New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-01
NANSHAN WILL
LIVE IN HISTORY
FURTHER DETAILS OF GREAT
BATTLE ON THE HEIGHTS.
JAPS DEARLY-WON VICTORY
Their Losses Were 5000 Men Killed
Entire Force Making First Assault
Is Exterminated, Every Man
Being Cut Down.
JAPS DEARLY-WON VICTORY

TOXIC, May 0t.-Ine Japanese as
sault on Nanshan hill was one of the
fercest and bloodiest affairs in mod
ern warfare. In the earlier rushes Of
the engagement every man participant
ing was shot down before he reached
the first line of Russian trenches 1t
was found necessary to stop these in
fantry charges and renew the artillery
fire from the rear before the final and
successful assault on the Russian posi-
| ton could be made. The success of
this assault was brought about by one
| detachment Of Japanese troops, more
intrepid than their comrades, who sue
| ceeded in piercing the Russian lines.
Render Mines Useless.
| A splendid stroke of fortune was the
| discovery and destruction by the Jap
| anese of the electric wires leading to
the mines at the eastern foot of Nan
shan hill. This prevented the Russians
from exploding these mines when the
Japanese infantry crossed the ground
where they had been placed 1t is
possible that the fortune of the day
hinged upon these mines. If the Rus
slams had been able to explode them
at the right time the losses among the
Japanese troops would have been tre-
mendous, and it is possible also that
the Russians would have been able to
hold the hill
Victory at Great Cost.
Japan paid dearly for her victories
at Kinchou, Nanshan and Tallenwan,
losing 5000 men in killed and wounded
IN the repeated assaults against these
! positions, but she scored a sweeping
and valuable victory, capturing so
guns, clearing the way to Port Arthur
and INJECTING losses on the Russians
which in the end are expected to total
1000 men. The desperate onslaughts
OF the Japanese on the heights of Nan
shan were telling, for the Russians left
400 dead in the trenches there. A
complete search of this field is expect
ed to show greater number of dead.
Nanshan Splendidly Defended.
Nanshan was splendidly defended
Nearly SO guns of various sizes were
mounted on the various emplacements,
and there were also two batteries Of
quick-firing field pieces.
i The artillery was sheltered behind
loopholes trenched on the terraces of
the hill. The infantry manning the
held pieces ran with them around the
hill, thus using these guns for the pro-
lection of the most important points.
Russian Batteries Silenced.
The Japanese began the fight by
bringing all their field guns into action
and concentrating their fire on the en-
placements on the hill. By II O'Clock
IN the morning the principal Russian
batteries had been silenced. The two
Russian field batteries then withdrew
to Nanquanling hill. and from there
continued to fire on the japanese I'M
til nightfall
; After the Russian batteries had been
sllenced the Japanese artillery opened
on the enemy's trenches, the japanese
Infantry advancing meanwhile to with
in rifle range. The japanese gradually
worked to within 400 yards of the Rus
sian lines, where they encountered
wire and other entanglements.
Every Man Shot Down.
They succeeded in discovering an
opening in these obstacles and gettine
finally to within 200 yards of the Rus.
sian trenches they rushed for the line
Several successive charges were made
but every officer and man in the at
lacking parties was shot down 20 O,
30 yards from the line. The charges
were then stopped and the Japanese
artillery renewed it's preparatory fire
I on the enemy's position Toward:
! evening a detachment of Japanes;
carried a section of the Russian
I trenches, breaking through the enemy!
line. Hundreds of the comrades o
these men, inspired by their success
sprang forward and then the entir,
Japanese line swept up the hill. driy
! ing the Russians from their positions
1t was in the desperate infantr,
charges that the Japanese sustaine,
the bulk of their losses
Y Japanese Heroism.
v Toxic, May 30.-The details of TIL,
$ fighting at Kinchou emphasize th
j heroic tenacity of the Japanese i,
o their conduct at Nanshan hill. Min
q successive times the Japanese charge,
O the fortified heights in the face of