Arizona republican., 1904-05-30
Description of the Capture
 of Nan Shan Hill
A BLOODY DAYS END
Japanese Nine Times Driven Back, Prepared an Attack Seemingly
 Hopeless When the Bombardment From Their Warships Helped Them

ToIxiO, May 29, r. m.-Details of the fighting at Kin Chou emphasize the heOric tenacity of the Japanese in their conduct at Nan Shan hall. Nine sue cessive times the Japanese infantry charged the fortified heights in the face of a storm of death dealing mis- siles, and in the last effort they car ried the forts and trenches, only after a bayonet to bayonet conflict with the Russians who made a desperate des- pairing struggle to beat back the on- coming hordes. The final assault of the Japanese, in which they at last succeeded in taking possession, of the stronghold was marked by the most desperate hand to hand encounter that has thus far characterized the war.
 The Japanese were left throughout the entire action until night. exposed to an enfilading fire from the Russian infantry, a gunboat on Talienwan bay and four 9-centimeter guns posted a.t Tafeng Chen.
 At critical moment the ammunition of the artillery ran low and it was de- cided to cast the remaining am,nuni- tion into one final desperate assault.
 Fortunately, however, at the moment this decision was reached the Japanese
 
 ceased bombarding when the infantry had first moved forward suddenly re- stunned the shelling of Nan Shan hill.
 WHEN THE TIDE TURNED.
 Then it was that the issues of the day were determined at a moment when the outcome was fluttering be- tween success and defeat for the Jap anese.~ At that moment an almost cer- tain repulse was converted into vic tory so overwhelming that the forces of the cZar were swept into confusion and disorderly retreat. With every Japanese gun centering it's fire upon the Nan Shan forts and trenches the Nippon infantry sprang over the bod ies of their dead comrades, who had sacrified their lives in the previous charges. The entire line rushed for ; ward turning 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 bombardments- It was the first breach made in the human stone wall that all day had been an invfncible barrier to the impetuous assaults of the brown men.
 It was the fourth division of the Osaka men that stormed the Russian left. It had once been said that the Osaka men were not brave, but it will never be said again. The first division of TOkio which had the center and the third division of NagOya occupying the left and which had been exposed all day to a Russian fire against the front flank now followed the example of the Osaka men, rushed forward and the battle became transformed from an artillery duel into one of per- sonal conflict with the bayonet as the instrument of warfare.
 THE CRY OF VICTORY.
 On every parapet the resistless death defying Japanese surged forward in increasing numbers and hustling the Russians from the entrenchments swept over the hill and at 7:3O o'clock. as the sun was sinking beneath the horizon, the flag of the land of the rising sun fioated above blood sodden Nan Shan hill, while shouts of "Ban- zaF swelled from hill to shore and re- echoed from squadron to fort
 The Japanese paid for their victory in $500 killed and wounded. The Rus sians humiliation of defeat was in- tensified by the loss of sixty-eight can- non and ten machine guns, while lying dead in the forts and trenches were 800 men, victims of the accuracy of the Japanese long distance markham ship and close range fighting.