FOOTNOTES:
[54] In addition to this, 422,000 pounds of flour and 1,201,600 pounds which arrived in the King Arthur are still in hand.
Aide-de-Camp to the Czar, Stössel and Semenoff appointed, [181]
Ammunition, small arm, deficient, [4];
blank, fired from big guns, [7];
runs short at Battle of Kinchou, [72];
estimate of expenditure of (up to September 21), [196];
waste of, [201], [219];
amount available (December 8), [271];
list of guns (on outbreak of war), [369]
Angle Hills, [106], [135];
Japanese attack repulsed, [158];
loss of, [166];
anger of Smirnoff, [166]
Armament of the Fortress, [369] (Appendix II.);
list of guns, authorized and actual, [369];
allotment (in sections) of guns, [369]
Artillery, Kwantun Fortress, report on the, by Major-General Biely, [364] (Appendix II.)
Artillerymen, Russian, endurance of, [64]
Askold, the, [153]
Assaults, the great August, [183];
of October 30, [119], [220];
repulsed, [221];
of November 24, [239]
Attack of blockers fails (March 25), [29];
on Green Hills (July 26), [113] et seq.;
of August 19, [164];
and subsequent days, [183]
B Battery, storming of, [220];
state of, [230];
assault of, November 24, [239]
Bayan, the, in action of April 12, [34];
sinking of, [256]
Bazilevsky, General, [194]
Biely, General, [1],[29], [175], [199];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [307];
his report (after the war), [364]
Big Eagle's Nest, storming of, [322];
loss of, [324]
Boevoy, the, loss of, [110]
Bogdanovitch, his absurd congratulations to Stössel, [18]
Bombardment (naval) of February 9, [7];
March 10, [21];
April 15, [36];
October, 26 to 29, [219], [220], [221]
(land), fears of, [105];
commences August 7, [140];
system of, [148]
Bomb-proofs constructed by inhabitants, [105];
Stössel discourages, [106]
Borodatoff, Lieutenant, death of, [110]
Boyarin, the, [6]
Butusoff, Colonel, in the defence of Green Hills (July 26), [117], [119];
in the defence of 203 Metre Hill, [253];
death of, [254]
Capitulation signed, [332];
its effect, [332], [333]
'Caponier,' meaning of, xi (Preface)
Cattle allowed to be driven away, [40]
Censorship of letters, [91];
of press, [148], [163], [189]
Cesarevitch, the, [96], [97], [153]
Chinese make military roads, [24]
Chinese Wall, the, x (Preface), [366] (Appendix II.)
Chi-kuan-shan Fort (Fort No. 2), bloody assault on (August 23), repulsed, [183];
Japanese sap towards, [202], [210], [211], [213];
mining operations, [210], [214], [215], [216];
Smirnoff's inspection of the gallery, [217];
fires the camouflet counter-mine, [217];
Fock's memorandum on the surrender of, [347] et seq.
Chkheydsey's battery, [113], [119], [120]
Civilians attempt to leave Port Arthur, [140]
Confidence increases under Smirnoff, [26]
Confusion on outbreak of war, [4]
Coolies, Chinese, desert, [25]
Council of Defence (see Defence)
Dalny, confusion at, [45], [49];
docks and quays not destroyed, [49], [82];
abandonment of the town, [81];
retreat of the inhabitants, [82];
effect of Stössel's action, [83], [89]
Danger Hill, look-out station on, [164]
Darkness in Port Arthur, [8]
Defence, Council of, protests against surrender, [18];
meeting of December 8, [265];
Smirnoff's opinion at, [266];
Fock's arguments, [268];
final meeting (December 29), [303]
Defences, general description, x (Preface);
neglect of, [18];
grave defects in the original scheme of, [313];
Kuropatkin's modifications, [373]
Diana, the, [153]
Diplomacy, failure of Russian, [3]
Drunkards, flogging of, [11]
Drunkenness, [158]
Egoroff's battery at Battle of Kinchou, [63]
Electric Cliff, [7]
Endrjievsky, Lieutenant, Stössel's treatment of, [192]
Engineer officers—some did good work, [162];
others did not, [164];
responsibility of, for loss of life, [164];
inactivity and inefficiency of, [194].
