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CHAPTER XIV
WAYS AND MEANS
LTHOUGH the September attacks were
of comparatively minor importance and
^ on a comparatively small scale, when
seen in connection with the August and the later
general attacks, there are certain aspects of the
fighting to which interest attaches from a tactical
point of view.
The first thing to strike an observer was the
perfect co-operation between the artillery and the
infantry of the Japanese army. Not only did the
artillery, by its fire, prepare the way for the
attacking infantry and break the edge of the
defenders’ power of resistance, but they actually
took part in the assault itself. We saw this best
at the attack on i8o Metre Hill. The force
which had been drawn up in the ravines had, as
I have related in the preceding chapter, to remain
there immovable for the best part of the night of
the 19th and all through the following day, until
about five o’clock in the afternoon, before starting
out for the final assault.
The first sign that a move was on foot was the
unfurling of a large white flag. Round this the
soldiers were drawn up, and when the word was
given for the advance, and the attacking force
started climbing the hill, this big flag was
carried with them, following close on their heels.
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