[62] [The name of General Kuropatkin’s country estate in the province of Pskoff.—Ed.]
[63] [This chapter is composed of the introduction and conclusion to Volume III. of the original, which have been translated, as they add some light on points not touched upon in Volume IV.—Ed.]
[64] Eighteen infantry battalions, 25 squadrons, 86 guns total, 19,000 rifles and sabres.
[65] Two of them sapper battalions. The third battalions formed in Russia for all the East Siberian Rifle Regiments were only then beginning to arrive.
[66] The Viceroy’s letter (No. 2,960) of June 6 called attention to the necessity of “bearing in mind measures to guard against the event of an advance by Kuroki.”
[67] 1st and 9th East Siberian Rifle Divisions, and 2nd Brigade of the 35th Division.
[68] [There are several passes of this name.—Ed.]
[69] [This action is apparently what is elsewhere known as that of Chiao-tou.—Ed.]
[70] [The reasons for this are given in great detail in Volume IV.—i.e., Chapters I. to XII. of this book.—Ed.]
[71] This regiment did splendidly in later fights.