undeterred, nogi resumed artillery bombardment the following day, august 8, 1904, but his assault stalled again, this time due to heavy fire from the russian fleet led by the cruiser "novik". nogi ordered his men to press on regardless of casualties. despite some confusion in orders behind the russian lines, which resulted in some units abandoning their posts, numerous russian troops held on tenaciously, and the japanese finally managed to overrun the russian positions mostly through sheer superiority in numbers. takushan was captured at 20:00, and the following morning, august 9, 1904, hsiaokushan also fell to the japanese.