"As the officers splashed across the creek in the moonlight some distance ahead of the main force, a felled a Sub-Lieuten-
"But the Japanese, armed only with swords, were no match {or the tanks, and in a trice, practically all were mowed down, "Seeing his men hors de combat, Colonel Yamagata scanned fe i for the first faint rays of the rising sun to determine the direction of the Palace at Tokyo.
"Then facing the East, he kneeled to the ground and ended his life with his sword.
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