the battle continued throughout the following days with very heavy hand-to-hand combat with control of the summitt changing hands several times. finally, at 10:30 on december 5, following another massive artillery bombardment during which russian colonel tretyakov was severely wounded, the japanese managed to overrun 203 meter hill, finding only a handful of defenders still alive on the summit. the russians launched two counter-attacks to retake the hill, both of which failed, and by 17:00, 203 meter hill was securely under japanese control.