by the Japanese most effectively by tactics said to be German, but really dating back to the middle ages, and used successfully in the very first battle in which horse.soldiers used fire-arms. The lance is a weapon which has worked fearful havoc among the Japanese, and the Russian cavalry is repulsed by the Japanese horsemen advancing at a gallop to within a short distance of the charging lancers, then halting suddenly, when the' horsemen use their revolvers at from thirty to ten paces. This method of meeting a cavalry charge necessitates nerve, a quality the Japanese troops do not lack.
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