See also Sappers
England, Russian attitude towards (before the war), [226]
Erh-lung-shan Fort, bombardment of (September 28), [201];
assault of October 30 fails, [223];
state of, [230];
assault of November 24, [239];
anxiety about (December 15), [274];
assault of December 18, [285];
abandonment of, [288];
Fock responsible for, [288];
his disclaimer, [289];
Smirnoff's message to Kuropatkin, [290];
effect of its fall on the garrison, [310]
Fleet, Russian, sortie of June 22, [96];
disappointing result, [101];
sortie of August 10, [152];
its failure, [153];
state of (after August 10), [262];
retrospect of position of, [258]-264
Fleet, Japanese, opens fire, [6]
Flogging of drunkards, [11]
Flug, General, [6]
Fock, General: his influence over Stössel, [13];
his opinion of Japanese troops, [13];
his neglect to fortify Kinchou, [37];
his blunders at Shanshihlipu, [55];
his behaviour at the Battle of Kinchou, [71];
his idea of fortification, [106];
his message as to retirement from Green Hills, [122];
his behaviour there, [127];
occupies Wolf's Hills, [129];
delays sending reinforcements on August 21, [167];
Smirnoff threatens to remove him, [169];
removes him from his command, [171];
his memorandum of November 3, [227];
its effect, [229];
urges retirement from 203 Metre Hill, [247];
appointed to succeed Kondratenko, [280];
reduces garrisons of the works, [283];
'the General of Retreats,' [285];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304], [306], [307];
orders Gorbatovsky to carry out abandonment of third position, [330];
his memorandum on the surrender of Chi-kuan-shan (Fort No. 2), [347] et seq. (Appendix I.)
Food, insufficiency of, [46]
Foreigners, visit of the two, [202] et seq.;
its result, [207]
Fort No. 5, bombardment of, [197]
Fort No. 6, construction of, [134]
Fortification No. 3, assault on, [220];
its fall, [310], [311];
Fock's order to evacuate it, [310]
Fortifications (of Port Arthur), dilatoriness in constructing the, [24];
defects in scheme of, [313]
Froloff, Lieutenant-General, opinion of Council of Defence, [265]
Frontier Guards, the, not made use of, [48];
in the defence of Green Hills, [117]
Fuji, the, damaged by mines, [51]
Garrison, its false sense of security, [13];
takes to robbery, [22];
mobilization of, [374]
German Emperor's letter to his naval attachés, [161]
Gilgenheim, Captain, German naval attaché, murder of, [161]
Giliak, gunboat, as look-out, [26];
in action of May 2, [41]
Golden Hill, [7];
opens fire on Ta-ku-shan, [142];
11-inch howitzers on, [165];
premature bursts of iron shells, [165], [176]
Gorbatovsky, General, [1];
his energy, [163];
Fock accuses him falsely, [171];
at assault of Kikwanshan Fort, [300] et seq.;
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
decides to hold second line of defence, [312]
Green Hills, value of, for defence, [88];
loss of, [93];
recovered, [94];
fortifying of, [107];
battle of July 26, [113] et seq.
Griaznoff, Colonel, at last Council of Defence, [304]
Grigorenko, Colonel, Officer Commanding Fortress Engineers, [29];
at the last meeting of the Council of Defence, [304], [306]
Grigorovitch, Admiral, [1];
his proposals opposed by Witgeft, [151];
his work, [199]
Guns of Fortress fail to co-operate in defence of Wolf's Hills, [132];
list of, [375] et seq.
—— naval, use of, [201], [366] (Appendix II.);
list of, [381] et seq. (Appendix III.)
