The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Vol. 2 (of 2) / Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East - A. N. Kuropatkin

MAP OF THEATRE OF OPERATIONS SOUTH OF MUKDEN

INDEX

Abaza, Admiral, his connection with the Royal Timber Company, ii. [309]–313
Abdur Rahman, and Afghanistan, i. [84], [85]
Adabash, Colonel, his information on Japanese reserve forces, i. [206]
Afghanistan:
her frontier, i. [62];
Britain’s advance, i. [63], [84];
and Russia, i. [64]–66, [87];
a buffer State, i. [85];
Boundary Commission, i. [86]
Alexander I., Emperor of Russia:
more freedom for the army, i. [14];
his example, i. [20]
Alexander II., Emperor of Russia:
the clamour for peace, i. [22];
the emancipation of the serfs, i. [23];
military economy, i. [87];
the Siberian Railway, i. [149]
Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, military economy, i. [87]
Alexeieff, Admiral:
stops work at Port Arthur, i. [126], [128];
the Boxer rebellion, i. [154];
stops the evacuation of Mukden, i. [169];
his connection with Bezobrazoff and the Royal Timber Company, i. [173]–185, ii. [306]–313;
becomes Viceroy of the Far East, i. [187];
his negotiations with Japan, i. [188]–198;
disperses his troops and fleet, i. [225];
his opinion of the fleet, i. [237], [238];
report on the Eastern Chinese Railway, i. [246];
presses for relief, i. [257];
strategical distribution of troops, ii. [205]–211;
the weakness of Port Arthur, ii. [213], [229]
Alien population, dangers of an, i. [102]
Alma, battle of the, i. [17]
America, Russia hands over her possessions in, i. [35]
Ammunition:
defects in gun, i. [137];
average expenditure of rifle, ii. [149], [150]
Amur district, Russia’s annexation of, i. [35]
Armament (see Army):
inferior, i. [15];
moral effect of, i. [107], [108];
artillery, i. [121], [135];
for Port Arthur, i. [129];
test of a new field-gun, i. [136];
defects in gun ammunition, i. [137]
Army, Russian:
the Great Northern War, i. [5], [6];
reductions in, i. [8];
distribution of, i. [9];
struggle with France, i. [10];
annexation of Finland, i. [12];
in the Crimean War, i. [13]–21;
in the Turkish wars, i. [24]–34;
casualties in the two main struggles, i. [36];
peace and war establishments, i. [38];
relative speed of mobilization, i. [88]–90, [272]–284;
losses in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, i. [99];
incapacity of generals, i. [101];
improvement of, i. [113], [119]–124;
value of the Siberian Corps, i. [125];
want of railway transport, i. [131]–134, [156], [242]–268;
re-armament of the artillery, i. [135], [136];
defects in gun ammunition, i. [137];
numbers in the Pri-Amur district, i. [144];
its distribution, i. [225], ii. [209], [210];
its favourable state when peace declared, i. [230]–234;
defeats at Yalu, Chin-chou, and Te-li-ssu, i. [257], [258];
loss at Sha Ho, i. [259];
the reservists, i. [278]–290;
shortage and capabilities of officers, i. [290]–294, [300]–305;
discipline, i. [295], [296];
corporal punishment, i. [297]–299;
want of sappers, i. [305];
machine-guns, i. [306]–309;
criticism of staff work, ii. [2], [3];
cavalry at manœuvres, ii. [4];
attack and defence, ii. [5];
column formation, ii. [6];
work of the artillery, ii. [7];
work of the sappers, ii. [7], [8];
criticism by commanders, ii. [9];
