i. 223

Harbin: concentration at, i. 155, 160; railway difficulties, i. 245, 254, 261, 268; drunkenness at, ii. 188

Hei-kou-tai, operations at, ii. 82, 83, 271, 320

Hei-ni-tun, Russian attack on, ii. 282

Herat, proposed railway, i. 67; and Russia, i. 86

Hershelman, General, i. 279

Hsi-mu-cheng, concentration at, ii. 42

Hsi-ping-kai positions: Russian occupation of, i. 229, ii. 32, 182, 287; handed over to Japan, i. 232; preparations near, ii. 184, 185, 194

Hun-huses, raids by, i. 158, 159

Imeretinski, General, at Plevna, i. 28

India and Russia’s policy, i. 64–67

Infantry (see Army): the chief arm, ii. 155; improvement in, ii. 156; officers’ casualties, ii. 157, 158; promotion in the field, ii. 159; _field_ v. _office_ training, ii. 160; organization and details of units, ii. 161–170; penalties on active service, ii. 171–175

Istomin, Admiral, his heroic death, i. 18, 21

Ivanovitch, Tsar Theodore, i. 4

Japan: peaceful attitude of, i. 5; Russia and Saghalien, i. 35; Peking Treaty, i. 35; war with China, i. 69, 151, 202–204; events leading up to the war with Russia, i. 123–130, 151, 157–166, 170, 177–179; the Royal Timber Company, i. 172; Kuropatkin’s visit to, and impressions of, i. 174, 175, 217–223; progress of negotiations, i. 188, 193; Russia’s bluff, i. 193–198; her early history, i. 199; birth of her army, i. 200–202; expedition to China, i. 203; her estimated strength, i. 203, 208, ii. 192; expansion for war, i. 204–206; her loss in the war with Russia, i. 207, ii. 192; her sea-transport, i. 209; Russian criticisms on the army of, i. 210; her officers in Russian employ, i. 212; her reserve troops, i. 213; the _samurai_ spirit, i. 214; her resentment with Russia, i. 215; her system of education, i. 217–219; Korea a vital question, i. 219; German and English appreciations of, i. 222, 223; her disembarkations on Liao-tung Peninsula and Kuan-tung unhindered,