| Show I i I s fROM PO POSITION I Held a Strong Stron One That Thill T e I Dominated the thc Shi Mu flu MuI I Road Isad LOSSES HEAVIER THAN THAN JAPS f t anan f Advanced In Three Columns Column One for or Frontal Attack Others On Flanks J TIGHT FIGHT DESPERATE ON DOTH BOTH SIDES I Assaulted Viciously but ut They Thc I Were Unable to IlIe Had Lost host I i June 30 JO t 1 P m ro rot ro rort roI Ij I rt of the capture of or l Fen lell Chul pisa pass t I p ware I In Juno 27 1 how lint Hint the Iho strung strollS po Jo exceedingly n fi trot from ro an nn dominating th the Shi Mu flu tin t in ha this cn the F Ier thou than those Lhasa again f t wire IH r 11 out outs 8 The If t the f r s maneuvered the by hI working and andL I j round the tho 8 right Hank flank lacking Wm him him In the tho refit mir I L The In to three col 1 burns One was assigned to deliver u frontal und and Thu 1111 to strike i ii Ih tho flanks The Tho column ehl ht U upon II Ihl i Russian slat right t tank Conk fought th a n separate action It en enI I C of ot Infantry Iz l guns mid two 10 machine guns gun a on nn SUM San j i lay lis ay y morning Thill engagement lasted Ills 1011 until sunset minuet Of ot Sunday At this hour hourI tilt tile Japanese bivouacked and renewed I o the a nult at al midnight ht when they suo needed In defeating the tho On Monday the Ou the Iho Hui Hu bat three clans were eie IC reinforced and 10 gun guns They n llio Iho Ihor hoj r j Japanese Ja ll ly mina nna nn endeavored to tore r re tall the position they md had lost l They II the tho Japanese fl flank sere repulsed 1 1 I HS era tr worked their WilY way tu to the tho tear rear of or the main position at tut Ten Pen Shut Shul Shulla i an awe This attach occurred at nt 3 o clock In la In n the Iho momma In the meantime tho Japanese cob col I imn nn u M fl which wt had been unsigned n iI t to o make to Ih frontal attack met anti and routed 10 VW till Infantry and posted 1 near nor happened d on Hun tiun Huni dl Urn At AI A t dawn das wt of ot Monday i onda Y tho tiro thol Japanese l renewed the attack The light fight f tr Ing n ng this oily dwy was opened OI with artillery I f The Ih HII poured a C deadly cellY artillery ire fro ra upon the lh attackers the Hi n anI new position I Ind delivered n heavy hcan cross erose cro lire upon tt pe nU Urn Imes a of or defence deCon o While this Ihl fa vas us proceeding the Ih Infantry l tm InI engineers cleared the tho obstructions from the nU rear and closed In Inon Inon Inon on the enemy The fhe broke and r fled fed at al 11 1130 30 Monday Holiday morning The Ih Japanese gained and retained po pos of ot the heights The Tho Hu them ou the lIlt lift 90 deal behind them lIem on the heights 1 Ibis number numb r of ot dead deat does not In ludo I IboK found In the tho valleys The Japa m e tact lost men m n killed l or Dr wounded In Inthe inthe the flanking and the tho frontal attacks I the Thi troops hoop who ho defended f yen Fen pass consisted 1 of U It battalions i cl el Infantry 12 U squadron of cavalry i and aid three batteries of ott artillery The Tha enemy had hll spent three months In fortl fora tong Ten Ien Shul Shut pass Tho The barracks end ind other buildings captured captured by the tho Japanese had not been destroyed dealt yeti but b forc retreating the burned their at nt ThO Th ThI I Russians retreated In III disorder toward m FhI Mu Cheng Cheug The Japanese captured capture S SS prisoners I |