tactical instruction, ii. [10]–25;
relative positions of, ii. [33], [34], [37]–40;
absence of military spirit and patriotism, ii. [35], [183];
adverse conditions, ii. [37], [39];
effect of the rainy season and dysentery, ii. [41];
difficulties in organization, ii. [44]–60;
defects in the command, ii. [60]–72;
in the rank and file, ii. [72]–80;
Kuropatkin’s final address to, ii. [88]–97;
suggestions for the improvement of:
(1) the senior rank, ii. [98]–114;
(2) the regulars and reservists, ii. [114]–127;
(3) reserve organization, ii. [128]–131;
(4) augmenting the combatant infantry, ii. [131]–136;
(5) machine-guns, ii. [136];
(6) depôt troops, ii. [137]–139;
(7) communication troops, ii. [139], [140];
(8) engineer troops, ii. [141]–146;
(9) artillery, ii. [146]–151;
(10) cavalry, ii. [151]–155;
(11) infantry, ii. [155]–161;
(12) organization, ii. [161]–176;
summary of the war, ii. [177]–204;
gradual improvement in spirit, ii. [183], [188], [189];
strategical distribution of, ii. [205], [271];
Kuropatkin’s narrative of the war, ii. [205]–305;
strength of, ii. [258];
breakdown of the unit organization and distribution, ii. [314]–335
Artamonoff, General, ii. [281], [282]
Artillery:
rearmament of the, i. [121], [135];
machine, i. [306]–309, ii. [136], [137];
suggested improvements, ii. [146]–155, [162]
Asia:
Russia’s war with Turkey, i. [26];
Russia’s position in, i. [34];
Russia’s frontiers, i. [40]–46;
opposition to Russia’s expansion in, i. [147]
Asia for the Asiatics, ii. [195], [196]
Austerlitz, Russia’s heavy loss at, i. [98]
Austria:
war with Napoleon, i. [10];
Crimean War, i. [16];
her frontier with Russia, i. [51]–54;
her strategic railways, i. [55];
her speed of mobilization, i. [90];
her perfected organization, i. [103]
Austro-Hungary:
Russian frontiers, i. [44], [50]–52;
trade with Russia, i. [52];
possibility of war with Russia, i. [53], [54]
Azov, surrender of, i. [6]
Baikal, Lake, great obstacle to the Siberian Railway, i. [149], [248], [254]
Balasheff, Acting State Councillor:
his warlike despatch, i. [178];
investigation of the Royal Timber Company, i. [181]
Baltic Sea: Russian aims, i. [5], [9];
defence of, i. [114]
Batianoff, General, Commander of the 3rd Manchurian Army, ii. [186]
Batoum, i. [32]
Bayazet, the defence of, i. [26]
Berlin:
Congress, i. [32];
Treaty of, i. [82]
Bessarabia, Russian annexation of, i. [13], [24]
Bezobrazoff, State Councillor:
his connection with the Royal Timber Company, i. [169], ii. [306]–313;
his propositions, i [172]–174;
Kuropatkin’s report on, i. [177]–179;
investigation of the Royal Timber Company, i. [180], [184]
Bilderling, General, Commander of the 2nd Manchurian Army:
his report, ii. [186];
criticism on, ii. [228], [234], [247];
his force, ii. [242];
withdraws to position on the Sha Ho, ii. [245], [286]
Black Sea, the:
Russian progress towards, i. [6], [12], [13];
Russia deprived of a war fleet in, i. [19], [24], [33];
coast defence on, i. [114]
Blume, M., theorist in strategy, ii. [69]
Borisoff, Colonel, at Mukden, ii. [281], [283]
Borodino, Russian loss at, i. [98]
Boskey, General, surprises the Russians at the battle of the Alma, i. [17]
Bothnia, Gulf of, Russian aims, i. [9], [41], [42]
Boxer Rebellion, i. [136], [154], [155]
Bulgaria:
Turko-Servian War, i. [24], [25];