Gurko, Lieutenant-Colonel, sent to Kuropatkin from Stössel, [173]
Hammer, Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp to Smirnoff, [168]
Handurin, Lieutenant-Colonel, at last Council of Defence, [304]
Hatsuse, Japanese battleship, destroyed by mines, [50]
Hill 113, key of the Suantsegan position, [126]
Hill, 203 Metre. See Metre
Hospital, shell falls into, [253];
organization in the Fortress, [315];
deficiency of accommodation, [316];
state of the (in December), [317]
Howitzers (11-inch) on Golden Hill, premature bursting of shells, [165];
use of generally, [367] (Appendix II.)
Investment begun, [156]
Intelligence Services (Russian), badness of, [90], [92]
—— (Japanese), [92]
Irman, Colonel, his gallantry at 203 Metre Hill, [253];
present at the last meeting of the Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [306]
Itsukushima, the, damaged by mine, [186]
Japanese nation, dissatisfaction of, at slow progress of siege, [177];
action of Mikado's Government, [177];
views of, before the war, [224]
—— officers in disguise in the Fortress, [9]
—— troops held in contempt at first, [12];
ignorance of Russian army about, [13]
Jerebtsoff, Colonel, commanding Sapper Company, [294];
ordered to do the impossible, [295];
his energy and gallantry, [297];
unrewarded, [298]
Karseladse, Prince, his telegram to Bogdanovitch, [19]
Khvostoff, Chief of Fortress Staff, [5];
arrives with Smirnoff, [23];
his work, [29], [199];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304]
Kinchou, importance of, [8];
realized by Smirnoff, [28], [37];
Tretiakoff's efforts to fortify, [37], [47], [56];
the confusion at, [58];
battle of (commencement), [61] et seq.;
(continuation), [67] et seq.;
Fock's behaviour during the battle, [71]
Kondratenko, General, [1], [18];
Smirnoff's personal assistant, [23];
his share in fortifying and arming the Fortress, [25], [29], [87];
overruled by Fock, [108];
on resisting an attack on Green Hills, [111];
his anger with Fock, [112];
at the attack on the Green Hills on July 26, [114];
prevents deadlock between Stössel and Smirnoff, [199];
persuades Stössel as to Fock's uselessness, [199];
at the meeting of Council of Defence (December 8), [268];
his last evening, [275];
his death, [276]
Kuen-san Hill, [89];
abandoned, [93];
attempt to recapture fails, [94];
results of the loss of, [104];
commands the Green Hills, [108]
Kuropatkin orders Stössel to hand over command to Smirnoff, [174];
inspection of the Fortress, [195], [364];
his telegram as to relieving the Fortress, [209];
refers to St. Petersburg as to recall of Stössel, [209];
result, [210];
informs Smirnoff of Stössel's official deceit, [282]
—— Lunette, [230]
Kuteynikoff, engineer, repairs the ships, [22]
Lao-tieh-shan Hill, [7];
guns mounted on, [22];
rapidly fortified after Smirnoff's arrival, [26];
Fock and Smirnoff disagree as to strengthening (in December), [269]
Laperoff, Colonel, at Battle of Kinchou, [68], [73]
Letters, censorship of, [91]
Liao-yang, the retirement from, [231]
Lieutenant Burakoff, the, loss of, [110]
Long Hill, Japanese attacks on (September 20), [195]
Lopatin, Captain, sacrificed to save Fock, [93]
Loschinsky, Admiral, [1];
mines the shores, [14];
draws up a scheme for mining Port Arthur waters, [20], [36];
defeats attempt to block the entrance to the harbour, [41] et seq.;
urges Witgeft to capture the damaged Fugi, [51];
appointed to command, [187];
at the last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [307]
Machabelly, Prince, retakes Pan-lun-shan Redoubt, [167];
circumstances of his death, [167]
Mackalinsky, Prince, intermediary between Fortress Staff and navy, [148]
Makharoff, Vice-Admiral, arrival of, to command the fleet, [20];
his death, [35];
his attitude towards England, [226]
Malaieff, Lieutenant, heroism of, [23];
his death, [34]
Manchuria, the, capture of, [20]
Medical organization of the Fortress, [315];
neglect to equip hospitals, [316]
Mekhmanaroff, Colonel, present at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [306], [307]
Menshoff, M., appointed Hospital Inspector, [318]
Metre (203) Hill, [106];
its great value, [106], [135], [156];
state of, [157];
furious attacks on (September 20), [195];
assault of (September 21), [196];
fight for, [243] et seq.;
Nogi determines to take it, [243];
Stössel's apathy, [244];
calls a conference and proposes retirement, [246];
defence of, by Colonel Tretiakoff, [248];
bombardment renewed (December 2), [250];
truce to bury dead, [251];
occupied by Japanese, [255];
Kondratenko's mistake, [256];
retirement of Russians, [257];
effect of loss on the fleet, [260]
Mickeladsey, Prince, in charge of police gendarmes, [38]
Mine-layers (Japanese), the work of, [32], [38]
Mines, land, [198]
Mining (siege operations), [210], [213], [214], [215], [216]
Mobilization scheme for Fortress, want of, [194];
of reserves, [374]
Mongolia, the, hospital ship, [193]
Mount Samson, [62], [64]
Munitions of war, report of General Biely, [386] (Appendix IV.)
