CHAPTER XXII

Attack on Mou-tien-ling--The Japanese “Mother” us--“You must wait”--To-wan--Engagements at Dawn--The Guns Speak--Reinforcements Hurried Up--Inexplicable Retirement of the Enemy--Vigorous Pursuit--A Deadlock--The Need for Horse Artillery--Sharp Fighting on our Right--Why these repeated efforts to capture positions already abandoned?