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

INTRODUCTION

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ment of our force pursued the Russians and secured the
control of the shores of Tailien Bay on the following day,
May 27. The Second Army, leaving a force to defend Nanshan, turned around and advanced toward Liaoyang in the
north. On June I5 this Second Army approached Telissu.
Opening cannonade in the morning and with the assistance of
a naval detachment, it fought desperately and carried the
Russian position. In this battle the losses by death or injury
on our side were 900 and those on the Russian side were no
less than Io,ooo.
On June 21 the Second Army cleared the enemy at Hsiungyocheng and also captured Funshuiling. This army continued its march to the north and drove away the enemy near
Kaipinghsien, closing on July 24 upon the Russian troops on
the heights in the vicinity of Tashihchiao. The Russians fell
back upon the forts erected on the heights, which commanded the position of the Japanese Army. The attack was,
therefore, extremely difficult. During the night the infantry
of our right flank carried by assault one or two of the enemy
forts. The next morning our army opened artillery fire and
succeeded in capturing the whole Russian position on the
heights by a well-timed general assault, and a Japanese detachment was sent to occupy Yingkow.
At this time the Fourth Army, under the command of
Lieutenant General Nozu, was already at Siuyen. Marching
northward, this army reduced Shimucheng on August i, but
the enemy retreated to Haicheng. Accordingly, the Second
and Fourth Armies advanced upon Haicheng and captured it.
Previous to this the First Army, coming from the direction of
Feng-hwang-cheng, was marching upon Motienling. While
reducing the various forts en route, it finally captured Motienling, a post of natural advantage held by the enemy, on July I.
But on July 17, the Russian troops attempted a counter attack
in large force, which the Japanese succeeded in repulsing.
The Russians retreated to the Hsie-ho and prepared against
our army, taking their position on the river. The Japanese
Army attacked the Russians on July I8, but failed to take