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250 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
valley the Japanese could, tor a short distance,
make use of a deep donga, but up the steep sides
of 203, where the soil was very hard and the fire
from the trenches and Akasaka-yama extremely
harassing, it had been most laborious and perilous
work. One line of approaches had been con-
structed towards the south-western peak, and this
reached to close under the lower trenches.
Against the north-eastern peak two approaches
had been dug ; but, being more exposed to the
enfilading fire from Akasaka-yama, the progress
here had been slower, so that on November 27th
the sap-heads were still about 175 yards distant
from the fort on the peak. The saps leading
up towards Akasaka-yama were also far from
finished. The Japanese knew that they were not
ready for an attack, and it was a curious freak of
fate that they now, after so many bitter ex-
periences had taught them the folly of premature
attacks, should be forced, by outside pressure and
against their own better judgment, to undertake
another.
The attacks commenced at 7 p.m. on Novem-
ber 27th, and continued day and night with
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