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150 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
by a roof of timber and sandbags (section c-d).
It was armed with machine guns and three field
pieces. In the interior of the fort were two
caponiers, built of 14-in. square timber, and pro-
vided with loopholes for rifles and machine guns
(section a-b). From the rear of the redoubt three
trenches led back to other advanced defences in
36. re<^
front of Erhlung fort, near the railway line. These
trenches were permanent constructions, strongly
built, and covered with bomb-proof roofs over
their whole extension. They were held by two
companies of infantry. The garrison of the fort
itself likewise consisted of two companies.
From their base the Japanese were able to
advance most of the way through a donga which,
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