31 and lasted till the night of November 6, when the Japanese stormed the
central fort. We illustrate on another page one of the Japanese heavy
siege-guns used at Tsing-tau.--[_Photo. by Record Press._]




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[Illustration: IN THE BATTERIES AGAINST TSING-TAU: A JAPANESE SIEGE-GUN
GETTING THE ORDER BY TELEPHONE TO OPEN FIRE.]

We see here one of the heavy siege-guns which the Japanese brought up for
the bombardment of Tsing-tau when about to open fire on the German
fortress. The gun-team of artillerymen are standing in rear of the
piece, and in the foreground, to the right, is one of the detachment
receiving orders by telephone from the battery-commandant at his post of
observation. Profiting by their experiences in siege-warfare at Port
Arthur, the Japanese were fully prepared with a very large and efficient
siege-gun train to undertake the attack on Tsing-tau immediately war was
declared. The Japanese employed 140 guns in the bombardment, including
28-centimetre howitzers and 21 and 15 cm. siege-guns, firing respectively,
11.2-inch, 8.4-inch, and 6-inch shells.--[_Photo. by Record Press._]




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