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 *ferior assailant was desirous of vanquishing the defender, and in order to accomplish this purpose, he was obliged to make an extensive use of the spade and to put all rifles into the first line.

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======+=======+=======+======+==============+===========                  |       |       |      |     Per      | | Jap. | Russ. |Front-|10,000 men. | Per m.                   |       |       | age. | Jap. | Russ. | Jap.|Russ. -+-+-+++-+-+-                  |       |       | km. |     m.      |    men. Liao Yang (West and|      |       |      |      |       |     |    South front)   |106,700|150,000|  26  | 2600 |  1750 | 3·9 | 5·9 |      |       |      |      |       |     | Shaho              |148,000|257,000|  48  | 3330 |  1980 | 3·  | 5· |      |       |      |      |       |     | Mukden (exclusive  |       |       |      |      |       |     |    of Yalu Army)  |247,000|336,000|  96  | 3960 |  2970 | 2·6 | 3·4 -+-+-+++-+-+-

The realization that troops in fortified positions only require small reinforcements or none at all, very naturally caused frontages to be increased and depth of combat formations to be decreased. Gaps in the attacking line, provided they were kept under observation, proved by no means a disadvantage.

During attacks it frequently appeared that the Japanese lacked the necessary reinforcements.