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CHAPTER XVIII
NOVEMBER
T
he lessons which the unsuccessful second
general attack on October 30th, and the
long and bitter fighting for the moat de-
fences in North Kikuan fort, had brought home
so forcibly to the Japanese were not lost on them.
Already, in discussing the behaviour and the pro-
ceedings of the Japanese after the first crushing
defeat in August, 1 have pointed out how, after
the first few days of dejection, they pulled them-
selves together and cheerfully started afresh,
basing their new plans on their dearly-bought ex-
periences. It was the same after their reverse in
October. There was no hesitation. They saw
their mistakes ;
they recognized that they would
have to be corrected ;
and they acted accordingly.
The four weeks that passed between the second
and the third general attacks were taken up with
all kinds of preparations based upon their latest
experiences in the hope of making the next
assault a success.
The first lesson the Japanese had drawn from
the October attack was that they must carry
their saps right up to the fortifications. There
must be no half-work here. Even a small open
space of thirty or forty yards, which they had
thought to cover with a rush, had proved fatal.
It had cost them hundreds of lives, broken the
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