Russian behaviour in, i. [29], [30]
Burun, M., on the Russian fleet, i. [236], [237], [240], [241]
Caucasus, the:
her Russian frontier, i. [5], [8], [33], [34], [57], [58];
her troops, i. [26], [114]
Cavalry:
not sufficiently used, ii. [151], [152];
failure of the officers, ii. [153]–155, [288];
details of units, ii. [162]
Censorship, necessity for press, ii. [176]
Charles XII., King of Sweden, war with Russia, i. [5]
Cherniaeff, General, Geok Tepe, i. [32]
Chichagoff, General, his alarmist reports, ii. [302], [321], [322]
China:
peaceful attitude of, i. [5];
Peking Treaty, i. [35];
Russian frontier and trade, i. [67], [68];
war with Japan, i. [69], [151], [201]–204;
Russian policy, i. [72], [157];
the awakening of, i. [91];
Boxer Rebellion and treaty with Russia, i. [154]–162;
her alarm at Russia’s policy, i. [170];
Russian treatment of the Chinese, ii. [190], [191]
Chin-chou, battle of, i. [257]
Civil disorder, repression of, ii. [125]
Constantinople, Russian advance to walls of, i. [30], [82]
Cossacks. See [Cavalry]
Crimean War:
strength of Russian army, i. [13];
Russia’s unpreparedness, i. [16], [101], [109];
Inkerman, i. [18];
siege of Sevastopol, i. [19];
a premature peace, i. [20]–22
Dalny:
Russian annexation of, i. [69];
Japanese use of, i. [127];
its fortifications, i. [172], ii. [207];
commerce, i. [190];
coal storage at, i. [246]
Danube, the, Russian acquisition and loss of the mouths of, i. [13], [16], [19], [24], [32]
Defence schemes, ii. [26]–30
Dembovski, General, at Mukden, ii. [285], [286]
Demchinski, M., Were we Ready for War? i. [111]
Djam, Russian force at, i. [84]
Dragomiroff, General, and quick-firing artillery, i. [136];
his theories, ii. [8], [10], [11]
Dubniak Hill, capture of, i. [25]
Dukhovski, General, Governor-General and Commander in the Pri-Amur district,
and the Siberian Railway, i. [151], [171]
Dushkevitch, Colonel, i. [302]
Eastern Chinese Railway:
the bad condition of, i. [131], [132], [182]–242;
a parallel in Persia, i. [193];
suggested sale to China, i. [221];
capacity of, i. [243]–256
Emmanuel, Major, his appreciation of the Japanese army, i. [222]
Engineers, ii. [141]–146;
details of units, ii. [162]
Essen, Admiral, his daring sally from Vladivostok, i. [239]
Esthonia, Russian annexation of, i. [5]
Eupatoria, the Allies’ disembarkation at, i. [17]
Feng-huang-cheng, Russian occupation of, i. [170]–174, [184]
Finance Minister, dual capacity of, i. [139]
Finland, Russian annexation of, i. [5], [12], [41];
Russian frontier, i. [n. 11], [9];
her aims for autonomy, i. [42]
Fortresses, work on the, i. [126]–130
France:
her struggles with Russia, i. [10];
strength of her army, i. [15];
cause of Franco-Russian entente, i. [46];
lessons from the Franco-German War, i. [78]–81
Friederichsham, Treaty of, i. [40], [41]
Frontiers (see [Russia]), Russian, i. [n. 11], [35], [40]–77
Galicia, strategic value of, i. [54], [55]
Geok Tepe, Russian attack on, i. [31], [85], [148]
Georgia, Russian annexation of, i. [8]
Germany:
war with Napoleon, i. [10];
her Russian frontier, i. [44], [45];
her Russian trade, i. [45], [59];
her strategic preparations, i. [46]–49;
possibilities of war, i. [49], [50];
trade in Persia, i. [59], [60];
lessons from the Franco-German War, i. [79], [80];
her relative speed of mobilization, i. [90];
