that the issues of the day were determined at a moment when the outcome was ffuttering be- tween success and defeat for the JH- panese---at that moment was an almost certain renuise converted into victory so successfta that the forces of the czar were swept into confusion and dIserdarix cstfeet.
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 With every Japanese gun centerine its fire on Nan Shan forts and trenches the Japanese infantry sprang over the dead bodies of their comrades. The
 entire line rushed forward toward the
 Russian left where the fire of the Japanese squadron had proved most deadly and which was the first to weaken under the death dealing bom- bardment And 1t was there that the
 first breach was made In the human stone wall that all day had been an invincible barrier to the impetuous
 assault of the brown men. It was the fourth division of the
 Osaka men that stormed the Russian
 left. It had once been said that Osaka
 men were not brave. It will never bt
 said again.
 The first division of Tokio, which had the centre and the third divisions of Nagoya, occupying the left and which had been exposed all day to the Russian fire against the front flank
 now followed the example of the Osaka
 men and rushed forward, and the bat.
 tie became transformed from an artil-
 Iery duel into one of personal conflict
 with the bayonet as the instrument oi
 warfare.
 On every parapet the death -defyinl
 Japanese surged forward in inereasint numbers, and, hurling the Russiani
 from their entrenchments, swept ovci
 At 7:3o o'clock, as the sun was sink ing beneath the horizon, the flag oi
 tho land of the rising sun fioated abov, the blood sodden Nan Shan Hill, while the "Banze" shouts swelled from htl
 to hill and re-echoed from squadron tC fort
 The Japanase paid for their victory $500 killed and wounded. To the Rus ,slans the humiliation of defeat was tntensified by the loss of sixty-eight cannon and ten machine guns, while lying dead in the forts and trenches
 were five hundred men. the victims of the accuracy of Japanase long distant markmanship and of close range fight | ing.
 Movement Began Wednesday. General Oku, in command of the Japanase, began his aggressive move
 ment on the Russian position at mid night Wednesday, He assigned the fourth division to the right with in-
 structions to swing around Kin Chou and move south. He gave the first division the centre and held the left
 with the third division. During the night a terrible thunderstorm accom- ! panied by heavy rain broke over the advancing army and impeded the move
 ned to begin the fire at 4:30 o'clock fin
 the Alorning. but dense fog had follow ed the storm and 1t was an hour later before the artillery under General Uchl
 Yama opened on Nan shan hill. A
 detachment seized Kin Chou castle and
 then the entire infantry force gradually moved forward.
 The gunners on the fortified heights were not slow in giving smart response l to the Japanese attack and soon wig | orous fire and counter fire was in pro gress, to which the big guns of tht Japanese squadron lent noisy chime At o'clock the atmosphere had clear | ed up sufficiently for the naval marks. manship to work effectively. For three hours the shelling from bay and shore and the replying from the forts con the Russian fire abated.
 There was a signal for a forward movement or the troops below ana the attacking batteries changed their po- sitions to secure better ranges. At II o'clock a zone varying from 300 to 300 yards in width separated the Jap anese and Russian lines and the rest of the day was spent by asSailtng forces in crossing the fireswept zone. Opened Severe Fire. A Russian gunboat in Talien Wan
 Bay opened fire on the Japanese fleet at II o'clock in the forenoon and con- tinued firing for five hours. Five Rus
 sian steamers attempted to land their crews near Hung Hu Al. but the third
 division stopped them. In the mean. found the range of the third division
 and kept smelling 1t until o'clock in the evening. The artillery with the
 third division vainly endeavored to
 reach these guns, but failed on account Of the darkness.
 Tn the main attack, the Japanese ar tillery continued smelling Nan Shan Hill, seeking to destroy and clear a way for the infantry. but every foot
 the infantry advanced the awful fire drove them back
 iiwwddon- fl i@wChkww IPph nP [. Very critical at this time was the situation for General Oku for the