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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: factor. The Japanese heavy guns shelling the harbour and the
fleet it contained were posted upon the further side of this
eminence and the fire of these weapons was more or less
haphazard. No means of directing the artillery upon the vital
points were available; 203 Metre Hill interrupted the line of
sight. The Japanese thereupon resolved to capture the hill,
while the Russians, equally appreciative of the obstruction it
offered to their enemy, as valiantly strove to hold it. Once the
hill was captured and the fire of the Japanese guns could be
directed, the fate of the fortress was sealed.
Similar conditions have prevailed during the present campaign,
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