her perfect organization, i. [103], [113];
her military expenditure, i. [112], [113]
Gerngros, General:
the Boxer Rebellion, i. [155];
wounded at Te-li-ssu, i. [219];
the battle near Mukden, ii. [278], [279], [293], [297]
Giers, M., Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the cession of Kuldja, i. [93]
Glinski, M., The Resurrected Dead, i. [292]
Godunoff, Boris, and the Caspian Sea, i. [4]
Goltz, Von der, a distinguished German writer, his dictum on war, i. [88]
Gorbatoff, M., Thoughts Suggested by Recent Military Operations, ii. [75], [76]
Great Britain:
strength of her army, i. [15];
the Crimean War, i. [16]–20;
her trade with Persia, i. [59], [60];
Russia and Afghanistan, i. [62]–67, [84], [85];
Afghan Boundary Commission, i. [86];
treaty with Japan, i. [269]
Grieg, Admiral, Russian Minister of Finance, on the cession of Kuldja, i. [93]
Grippenberg, General, Commander of the 2nd Army:
his peculiar theories and behaviour, i. [299], ii. [11], [23]–25, [55]–60, [251]–253,
[257], [260], [261], [264]–267, [320];
The Truth about the Battle of Hei-kou-tai, ii. [83]
Grodekovi, General, i. [154], [155]
Guber, General, ii. [52]
Gulistan, Treaty of, i. [60]
Guns. See [Artillery]
Gurieff, M., The Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, i. [146]
Gurko, General, siege of Plevna, i. [26]; criticisms by, ii. [9]
Hamilton, General Sir Ian, an appreciation of the Japanese army, i. [223]
Harbin:
concentration at, i. [155], [160];
railway difficulties, i. [245], [254], [261], [268];
drunkenness at, ii. [188]
Hei-kou-tai, operations at, ii. [82], [83], [271], [320]
Hei-ni-tun, Russian attack on, ii. [282]
Herat, proposed railway, i. [67];
and Russia, i. [86]
Hershelman, General, i. [279]
Hsi-mu-cheng, concentration at, ii. [42]
Hsi-ping-kai positions:
Russian occupation of, i. [229], ii. [32], [182], [287];
handed over to Japan, i. [232];
preparations near, ii. [184], [185], [194]
Hun-huses, raids by, i. [158], [159]
Imeretinski, General, at Plevna, i. [28]
India and Russia’s policy, i. [64]–67
Infantry (see [Army]):
the chief arm, ii. [155];
improvement in, ii. [156];
officers’ casualties, ii. [157], [158];
promotion in the field, ii. [159];
field v. office training, ii. [160];
organization and details of units, ii. [161]–170;
penalties on active service, ii. [171]–175
Istomin, Admiral, his heroic death, i. [18], [21]
Ivanovitch, Tsar Theodore, i. [4]
Japan:
peaceful attitude of, i. [5];
Russia and Saghalien, i. [35];
Peking Treaty, i. [35];
war with China, i. [69], [151], [202]–204;
events leading up to the war with Russia, i. [123]–130, [151], [157]–166, [170], [177]–179;
the Royal Timber Company, i. [172];
Kuropatkin’s visit to, and impressions of, i. [174], [175], [217]–223;
progress of negotiations, i. [188], [193];
Russia’s bluff, i. [193]–198;
her early history, i. [199];
birth of her army, i. [200]–202;
expedition to China, i. [203];
her estimated strength, i. [203], [208], ii. [192];
expansion for war, i. [204]–206;
her loss in the war with Russia, i. [207], ii. [192];
her sea-transport, i. [209];
Russian criticisms on the army of, i. [210];
her officers in Russian employ, i. [212];
her reserve troops, i. [213];
the samurai spirit, i. [214];
her resentment with Russia, i. [215];
her system of education, i. [217]–219;
