The San Francisco call., 1904-06-20
NANSHAN HILL
HERO ADDS TO
HIS LAURELS
He, and Not Nodzu,
the Commander
at TeIissu.
Sends Graphic Report
of His Army's
Triumph.

TOXIC. June 19.-General Oku, the
victor of the battle Of Nanshan Hill on
May 26, fought and won the battle of
Telissu CVafangow, according to the
Russian designation on June Is.
There is a strong similarity between
the two fights. At Telissu the Japan
! ese had to drive the Russians from two
hills. while at Nanshan the enemy oc-
cupied but one hill. The Russian posi-
J ton at Telissu was superior to that of
4 the Japanese and eQualized the Japan
ese advantage in numbers. The Rus
sian position extended from east to
west and crossed the narrow valley
, through which run the Fachou River
and the railroad.
/ From their positions on the right and
/ left, in the hills which flank this val
ley, General Oku drove the Russians
+ down into the valley. The japanese
! general carried first the enemys right
and then his left. The fight at the
4 left Of his line was the most desperate
( of the day. The Russians held this
/ and fed only when they were almost
/ completely enveloped. The field had
been disputed all day and when the
I japanese reached it 600 of the enemy s
/ dead were found there.
GENERAL OKU's ADVANCE.
General Oku started from a line
marked by Pulandien and the Tassa
River on June 13. His right column
moved along the Tassa River, his main
: column along the railroad and his left
! column by a road leading through
I Wuchiatun. Suchuankon and Tahoai.
/ The japanese cavalry started from
Pitzewo over a road leading through
! Shunzo and the small bodies of Rus
slams opposing this advance were
! brushed away. The left column reach
/ ed Nachialing on June IA and the main
Z or middle column and the right col
urnn. keeping in touch with each other,
/ reached a line between ChiaOchiatun
and TapingkOu, seven and a half miles
/ south Of Telissu, the same day.
The Russian forces then held line
! between Tafangshen and Lungwang-
tiao. The entire japanese line ad-
Vanced and at o'clock in the after
noon the japanese artillery opened fire.
i The Russians had ninety-eight guns
and they replied with spirit until dark
Z ness put an end to the artillery duel
, During the night of the 14th the
( japanese right column seized a hill be-
tween Tsongchiotun and Wengchiatun,
and the middle column occupied hill
{ to the west of Tapingkou.
BATTLE IN THE FOG.
When dawn of the 18th broke the
field of battle was obscured by fog. but
the artillery opened early. A portion
of the japanese middle column ad-
vanced. 10 the north side of bend in
the Fuchu River. Here these men were
9 greatly exposed to the enemys fire, but
( a force of infantry and artillery was
hurried forward and relieved them. At
9:3O o'clock this relieving force seized
of ION rrh hi "a
and in cooperation with the middle
column drove the Russians from Ia
fangshen The Russian batteries post
ed at Lungtanshan and Lungwangtiao
poured A heavy fire into these forces,
but in spite of this shelling the middle
column and the men who were sent for
ward to relieve the force at the bend in
the Fuchu River climbed the heights
ahead Of them and quickly mastered
the situation.
In the meantime the japanese right
was suffering The Russian left had
been reinforced until their numbers
were greater than the opposing Japa-
nese. General Oku was twice forced to
order uD infantry reserves. The Rus
slams made a series Of desperate coun-
ter attacks, and when the situation was
most critical japanese cavalry swung
around the Russian left and struck the
enemy on the flank At this time ad-
ditional Russian reinforcements had ar
rived. ard the Russians held their po-
sition with dogged determination until
their front and both flanks were under
fire. Then they broke and fed. The
japanese cavalry pursued the enemy
for a short time. but the roughness of
the country made il necessary soon to
abandon the pursuit.
RUSSTANS ARE AMRUSHFD.