Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

20 EXPENDITURES OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

army advanced still farther to the Yalu and faced the Russians
across the river. With the perfection of preparations, it
started its movement on April 25. It crossed the Yalu on
the night of April 30, after an artillery engagement of several
days, and upon the completion of pontoon bridges thrown
across the river. The First Army, now on the other side of
the river, immediately fell upon Kiuliencheng on May I. The
Japanese placed their artillery on a twelve-mile front. When
a part of the enemy's artillery was silenced after the exchange
of fire lasting some two hours, our army made a general
advance and occupied Kiuliencheng and its neighborhood.
Pursuing the enemy it then captured Mohatang and obtained
possession of Feng-hwang-cheng and Kuantiencheng. Driving
out the Russians on the way, the Japanese continued their
advance northward in the direction of Liaoyang.
In the Liaotung peninsula, the Second Army, under Lieutenant General Oku, landed at Pitszewo on May 5. It immediately took Plantien, and then prepared to attack Kinchowcheng and Nan-shan, reaching a point some 800 meters from
the Kinchow wall at one o'clock A.M. on May 26. The sappers were first dispatched to destroy the gate and wire entanglements. Then the whole army took the first opportunity
to assault the enemy's position. Kinchowcheng fell into our
hands before dawn of the same day. The victorious army
immediately pressed upon the strong forts of Nan-shan. The
Russians, who were solidly entrenched in this position of
natural advantage, offered strong resistance. The attacking
army, with the assistance of a naval detachment sent to Kinchow Bay, put up a vigorous fight and made an assault upon
a flank of the enemy, but to no effect. But when the Japanese
right wing, assisted by the naval guns, made a severe attack
upon the enemy's left flank, his powder magazine exploded
and the batteries on his left wing became silent. At dusk of
the same day, May 26, our whole body of troops rushed
against the enemy forts and obtained possession of them at
7 P.M. The battle continued full sixteen hours, and the Japanese casualties totaled 2,200, including officers. A detach