CHAPTER XX.

The Treaty of Peace 557

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page A Silenced Gun at Port Arthur Frontispiece Japanese Infantry Attacking a Chinese Position 21 Map Showing the Area Affected by the Dispute 25 The Japanese at Port Arthur 27 Battle of the Yalu--Sinking of the Chih-yuen 38 Japanese and Russian Admirals 48 Japanese Generals 57 Russian Generals 68 The Harbor of Port Arthur 71 Russian Fleet Trying to Leave Port Arthur 77 Russian and Japanese Destroyers at Close Quarters 88 The Czar 97 The Mikado 97 Raid by the Vladivostock Fleet 107 The Tokio Military Hospital--Officers Quarters 118 Sketch Plan of Port Arthur's Main Fortifications 121 Funeral Procession of a Japanese Officer in Yokohama 125 A Skirmish Between Japanese and Russian Cavalry 129 Desolation in Manchuria 140 Blowing up of the Petropavlovsk 145 Arrival of a Dispatch for General Kuropatkin 152 Russian Concentration on the Yalu 161 Map Showing the Actions on the Yalu, April 29th-May 1st 169 Hauling a Japanese Howitzer into Position under Fire 171 Russians Collecting Wounded on the Night after the Battle 182 A Last Gallant Stand of Russian Gunners 191 After Three Months 199 In the Russian Trenches 202 A Desperate Encounter at Port Arthur 211 General Stoessel Exhorting his Troops in the Defence of Port Arthur 222 Outside Port Arthur 227 A Skirmish on the Manchurian Railway 234 Russians Charging Japanese Trenches at Port Arthur 243 After Four Months 247 Russian Priest in the Trenches with General Stackelberg's Army 250 General Nogi before Port Arthur 257 After Five Months 261 Food for the Japanese Army 265 Map Showing Territory Adjacent to Liaoyang 269 After Six Months 273 Death of Count Keller at Yang-Ze-Ling Pass 275 The Six Days' Action Around Liaoyang, Aug. 29-Sept. 3d 281 Map Showing Route of March and Principal Actions of the Four Japanese Armies, Feb. 7th-Sept. 4th 283 Japanese Assault on a Russian Position at Liaoyang 286 Russians Recapturing their Lost Guns at Liaoyang 295 On the Deck of the "Rurik" 307 After Seven Months 313 Capture of the "Reshitelni" at Chifu 316 Japanese Outpost Relieving Guard near the Sha-ho 325 Japanese Scaling Fort at Port Arthur 335 The Remnant of a Regiment After the Battle of the Sha-ho 347 Huge Siege Guns before Port Arthur 355 Thirsty Japanese Troops Crossing the Sha-ho 366 Fight in Street of Lin-Shin-Pu, Battle of Sha-ke River 375 Port Arthur and the Surrounding Forts 381 Hauling Guns Up a Captured Hill at Port Arthur 386 Japanese Eleven-Inch Mortar before Port Arthur 396 The Evacuation of Port Arthur 405 After Twelve Months 408 Cossacks in Retreat After a Reconnaissance Near Liaoyang 415 The Garrison of Port Arthur--Leaving the Fortress 426 The Bamboo Gun at Port Arthur 435 On the Slopes of Ojikeishan before Port Arthur 446 A Night Attack on a Russian Position 455 Japanese Troops Caught in Barbed Wire Entanglement 466 Map of the Battle of Mukden 469 Russian Retreat in Manchuria 475 Russian Suffering after the Battle of Mukden 486 On Board a Japanese Battle ship during the Battle of the Japan Sea 496 The Russian Fleet in the Battle of the Japan Sea 505 The Retreat from Mukden 519 Peace Envoys in Session at Portsmouth 556

The Japan-Russia War