The positions occupied[42] by the regiment were as follows:
The detachment of Colonel Dounin, commanding the 3rd Battalion 5th Regiment, consisting of the 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, and 12th Companies, and the 2nd and 3rd Scout Detachments of the 5th Regiment and the 1st Company of the 27th, was posted before the battle on Lao-tso Shan, and occupied the section from the valley (near the small hill occupied by the 11th Company of the 27th Regiment) to a spur 3/4 verst from the village of Vodymin[43] and touching the foot of Chien Shan.
The various companies occupied the following sections:
1. The 9th Company and 3rd Scout Detachment 5th Regiment, on the right flank in the valley.
2. Next to these the 2nd Scout Detachment, to the left of the valley and covering Lieutenant Naoomov’s battery.
3. Farther to the left, the 12th Company 5th Regiment.
4. On the extreme left flank, near Vodymin, the 11th Company 5th Regiment and, as a reserve, the 1st Company 27th Regiment.
5. The 5th and 6th Companies 5th Regiment formed the general reserve.
On the morning of the 26th the Japanese opened a heavy gun fire on our positions, followed by a vigorous attack, but they obtained no hold anywhere that day, as our men held on to their positions and beat them back at every point.
On the 27th the Japanese repeated their attacks, but had no more success than on the preceding day, whereupon they proceeded to make a night attack.