just as he had done at the battle of nanshan, tretyakov, although having his first line of trenches overrun, tenaciously refused to retreat and held control of 174 meter hill despite severe and mounting casualties. on the following day, august 20, 1904, tretyakov asked for reinforcements but, just as at nanshan, none was forthcoming. with more than half of his men killed or wounded and with his command disintegrating as small groups of men fell back in confusion, tretyakov had no choice but to withdraw, and 174 meter hill was thus overrun by the japanese. the assault on 174 meter hill alone had cost the japanese some 1,800 killed and wounded and the russians over 1,000.