[83] [A strategic line of railway in European Russia, some 700 miles long.—Ed.]
[84] [General Kuropatkin does not refer to mounted infantry.—Ed.]
[85] In his report to the War Minister, dated October 19, 1906, General Soboloff, the late commander of the 6th Siberian Corps, said: “The general concentration in July, 1904, of the 55th and 72nd Divisions, which composed my corps, was by no means instructive, as the War Minister refused to let us have any artillery or cavalry. In Tamboff and Morshansk masses of infantry, 16,000 strong, manœuvred about without a single gun or squadron.”
[86] [“Three line” indicates the calibre of the rifle, a “line” being a Russian measure equal to 1/10 of an inch. Three lines = ·299 inches.—Ed.]
[87] [An échelon is a collection of trains containing a unit or units despatched together. In South Africa these collections of trains were sometimes called “coveys.”—Ed.]
[88] [A Russian regiment generally contains four battalions, and equals a British brigade.—Ed.]
[89] [There is no rank of Major in the Russian Army.—Ed.]
[90] [Presumably with a percussion-fuse.—Ed.]
[91] [March 7, 1904.—Ed.]
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