THE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1804—95. 576 of the line of the Yalu at the battle of Hu-shan, and the general direction of the operations in Manchuria, where, in an almost unknown country, and in the presence of enemies who largely outnumbered him and could hold against him fortified towns and difficult mountain passes, he had obtained a firm hold of a considerable district, clearing it of the enemy,establishing a localJapanese administration,and preparing an advanced base from which the further conquest of the country could be undertaken. On his return to Japan he acted till the end of the war as amemberof the distinguishedstaff that assisted the Emperor in the general direction of the war at the imperialheadquartersat Hiroshima.

After this rapid glance at Yamagata's operations in the weeks that followed the crossing of the Yalu, we must go back to October and see what was happening at the same time in the Liao-tung Peninsula, the scene of the more important operations of the "Second Army" under Marshal Oyama.

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