CHAPTER XII

The author severely wounded—Final assault and capture of 203 Metre Hill on December 5—The hospitals—Death of General Kondratenko, December 15—Retreat from Interval Hill, December 25—Evacuation of Fort Erh-lung and part of the Chinese Wall, December 28—Japanese attack on the Chinese Wall, December 30—Destruction of Fort Sung-shu, December 31—Capture of Wang-tai, December 31—Surrender of the fortress, January 2, 1905

Pages 279–301

NOTES

Pages 302–304

INDEX

Pages 305–312

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIEUT.-GENERAL TRETYAKOV _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE GUN-PITS 8

LIEUT.-COL. BIELOZOR 25

LIEUT.-COL. SAIFOOLIN 34

GENERAL STESSEL INSPECTING ONE OF THE FORTS 36

MAJOR STEMPNEVSKI (SEN.) 43

VIEW OF THE COUNTRY AT THE POSITION OF THE PASSES 66

NEIGHBOURHOOD OF YU-PI-LA-TZU 70

TRIPLE PEAK AND YU-PI-LA-TZU 73

VIEW FROM SADDLE BETWEEN 203 METRE HILL, ETC. 91

CONSTRUCTING THE ROAD ON THE REVERSE SLOPE OF 203 METRE HILL 116

EXTINCT VOLCANO: TAKEN FROM RIGHT FLANK OF NAMAKO YAMA 136

RED HILL ON THE RIGHT, WITH TOWN AND BAY IN THE VALLEY, ETC. 146

DR. TROITSKI 152

FATHER SLOUNIN 158

VIEW TAKEN FROM 203 METRE HILL, SHOWING WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS 180

STAFF HEADQUARTERS OF THE 5TH REGIMENT, ETC. 187

JAPANESE BODIES ON THE TOP OF 203 METRE HILL 193

WATCHING A BOMBARDMENT OF FORT ERH-LUNG, ETC. 210

BLINDAGE ON THE LEFT FLANK OF 203 METRE HILL, ETC. 215

GROUP OF OFFICERS AT DINNER, ETC. 227

BLINDAGES ON 203 METRE HILL WRECKED BY SHELL FIRE 236

THE LAST RESERVES FOR 203 METRE HILL DURING NOVEMBER 240

RUSSIAN DEAD ON 203 METRE HILL AWAITING INTERMENT 247

LAST RESERVES GOING TOWARDS 203 METRE HILL, ETC. 254

ROAD BEHIND 203 METRE HILL AFTER FIGHTING ON NOVEMBER 28 268

BOMBPROOF IN THE REDOUBT ON THE TOP OF 203 METRE HILL 272

GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTH FROM 203 METRE HILL, ETC. 286

KUROPATKIN’S LUNETTE 290

KUROPATKIN’S LUNETTE 292

GUN IN KUROPATKIN’S LUNETTE 294

SHELL BURSTING IN KUROPATKIN’S LUNETTE 296

PLATES OF TRENCHES

I.—TRENCHES MARKED A. AND B. 175

II.—TRENCHES MARKED C. AND D. 199

MAPS

1. NAN SHAN POSITION 60

2. KUAN-TUNG PENINSULA 84

3. PORT ARTHUR 230

4. WESTERN DEFENCES OF PORT ARTHUR 252

5. DEFENCES OF 203 METRE HILL 278

6. COUNTRY AROUND PORT ARTHUR _At end of book_

MY EXPERIENCES

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NAN SHAN AND PORT ARTHUR