[73] [A Russian brigade usually consists of eight battalions. Those of the E. S. Rifle Divisions had six.—Ed.]
[74] [“A Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book,” vol. i., p. 11.—Ed.]
[75] [A species of millet, which grows very high.—Ed.]
[76] [On March 10, 1905, the battle of Mukden, which had lasted for several days, ended with the retreat of the Russians and the occupation of Mukden by the Japanese. On the 16th the Japanese entered Tieh-ling, and on the 21st Chang-tu Fu. The latter represents the furthest point reached in the northerly advance of their main armies.—Ed.]
[77] [General Kuropatkin’s country estate in Russia.—Ed.]
[78] “Scheme for the Strategical Distribution of Troops in the Far East in the Event of War with Japan,” November 18, 1900 (Port Arthur).
[79] [Being a single-line railway, the number of trains in one direction depended on those travelling in the opposite direction; they are, therefore, alluded to in pairs. A pair of trains implies two trains, one each way.—Ed.]
[80] [? Eastern Chinese Railway.—Ed.]
[81] [An échelon of troops consisted of the troops from a certain number of trains. See [Footnote 87].—Ed.]
[82] [The Eastern Chinese line was under the Minister of Finance.—Ed.]