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 made use of them to flank dead ground in their front and also had them at other points, kept carefully in reserve and under good cover, to make use of continuous fire against the attackers at the moment of the assault."

"On January 28th, 1905, near Lin-chin-pu at about 7 p.m. the Japanese attacked the forts of Vosnesenski and the trenches near by, in which were posted two machine guns. These latter opened fire at 200 or 300 yards on a Japanese company in line. In one or two minutes they fired about 1,000 rounds, and the Japanese company was annihilated."

"At Mukden on March 1st, the left of a Japanese Division being within 300 yards of the enemy's position and about to assault, the Russians suddenly opened a very heavy machine-gun fire from cleverly concealed positions, causing such loss that the Japanese attack was temporarily suspended. On August 20th, 1904, the Japanese captured a lunette near the village of Shin-shi after severe fighting. The Russians made a counter-attack with three machine guns, and drove the Japanese out again with a loss of over 300. The three machine guns retired from the lunette before the attackers got home, and, taking up a position behind the open gorge of the work, showered such a hail of bullets on the victorious Japanese that they were compelled to retire."[B]

"On February 27th, 1905, the Russians