Korea a vital question, i. [219];
German and English appreciations of, i. [222], [223];
her disembarkations on Liao-tung Peninsula and Kuan-tung unhindered, i. [225];
her advantages, i. [226];
their moral tone, i. [227];
the nation with the army, i. [228];
partial exhaustion, i. [230], [235], ii. [194], [195];
strength of the fleets in the Far East, i. [236], [237];
the naval battles near Port Arthur and Vladivostok, i. [238]–241;
her victories at the Yalu, Chin-chou and Te-li-ssu, i. [257], [258], 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. [n. 9], [5], [n. 11]
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. [n. 76], [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. [n. 34]
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, i. [175], [180]
Pavlovski, M., engineer of Siberian Railway, i. [253]
Peking, Treaty of, i. [35], [199];
capture of, i. [155]
Penalties on active service, ii. [171], [173]
Persia:
war with Russia, i. [33];
frontier and trade with Russia, i. [58], [59];
the cockpit of the Middle East, i. [59];
Great Britain and Germany in, i. [60];
Russian aims in, i. [61]
Personnel, defects in, ii. [60]–72
Peter the Great:
war with Sweden, i. [5];
war with Turkey, i. [6];
founder of the Russian fleet, i. [7];
his struggles with Charles XII. and Napoleon, i. [10], [11];
his counsel, i, [20];
his influence, i. [41]
Petroff, General, i. [245]
Petrovitch, Paul, Emperor, his reforms, i. [38]
Plancon, M., diplomat, investigation of the Timber Company, i. [180]
Plehve, Von, Minister of the Interior, and the Timber Company, ii. [311]
Plevna, battle at, i. [25]–30;
the cause of the Russian reverses at, ii. [13]
Poland, Russia’s neighbour, i. [3];
her struggles with Russia, i. [7];
the problem of, i. [10], [11];
rebellion, i. [23]
Poltava, Russian victory at, i. [5], [11], [41]
Port Arthur:
Russian aims, i. [69];
work at, i. [126], [127];
armament for, i. [128], [129];
the council on the timber concession, i. [180]–184;
Kuropatkin’s advice as to, i. [189], [190];
Chino-Japanese War, i. [202];
naval battles at, i. [238]–241;
fall of, i. [260];
garrison at, ii. [205], [208];
weakness of, ii. [211], [213], [214];
result of fall of, ii. [299]
Pri-Amur district and Russia, i. [77];
increase of troops in, i. [121], [122], [144], [151]
Punishment, corporal, ii. [173]
Putiloff Hill:
Japanese losses at, ii. [193];
movement of troops from, ii. [319]
Railways, the Siberian, i. [123], [149], [156];
as a factor in the Japanese War, i. [131]–134, [198];
the problem of, i. [242]–254, ii. [31];
necessity for guarding, ii. [37]
Razsvet, newspaper, on Kuropatkin’s responsibility, i. [177]
Razviedchik (The Resurrected Dead), i. [292]
Rediger, Lieutenant-General, War Minister, his report, i. [138], [139]
Rennenkampf, General:
capture of Tsitsihar and Kirin, i. [155];
in the Tai-tzu Ho Valley, ii. [244], [254], [273];
Liao-yang, ii. [318], [328];
the gallantry of his troops, ii. [323]
Reservists, Russian, i. [275]–286, ii. [73], [163]
Revenue, Russian, i. [142]
Revolutionists, Social, ii. [75]–80
Roop, General, criticisms by commanders, ii. [9].
Roslavleff, M., on Kuropatkin’s responsibility, i. [176], [177];
the council at Port Arthur, i. [184]
Roumania:
Russian frontier, i. [44], [56];
her aspirations, i. [57].
