Nanshan (Russo-Japanese War)

Fought May 26, 1904, between three Japanese divisions, under General Oku, and a Ru ian division, with a large force of artillery, under General Stoe el. The Ru ians occupied a very strongly entrenched position on the heights of Nanshan. After an artillery preparation, the Japanese attempted to storm the heights, eight succe ive attacks failing before the concentrated fire of the Ru ian guns, though the last survivors of the a ailants got within 30 yards of the trenches. The infantry were then retired, and after a further bombardment, aided by the Japanese fleet in Kiuchau Bay, the whole force attacked simultaneously, and, penetrating the defences on the Ru ian left, drove them from their positions with heavy lo , the defenders leaving 500 dead on the field. The Japanese lost 4,304 killed, wounded and mi ing. Seventy-eight guns were taken, and the Ru ians penned up in Port Arthur.