ii. 38, 83;

her treaty with Great Britain, i. 269; relative positions after fifteen months’ war, ii. 31–35, 39–44; her losses, ii. 192, 193; Kuropatkin’s summary of the war, ii. 217–287, 314–335

Jassy, Treaty of, i. 6

Jilinski, General, Headquarter Staff, i. 206, 256

Ka-liao-ma, ii. 274, 290

Kamchatka, Russian annexation of, i. 35

Kao-li-tun, ii. 275

Kars, the capture of the fortress of, i. 26, 30, 32, ii. 14

Kashgaria, i. 70; Chinese take possession of, i. 92

Kaufmann, General, i. 32; and Afghanistan, i. 85; the cession of Kuldja, i. 92, 93; the Bokhara Khanate, i. 147

Kaulbars, General, ii. 58; in command of the 3rd Army, ii. 249, 265; in command of the 2nd Army, ii. 268; the assault of San-de-pu, ii. 271; battles near Mukden, ii. 272–287; criticisms on, ii. 288–305, 324–335

Keller, General Count, ii. 42, 221; his death, ii. 71, 226

Khanates, the, i. 147, 148

Khilkoff, Prince, Minister of Ways and Communications, and the Siberian Railway, i. 246, 248, 250, 254

Khiva, Russian failure to gain possession of, i. 5

Kipke, Surgeon-General, list of Japanese casualties, i. 207, 208

Kirghiz tribes and Russia, i. 4 _n._, 5, 8 _n._

Kirin, capture of, i. 155

Kondratenko, General, the hero of Port Arthur, i, 300, ii. 71

Korea: independence of, i. 69; necessity for quiet in, i. 72, 73; Russian activity in, i. 153, 178; timber concession, i. 170; council at Port Arthur on, i. 180, 181; the Treaty of Peking, i. 199; a vital question, i. 219

Korniloff, Admiral, siege of Sevastopol, i. 18; heroic death, i. 21

Korniloff, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. 286

Kronstadt, fortifications of, i. 126

Kruimoff, Captain, i. 303

Kuan-tung Peninsula: Russian annexation of, i. 35, 69; Japanese land and fortify, i. 127, 257; Russian defence force, ii. 206, 207

Kuang-cheng-tzu, seizure by rebels, i. 155

Kuldja, province of, i. 70; the cession to China of, i. 92–95, 148, 149

Kuprin, M., _The Duel_, ii. 69

Kuroki, General: in command of the 1st Japanese Army, i. 257, 258; his opinion of the Russian shells, i. 306; his victory at Te-li-ssu, ii. 38; his positions, ii. 39, 40, 216, 222; his turning movement, ii. 230–232, 264; strength of his army, ii. 253; battle of Liao-yang, ii. 317; at Mukden, ii. 323,329, 332

Kuropatkin, General, Minister of War, afterwards Commander-in-Chief: his report on the possibilities of the twentieth century, i. 39; his report on the Russian frontiers and their suitability, i. 40–77; deductions from the work of the army as a guide to future wars, i. 96–110; the work before the War Department, i. 111–144; his opinion on the Manchurian and Korean questions, i. 145–198; difference of opinion with Admiral Alexeieff, i. 167–169; the Royal Timber Company, i. 172–184, ii. 306; his impressions on visiting Japan, i. 174, 175, 217–223; his reports on the Manchurian position, i. 176–179, 189–193; his responsibility for the rupture with Japan, i. 177–179; his pyramid of Russian interests, i. 185, 186; resignation on the establishment of the Viceroyalty, i. 187; his proposal to give way, i. 189; his report on strength of Japanese army, i. 242; on necessity for Russian railway improvements, i. 252–254, 263–268; on mobilization, i. 271–289; on reserve of officers, i. 293, 294; his recommendations as to officers, i. 301–305; on machine-guns and ammunition, i. 306–309; his criticisms of staff work, ii. 2, 3; of cavalry, ii. 4; of attack and the defence, ii. 5, 6; of column formation in attack, ii. 6; on the work of the artillery and sappers, ii. 7, 8; on criticism by commanders, ii. 9; on tactical instruction of our troops, ii. 10; his supplementary and monthly instructions, ii. 12, 13, 15–22; reasons for the reverses at Plevna, ii. 13, 14; his diagram of, and opinion on, the relative positions in Manchuria, ii. 33–44; on difficulties in organization, ii. 44–60; on defects in _personnel_, ii. 60–72; on the rank and file and Social Revolutionists, ii. 72–81; on the countermanding of orders, ii. 81–84; takes the blame for the defeat at Mukden, ii. 85, 86, 335; his farewell address, ii. 87–97; his suggested improvements in the senior ranks and all arms, ii. 98–176; his summary of the war, and conclusions, ii. 177–305; breakdown of the unit organization and distribution, ii. 314–335

Kushk, proposed railway to, i. 67; defeat of Afghans at, i. 86

Kutnevitch, General, ii. 297

Lamsdorff, M., Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Royal Timber Company, i. 173, 174, ii. 306, 311, 312

Launits, General, his gallantry, ii. 334

Lessar, Acting State Councillor, Russian Minister in China, council at Port Arthur on the Yalu enterprise, i. 175, 180

Levestam, General: withdrawal to Hsi-mu-cheng, ii. 40; the battle near Mukden, ii. 283, 286

Liao-tung Peninsula, Japanese land at, i. 225, 257

Liao-yang: seizure by rebels, i. 155; Russian concentration at, i. 225, 242, 258; battle at, ii. 18, 83, 229, 230, 317; Russian retirement, ii. 86; Japanese losses at, ii. 193; Kuropatkin’s arrival at, ii. 209