Murman, Colonel, Stössel's treatment of, [223]
Nadein, General, at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [307]
Nakamura, General, his order for assault of November 24, [240]
Nangalin Heights, value of, [88];
armed by the Japanese, [234]
—— railway-station, [76]
Nan-shan, Battle of. See Kinchou
Naval engagement of February [25], [17];
of March 22, [27]
—— guns mounted in the forts, [201], [262], [366] (Appendix II.)
—— officers (Russian) want of training, [59];
their differences with the army, [59];
inefficiency of, [97], [154]
Navy, Russian, want of reforms in, [153]
Negotiations with Japan fail, [3]
Nekrashevitch-Poklad, Lieutenant-Colonel, at last Council of Defence, [304]
Newspaper censorship, [148], [163], [189]
Nickitin, General: his duties, [226];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [307]
Nogi concentrates two divisions to take Chi-kuan-shan Fort, B Battery, and Eagle's Nest, [183];
fails to carry the position, [184];
directed to capture Port Arthur at any cost, [236]
Nojine, M. (the author): his treatment by Stössel, vii (Preface)
Novik, the, [4], [59], [153], [262]
Novy Kry newspaper objects to publish Stössel's order of March 17, [23];
publishes scurrilous allegory, [102];
censorship of, [148], [163];
publication stopped for a month, [189]
Nurses' opinion of the war compared with the Boer War, [194]
Officers (Russian) kept in ignorance of the topography of the Fortress, 8;
their lack of care for their men, [126]
Old Town, defences of, [8]
Order of St. George, Third Class, bestowed on Stössel, [187], [188]
Orphan Hill, Japanese attack on, repulsed, [157]
Otvajny, gunboat, as look-out, [26], [42]
Oyama, Field-Marshal, joins the besieging army (November), [236]
Pallada, the, [96], [97];
destruction of, [259]
Pan-lun-shan Redoubt, Japanese capture, [166];
retaken with great loss, [167];
shelled on September 20, [195]
Petropalovsk, the, blown up by mines, [35]
Petrusha, Colonel, authorized to arrest anyone, [12];
at last Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [305]
Petsivo, Japanese land at, [44]
Pobieda, the, injured by mines, [35], [96];
sinking of, [259]
Poltava, the, sinking of, [259]
Port Arthur, dilatoriness in constructing defences of, [24];
cut off, [45];
invested, [156];
want of mobilization scheme for the Fortress, [194]
Press censorship, [148]
Proclamation left about by Japanese, [110]
Quail Hill, 7, [259]
Rafalovitch, Lieutenant, at 203 Metre Hill, [253]
Raschevsky, Colonel: attack on his battery (August 23), [175];
his opinion of Stössel and Semenoff, [181];
his report of the expenditure of men and ammunition (to September 21), [197];
his opinion of Fock's trench work, [200];
extracts from his diary of the siege, [207], [209]-211, [213], [214], [215], [223], [230], [233], [234], [238];
his energy, [233];
his death, [277]
Radetsky, Colonel, at Kinchou, [65]
Redoubts Nos. 1 and 2, desperate assaults on, [176], [179];
finally captured, [182];
strengthened by Japanese, [186]
Retirement from Green Hills, [122] et seq.
