The San Francisco call., 1904-11-04

trenches were held by a thousand Russians.
Inc west fort mounted two quick firing guns,
Tort in the rear OF the west fort had one quick
1lrlng gun and one machine gun; the east fort
Ha4 Tu no guns; the fort in the rear OF the east
tort was armed with field gun and two NOR
tars All the Russians guns were captured,
but had been destroyed or their breech blocks
removed. A torpedo tube and number OF nsh
torpedoes were found in the halfmocn forts
There were also three unexploded mines In
front OF the west and east halfmoon forts.
The attack upon the 203-meter hill and the
ridge Immediately north of it, 'called Nahaoka-
yaIna, was started at o'clock in the evening
vision and one regiment of the Second DIVISION.
The First Regiment advanced against Nahaoka-
yama from trenches close to the Russian lines;
a japanese company, in parties OF ten anu
twenty, reached the dead ground on the north
east extremity of the ridge. japanese oIn-
Ger who was leading his men across the nre
zone dropped and remained motlonless, Whlie
the ground about him was plowed up by bull
lets fifteen minutes after he fell.
lE spite of the furious bombardment with
which the Japanese artillery supported the as
sault the Japanese infantry could not ad-
the night in dead ground, close TO the first
Russian trencA line.
In the meantime second Japanese regiment
advanced from the west slopes OF 2O3-meter
hill and third regiment moved against the
southwest slopes. The second regiment was
unable to make much progress, but the third
regiment reached the foot of the southwest
slope.
AN INFERNO OF SHELLS.
During the night party of sappers cleared
away the Russian wire entanglements. Inc
japanese bombardment began at dawn on the
Goth and all the morning the slopes OF the
hill were transformed into an Inferno py
shells.
BY IL o'clock small party OF the second
regiment charged forward to gain the loot
of the west slope. The Russian batteries were
evidently waiting for the Japanese, as Won
derful shrapnel fire opened on them.
Every seemed to fall. Although at
rife range the firing of shrapnel continued 1or
twenty minutes. until all the japanese were
moved down.
The artillery duel continued until $50
o'clock in the evening, when the first japanese
regiment carrying its flags. advanced up the
slope of Haokayama to the dead ground wnlch
the single company had gained the previous
night. The Russians retired to their first line
of trenches during the night and several lines
OF japanese extended along the slope
under cover of the ridge. They carried the
ridge line the crest of the hill
The rush of the japanese was splendlo
spectacle ending with a bayonet encounter
with the Russians on the full sky line. stones.
bayonets, swords and hand grenades were used
by both sides. The utmost ferocity was ols-
played.
When the japanese had carried the east
half of the ridge the Russians retired 10 the
west. Before darkness the Japanese were IN
possession of the whole ridge, which they re-
tained despite an awful shrapnel FIRE from the
Chair Hill Tigers Tail and Liaoti forts.
At 10 o'clock in the evening the tnlra
regiment advanced on the southwest slope OF
the advance fort on Nahaokayama Hill
small party gained the fort on the crest out
was driven out the next day.
EOIrIS ASSAULTS REPJuSED.