Linievitch, General: capture of Peking, i. 155; in command of the 1st Army, i. 230, ii. 249, 324; Commander-in-Chief, i. 301, ii. 198; and Kuropatkin, ii. 56, 58

Livonia, Russia’s annexation of, i. 5

Lomakin, General, his disastrous expedition against the Turcomans, i. 31

Losses, Russian, in the two main struggles, i. 36; in past wars, i. 98; in the future, i. 99

Madridoff, Lieutenant-Colonel, and the timber concession, i. 175, 181, 184, ii. 309

Makharoff, Admiral, i. 225, 238

Maksheef, Professor, on military expenditure, i. 111–113

Malakhoff Hill, capture of, i. 19

Malingering, i. 174

Maloshevitch, N. S., _Memoirs of a Sevastopol Man_, i. 16

Manchuria (see also Railways): Russian movements in, i. 35; the question of annexation, i. 71, 105, 157–179; expansion of Russian garrison, i. 122; the rising in, i. 126; the War Minister’s opinion on, i. 145; investigation of the timber concession, i. 180–184; pyramid of Russian interests, i. 185, 186; negotiations, i. 187–198; Japanese invade Southern, ii. 32–44; summary of the war, and conclusions, ii. 177–305

Martinoff, M. E., _Spirit and Temper of the Two Armies_, ii. 77, 78

Menshikoff, M., Russian writer, ii. 69

Menshikoff, Prince, Commander-in-Chief, Crimean War, i. 17; battle of Inkerman, i. 18; superseded, i. 19

Meyendorff, General Baron, Commander of 1st Army Corps, i. 302; retreat of, ii. 284

Milutin, General: the emancipation of the serfs, i. 24; Plevna, i. 25; cession of Kuldja, i. 93; the improvement of the army, i. 113

Mischenko, General: retirement of the local railway guards, i. 155; his cavalry successes, ii. 150

Mobilization, relative speed of, i. 90; inconveniences of, i. 272–286

Moscow, a poor spirit in, i. 198, 199

Muiloff, Lieutenant-General, ii. 282; removal of, ii. 297; his gallantry, ii. 334

Mukden: seized by the rebels, i. 154; recaptured, i. 155; battles round, i. 229 _n._, 260, ii. 43, 246, 272–305, 314–335; Japanese losses at, ii. 193, 194; Russia’s unfavourable position at, ii. 196, 197, 240, 241

Nakhimoff, Admiral, i. 18; his heroic death, i. 21

Namangan, occupation of, i. 148

Narbut, General, member of the military council, i. 293

Narva, reasons for Russian defeat at, i. 5

_Nasha Jizu_, newspaper, _The Viceroy Alexeieff’s Firm Policy_, i. 109

_Navarin_, Russian battleship, terrible loss on, i. 240

Navy, Russian: state of, i. 15; disadvantages of, i. 107; its uselessness at Port Arthur, i. 131; the Pacific Squadron, i. 224; minor part played by, i. 236; strength of Japanese and, i. 236, 237; battles at Port Arthur and Vladivostok, i. 238–241

Newchuang: Russian intentions, i. 157; evacuation of, ii. 43

Nicholas II., Tsar of Russia, on improvements in the army, i. 120–122; his efforts against war, i. 145, 187; railway transport, i. 245, 252, 263–268; mobilization, i. 272; orders concentration, ii. 212; on Kuropatkin’s retirement at Liao-yang, ii. 238; his connection with the Royal Timber Company and Bezobrazoff, ii. 306–313

Nicolaeff, Grand-Duke Michael, operations in Asia, i. 26

Nicolai-Pavlovitch, the late Emperor, his warning, i. 16

Nishtabtski, Treaty of, i. 5

Nodzu, General, lands on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236; his advance, ii. 222; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335

Nogi, General, lands on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236; on the fall of Port Arthur, i. 260; at Mukden, ii. 84, 152, 281; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335

Norway, her frontiers, i. 40

Obrucheff, General, Chief of Headquarter Staff: cession of Kuldja, i. 93; the improvement of the army, i. 113

Offensive, advantages of strategic, ii. 169

Officers, Russian: incapacity of, i. 101, ii. 1–11; the shortage of, i. 290–295; General Grippenberg’s resignation, i. 299, ii. 57; quality of, i. 300–303; _The Resurrected Dead_, i. 305; the susceptibilities of, ii. 57, 58; defects in, ii. 61–72, 95–97; suggested improvements, ii. 98–113; casualties among, ii. 157; line officers have no fair chance, ii. 158; promotion in the field, ii. 159; _field_ v. _office_ training, ii. 160, 161; suggested changes in rank of, ii. 164–168; removal of incompetent, ii. 172

Oku, General: his landing on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236, 256; joins General Nodzu’s army, ii. 43; battle of Liao-yang, ii. 84; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335

Organization, Russian: defects in, i. 26, 27, 88, 89, 119; difficulties in, ii. 44–60; Kuropatkin’s proposals on, ii. 161–176; breakdown of, ii. 314–320

Orenburg-Tashkent Railway, i. 86 _n._

Orloff, General, at Liao-yang, i. 279; retreat to Yen-tai, ii. 234

Osaka, great exhibition at, i. 219

Ostolopoff, Colonel, i. 302

_Osvobojdenie_, the Royal Timber Company, ii. 307

Pacific Ocean, opposition to Russian access to, i. 146, 147

Patriotism in Japan and Russia, ii. 78–80, 121–123, 227

Paul II., Emperor of Russia, and the army, i. 8

Pavloff, Chamberlain, Russian Minister in Korea, Yalu enterprise,