Rozhdestvenski, Admiral, result of his defeat at Tsushima, i. [241], [242]
Rusin, Captain, Russian naval attaché, his report on the Japanese navy, i. [206], [207]
Ruski Viestnik, article on the fleets in the Far East, i. [236], [237]
Russia:
extent of, in the eighteenth century, i. [2], [3];
her neighbours, i. [3];
her aims, i. [4];
the Great Northern War and its result, i. [5]–7;
extension of, in the nineteenth century, i. [8], [35];
reductions in the army, i. [8];
closer touch with Europe, i. [9];
struggles with France, i. [10];
Polish problem, i. [11];
annexation of Finland, i. [12];
further wars with Turkey, i. [13], [24];
deterioration of the army, i. [14];
her navy, i. [15];
her unpreparedness, i. [16];
Crimean War commences, i. [16];
Allies’ disembarkation permitted, i. [17];
battle of the Alma, i. [17], [18];
Inkerman, i. [18];
siege of Sevastopol, i. [18], [19];
a premature peace, i. [20]–22, [81], [82];
emancipation of the serfs, i. [23];
Plevna, i. [25];
failure of assaults, i. [26];
her slow concentration and shortcomings, i. [27]–29;
her ultimate success, i. [30];
Geok Tepe, i. [31];
Kushk, i. [32];
her position, i. [33]–35;
losses in the two centuries, i. [36], [37], [98], [99];
peace and war establishments, i. [38];
her future, i. [39];
her Swedish frontier, i. [40]–44;
her German frontier and trade, i. [44]–50;
her Austro-Hungarian frontier, i. [50]–55;
Austria’s strategic railways, i. [55];
her Roumanian frontier, i. [56];
her Turkish frontier and trade, i. [57];
her Persian frontier and trade, i. [58], [59];
her aims in Persia, i. [61];
her frontier with Afghanistan, i. [62];
her policy versus Great Britain, i. [63]–66;
no wish for India, i. [67];
her Chinese frontier, trade, and policy, i. [67]–73;
her position, i. [73]–77;
lessons from Franco-German War, i. [79], [80];
National wars, i. [80], [81];
her isolation in 1878, i. [83];
her lever against Great Britain, i. [84];
Afghan Boundary Commission, i. [85], [86];
military economy, i. [187];
her disabilities, i. [188], [189];
relative speed of mobilization, i. [90];
the awakening of China, i. [91];
cession of Kuldja, i. [92]–94;
her complications, i. [95];
deductions from the past, i. [96];
strain of armed peace, i. [97];
probable losses in the future, i. [99];
dangers of alien population, i. [102];
the chief duty of the twentieth century, i. [103];
her handicap on the west, i. [104], [114];
her forward movement in Manchuria, i. [105];
the disadvantages of a navy, i. [106], [107];
military expenditure, i. [112], [118];
expansion of forces in the Pri-Amur district, i. [121]–123;
commencement and causes of the war with Japan, i. [123], [151], [156], [157];
work at Port Arthur, i. [127], [130];
railway factor, i. [131]–149;
line of communications 5,400 miles long, i. [135];
dual capacity of Finance Minister, i. [139], [140];
her finance and revenue, i. [141]–144;
War Minister’s opinion on the Manchurian and Korean questions, 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. [n. 21]
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. [n. 78];
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, ii. [183], [207]
Sinope, Russian victory at, i. [15], [16], [107]
Skobeleff, General, at Plevna, i. [26], [28];
seizes Geok Tepe, i. [31], [85], [148]
Solovieff, M., historian, the Crimean War, i. [21], [22]
Sosnovski, Lieutenant-Colonel, and the Chinese, i. [92]
Spade, revival in the army of the use of the, i. [142]
Stössel, General:
defence of Port Arthur, ii. [213];
his alarmist reports, ii. [229]
Subotin, General, capture of Mukden, i. [155]
Sungari River, Russian withdrawal to, i. [232]
Surrender, the question of, ii. [175]
Suvoroff, Russian battleship, gallantry on the, i. [240]
Suvoroff, General, his campaigns, i. [8], [10]
Sviatosloff, Grand-Duke, i. [4]
Sweden as Russia’s neighbour, i. [3];
