i. 145;
inception of the Siberian Railway, i. 149–155; Boxer Rebellion, i. 154, 155; her intentions as to Manchuria, and the result, i. 157–170; treaty with China, i. 158, 160; influence of M. de Witte, i. 171; the Royal Timber Company, i. 172–184, 306–313; pyramid of her interests, i. 185, 186; establishment of a Viceroyalty in the Far East, i. 187; Kuropatkin’s special reports, i. 188–193; her bluff, i. 194–198; reasons for her reverses in the war with Japan, i. 229–309, ii. 1–97; suggested improvements in the army, ii, 98–176; summary of the war, ii. 177–287; conclusions upon the battle of Mukden, i. 288–305; breakdown of the unit organization and distribution, ii. 314–335
_Russki Invalid_, article on military expenditure, i. 111, 112; on duty and love of country, ii. 78–80
Russo-Chinese Bank, De Witte’s influence over the, i. 172
Saghalien, Russian garrison at, i. 148, 200; part concession of, to Japan, i. 232
St. George, the Cross of, ii. 16
St. Petersburg Convention, i. 40 _n._
Sakharoff, General, Chief of the Headquarter Staff, i. 115, 207; War Minister, i. 252; the Siberian Railway, i. 261; mobilization, i. 272, 273, 276, 277; unfitness of generals, i. 300; his description of the Japanese plans, ii. 30; commands the Southern Force, ii. 209
Samoiloff, Lieutenant-Colonel, military attaché in Japan, his views on Japanese strength, i. 208
Samsonoff, General, and his Siberian Cossacks, ii. 234
Sappers. See Engineers
Serfs, emancipation of the, i. 23, 24
Servia, war with Turkey, i. 24
Sevastopol, siege of, i. 18, 19, 83; Russian loss at, i. 98
Sha Ho, Russian strength at battle of, i. 242, ii. 182; Japanese loss at, ii. 193
Shipka Pass, defence of the, i. 26, 30
Shtakelberg, General: on the Yalu, ii. 38; concentration at Te-li-ssu, ii. 218, 219; battle near the Yen-tai Mines, ii. 234; strength of his force, ii. 243 _n._; faulty disposition of his troops, ii. 246, 247; his attack on Su-ma-pu, ii. 262
Siberian Railway. See Railways
Siberian Rifle Regiments, East, expansion and value of, i. 124–126,