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203 METRE HILL 251
unabated fury till the 30th, with varying luck, but
with the final result that the Russians remained
in possession of the peaks and the rear of the
hills, while the Japanese were driven back to their
parallels and approaches again. The double
rows of trenches were unoccupied by either of the
opponents ;
they had been completely levelled to
the ground by the Japanese 1 1 in. shells.
During the first four days of December there
were continuous scrimmages, and many smaller
attacks and counter-attacks, but no properly
organized assaults on a large scale were carried
out, the Japanese mainly occupying themselves
with completing their sapping arrangements.
Against the south-western peak the approaches
were carried up past the two rows of trenches to
a point which on the sketch I have marked A.
From here they had a splendid view of the town
and the harbour, and to gain and retain this little
piece of ground the Japanese had had to fight
with the greatest doggedness, making most
appalling sacrifices. They were now assiduously
working to fortify the place, so that the Russians
would be unable to drive them out again. Even
if they failed to capture the whole position, they
meant to stick to these few square yards of the
hillside with all their might. That was, as a
matter of fact, all they really needed—room for a
couple of men, or even a single man, with a
telephone, to observe and direct the Japanese
fire against the town and the enemy’s warships.
In the afternoon of December 5th their sapping
arrangements were completed, and the Japanese
made their ultimate assault on 203 Metre Hill.
After twelve hours of the fiercest fighting, the hill
was stormed and carried at four o’clock in the
morning of the 6th. Strong demonstrations
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