war with Russia, i. [12], [36];
her Russian frontier, i. [40]–44
Tartars as Russia’s neighbours, i. [3]
Ta-shih-chiao, battle of, ii. [182]
Tashkent, Russian occupation of, i. [87], [147]
Tchernaya, battle of the, i. [18]
Telegraph and telephones, need for, ii. [143], [144], [162]
Te-li-ssu, Russian disaster at, i. [257], [258]
Territorial system, the, ii. [126]
Tieh-ling, retirement from, ii. [86]
Timber Company, the Royal:
its importance, i. [169];
Bezobrazoff’s propositions, i. [172];
investigation of, i. [173]–184;
history of, ii. [306]–313
Todleben, General:
Crimean War, i. [21];
assault on Plevna, i. [26]
Togo, Admiral:
naval battle at Port Arthur, i. [238], [240]
Topornin, General, ii. [276], [292], [297]
Trans-Baikal Railway to Vladivostok, i. [69];
capacity of, i. [247]–256
Trans-Baikal Cossack, success of, ii. [153]
Triple Alliance, the, i. [46], [51], [87], [113]
Trous de loup, i. [215], [216]
Trubetski, Prince, President of the Moscow nobility,
correspondence with Kuropatkin, ii. [198]–200
Tserpitski, General, ii. [279], [280], [290], [296], [297], [330]
Tsitsihar, capture of, i. [155], ii. [322]
Tsushima, defeat of Russian fleet at, i. [238]–241
Turkey, and Russia, i. [3];
wars with Russia, i. [6], [81]–83;
her army, i. [15];
her peace strength, i. [15];
Crimean War, i. [16];
war with Servia and Russia, i. [24];
Plevna, i. [25];
Russian loss, i. [36];
possibility of trouble with Russia, i. [58]
Turkomans, Russian expedition against the, i. [30]–32, [85], [86]
Ujin, Colonel, his pack telephone system, ii. [n. 45]
Uniform, value of, ii. [100]–103
Units, proposed details of, ii. [161]–163;
breakdown of, ii. [314]–335
Ushakoff, Russian ironclad, total loss of, at Tsushima, i. [240]
Ussuri districts, Russian annexation of, i. [35], [69], [200]
Vannovski, General, War Minister:
the improvement of the army, i. [113];
succeeded by General Kuropatkin, i. [115];
on the allotment of funds, i. [117]
Velichko, Major-General, armament for Port Arthur, i. [128]
Viceroyalty, establishment of the, i. [187]
Vladivostok:
Trans-Baikal Railway, i. [69];
fortification of, i. [126], [148], [151], [200];
Russian fleet at, i. [237];
daring sally from, i. [239];
garrison at, ii. [206]
Vogak, Major-General, council at Port Arthur, i. [180]
War Department (see also [Army]), problems for the Russian, i. [1]–39;
expansion of the army, and growing complications of defence problems, i. [78]–96;
the chief duty of the twentieth century, i. [102]–104;
taken by surprise, i. [105];
estimate procedure and inadequacy of funds allotted, i. [116]–122, [138], [139];
ready by September, 1905, i. [134];
lines of communication 5,400 miles long, i. [135];
dual capacity of Finance Minister, i. [139];
Manchurian and Korean questions, i. [145]–198;
reasons for the Russian reverses, i. [229]–309, ii. [1]–97;
measures for the improvement of the army, ii. [98]–176;
the causes of Russian failure summarized, ii. [177]–204
Wei-hai-wei, Japanese occupation of, ii. [30]
Witgeft, Admiral, his death while attacking the Japanese fleet, i. [238]
Witte, Sergius de, Minister of Finance, and Dalny, i. [127], [172];
his dual capacity, i. [139];
his influence, i. [171];
and the Russo-Chinese Bank, i. [172];
and the evacuation of Manchuria, i. [173];
and the Royal Timber Company, i. [173]–184, ii. [306]–313
Yakub Beg, death of, i. [92]
Yalu, battles on the, i. [125], [257], ii. [38];
the timber concession, i. [169]–184, ii. [306]–313;
naval engagement at the mouth of the, i. [202]
Yellow Peril, the, a reality, ii. [200]
Yen-tai mines, battle at the, ii. [234]–236
Zarubaeff, General, i. [303];
withdraws his troops towards Hai-cheng, ii. [225];
the retreat from Mukden, ii. [232], [285], [286], [333]
Zasulitch, General, his defeat, ii. [38], [211], [212], [225]
Zikoff, ii. [212]

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