The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea
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BATTLEFIELD OF PING-YANG.
JAPAN,
CHINA,
AND COREA.
A complete history of the War: Its causes and results; its campaigns on sea and land; its terrific fights, grand victories and overwhelming defeats.
With a preliminary account of the customs, habits and history of the three peoples involved. Their cities, arts, sciences, amusements and literature.
Trumbull White
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The War in the East.
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
THE CHINESE EMPIRE.
THE CHINESE PEOPLE.
LIMITS AND POSSESSIONS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COREA, THE HERMIT NATION.
CAUSES OF THE WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA.
THE BEGINNINGS OF HOSTILITIES.
FROM ASAN TO PING-YANG.
THE FIRST GREAT BATTLES OF THE WAR.
JAPAN'S FORWARD MOVEMENT IN COREA.
THE ADVANCE UPON PORT ARTHUR.
THE CAPTURE OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE MASSACRE.
FROM PORT ARTHUR TO WEI-HAI-WEI.
THE END OF HOSTILE OPERATIONS.
THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.