Retreat from Kinchou to Port Arthur, [76] et seq.
Retvisan, the, damaged, [5];
floated off the shoal, [20];
sinking of, [259]
Reuss, Colonel: at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
appointed to conduct capitulation, [332];
the terms agreed to, [332]
Rewards for the garrison announced, [187];
treatment of private soldiers, [297]
Russian army: its ignorance of Japan, [13]
—— attitude towards England before the war, [226]
—— fleet driven in on February [25], [17]
Rocky ridge, attack on, repulsed, [312];
Fock orders its abandonment, [312]
Sadikoff, Lieutenant, and his bullock battery, [55]
Savitsky, Colonel, at last Council of Defence, [304]
Sanshilipu occupied by Japanese, [49];
General Fock's blunders at, [55]
Schwartz, Captain, succeeds Rachevsky, [280];
continues his diary, [283]
Scurvy, [271], [317], [319], [320];
neglect of preventive measures, [321]
Searchlights, Japanese, during siege, [172];
Russian withdrawal to Kinchou from, [56]
Sebastopol, comparison of Port Arthur with, [113]
Selinen, Colonel, deprived of his command, [19]
Second line of fortifications, retirement to (January 1), [312];
its works, [313]
Semenoff, Colonel: conversation with Kondratenko, [111];
at the attack on the Green Hills, [113];
appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Czar, [181];
at last Council of Defence, [304]
Sevastopol, the, [99], [262];
destroyed on surrender of Fortress, [328]
Shell, 11-inch, introduction of, [206];
some effects of, [230]
Shaopingtao, Japanese advance from, [92]
Sia-gu-shan Hills, importance of holding, [88], [92];
condition of, [139];
loss of, [142]
Sickness breaks out, [230]
Siege, progress of the (last days of August), [179];
Raschevsky's diary, [207], [209], [210], [211], [214], [215]
Signallers from the hills to be shot, [15]
Signal Hill recaptured, [207];
final fight at (January 2), [330]
Sappers: deficiency of officers and men, [293];
ignorance of Stössel and his staff as to the capabilities of, [294], [295];
neglected in rewards, [296]
Sapper Company, the Kwantun, [293]
Skridloff's battery, [113], [119], [120]
Smirnoff, Lieutenant-General, [1];
is chosen to supersede Stössel, [7];
organizes Fortress Gendarmerie, [9];
protests against surrender, [18];
arrival at Port Arthur (March 17), [23];
horrified at the want of preparation, [24];
orders Kinchou to be fortified without delay, [28];
his energy, [29], [30];
is overruled by Stössel, [86];
persuades the Council to occupy the outer position, [88];
fails to assert his authority over Stössel as Commandant of the Fortress, [137];
attempts to retake Ta-ku-shan, [145], [155];
drafts reply to proposal of surrender, [159];
his coolness and courage during the attack of August 21, [170];
his message to Kuropatkin about the district command, [173];
his quarters shelled, [208];
inspects the mine galleries and fires the camouflet, [217];
attacked by Fock in the memorandum of November 3, [227];
refused money to pay labourers, [235];
speech to Council of Defence (December 8), [267] et seq.;
action on the death of Kondratenko, [277] et seq.;
his message to Kuropatkin as to Stössel's behaviour, [291];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his speech, [307], [308];
telegram to Kuropatkin, protesting against surrender, [331];
his report of strength of garrison on the day of surrender, [388]
Solomonoff's battery at Battle of Kinchou, [68]
Sortie of fleet (June 22), [96]
Spy, a Japanese, [335]
Staff, disorganization of the Fortress, [5]
Steresguschy, loss of the, [21]
Stössel, General: his demeanour on February 9, [6];
Viceroy decides to supersede him, [7];
neglects to remove families, [8];
wastes time constructing inner wall, [8];
mismanages supplies, [9], [10], [91];
allows rowdyism, [10];
permits Chief of Police to flog drunkards, [11], [12];
