Despite some confusion in orders behind the Russian lines , which resulted in some units abandoning their posts , numerous Russian troops held on tenaciously .
The Japanese finally managed to overrun the Russian positions mostly through sheer superiority in numbers .
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 .