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CHAPTER X
THE JAPANESE AMBULANCE AND
HOSPITAL SERVICE
During the comparatively peaceful time
which followed the stormy days of the
first general assault it was more interest-
ing to observe what was going on behind the fight-
ing line than to watch the operations themselves.
At the front everything was strangely quiet. We
heard now and again the booming of big guns,
and when we stopped and listened, by day or
night, we could hear sniping going on all the time ;
but we had become so accustomed to these sounds,
and they seemed so tame and unexciting in com-
parison with the diabolical fracas we had experi-
enced shortly before, that we scarcely paid atten-
tion to it. Meanwhile the sappers went on with
their underground work, day and night, without
rest or respite, and we could see how the dark zig-
zag lines were wriggling their way slowly towards
the fortifications, and we could mark their progress
from day to day.
At the back of the fighting lines everything was
life and bustle. From our camp at the foot of
Fenghoangshan we had a fine view over the broad
stretch of flat country extending all round the
northern side of the range. We had hitherto
scarcely had time to give a thought to what was
happening here, all our attention being turned
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