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Show JAPS DISPLAY GREAT BRAVERY. Make Nine Successive Charges, Though Exposed to Galling Fire. Tho details or tho fighting at Kin Chou cmphaslzo tho heroic tenacity of tho Japanese in their conduct at Nan Shan hill. Nino successive times tho Jnpanoso Infantry chnrged tho fortified heights In tho faco of a storm of donth-doallng missiles, nnd In their last effort they carried tho forts and trenches, only aftor a bayonet to bayonet conflict with tho Russians, who made a desperate, des-perate, despairing stntgglo to meet tho oncoming hordes. Tho final assault of tho Japanese, In which they nt Inst succeeded In taking possession, wns mnrked by tho most desperate hand-to-hand encounter encoun-ter that has thus far characterized tho war. Tho Japanese, loft, throughout tho entire action until .night, was exposed to an enfilading flro from tho Russlnn Infantry, a gunboat on Tnllonwan bay nnd four 9-contlmotor gunB posted at Tafang Chen. At a critical moment tho ammunition ammuni-tion of tho nrtlllcry ran low, nnd It was decided to cast the remaining ammunition am-munition Into ono final despcrato assault. as-sault. Fortunntoly. however, nt tho moment mo-ment this decision wns reached tho Japancso squadron In Kin Chou bay, which had ceased bombarding when tho Infantry had first moved forwnrd, suddenly resumed the shelling of Nan Shan hill. |