All the Japanese Armies concerned fought fiercely at Liaoyang, but a certain Division, acting between the Right and Left Armies, is specially commended for worthily performing the highly difficult duty of preserving the communication between the two Armies. A certain regiment of the Division suffered the most among all other, regiments; the regimental commander having been killed, the senior officer in command of a battalion took his place, but he also soon fell while all the field officers were other officers and men of the regiment, who delivered a charge with their utmost energy and at last succeeded in carrying the strongly fortified position of the enemy. 'The regiment lost most of its officers and sustained heavy casualities among ithe rank and file. For instance, 'a certain company was deprived of all its officers and non-commissioned officers, leaving a first class private at' the head of 16 or 17 men only. Nevertheless this company maintained operations.
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