influenced by General Fock, [13];
his 'signalling' fears, [14];
freely criticized in the restaurants, [15];
publishes 'no retreat' order (February 28), [17];
'a fighting infantry General,' [19];
admits his ignorance of fortress warfare, [19];
his farewell order of March 17, [23];
ordered to remain in command of the land defences in the Kuan-tun district, [29];
his extraordinary orders, [47], [48], [49], [61];
derides the Naval Commander, [60];
his behaviour during Battle of Kinchou, [70];
sows dissension between the fleet and the army, [101];
his greeting to the 5th Regiment after the battle, [84];
his decision to take the command of the Fortress out of Smirnoff's hands, [86];
inspects the advanced position, [108];
supports Fock against Kondratenko, [109];
his account of the evacuation of Wolf's Hills, [133];
ordered by Kuropatkin to leave Port Arthur, [133], [173];
remains in Port Arthur, [136];
on the Japanese proposal of surrender, [161];
his action on receiving Kuropatkin's orders to hand over to Smirnoff, [174];
his false telegrams to the Czar, [175];
denounces the author as a Japanese spy, [180];
the author's telegrams to St. Petersburg, [180];
appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Czar, [181];
prevents a sortie in force, [182];
promoted to the Order of St. George, [187];
his censorship of the Novi Kry newspaper, [189];
his treatment of Lieutenant Endrjievsky, [192];
his ignorance of fortress mobilization schemes, [195];
his interference with Smirnoff, [199];
his action with regard to the two newspaper correspondents, [204];
and district order on the subject, [205];
his quarters shelled, [208];
orders Fortress to be mined in case of surrender, [218];
wastes ammunition in order to justify capitulation, [219];
orders work on the inner lines of defence to cease, [234];
refuses money to pay labourers, [235];
calls conference on retirement from 203 Metre Hill, [246];
orders to Admiral on loss of 203 Metre Hill, [260];
opinion on the minutes of Council of Defence (December 8), [272];
attempts to isolate Smirnoff, [273];
appoints Fock to succeed Kondratenko, [280];
at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304], [309];
his ignorance about the lines of defence, [312];
despatches a parlementaire to negotiate surrender, [325];
his behaviour after the surrender, [334]
Strashny (Russian destroyer), sinking of the, [34]
Subotin, Sanitary Inspector, [317], [319]
Supplies begin to run short, [233];
horse-flesh proposed, [270];
amount available on December 8, [271];
on December 31, [385]
Supply branch, mismanagement of, [9], [38], [40], [46], [90]
Suicides begin to occur, [207]
Surrender suggested by Nogi, [159];
discussed among Stössel's staff, [218];
parlementaire dispatched to negotiate, [325];
effect of the news, [326], [332]
Tafashin Heights, [75]
Ta-ku-shan Hills, importance of, [88], [92];
position of, [123], [139];
loss of, [142];
attempt to recapture, [144];
failure of, [147];
second attempt fails, [155];
omission of Velichko to fortify, [217];
effect, [238]
Telegraphy, wireless, not used, [157]
Telephones (Russian), quite unreliable, [14], [145];
use of, by the Japanese, [104];
delay in working, [197]
Temple Redoubt, [107], [108], [192];
renewed attacks on, [195];
capture of, [195]
Trenches, Russian, defects of, [200]
Tretiakoff, Colonel: his efforts to fortify Kinchou, [37], [47], [56];
at Battle of Kinchou, [69], [71];
applies to Fock for reinforcements, and is refused, [72];
his heroism in holding 203 Metre Hill, [248]
Truce, to find wounded, after November 24, [241]
Unreadiness of Russia, [4]
Urasovsky, Captain, death of, [33]
Velichko on the importance of holding the advanced position, [135];
his omission to fortify Ta-ku-shan, [217]
Vershinin, Colonel, Chief Commissary, [9];
opposes Stössel's orders, [11]
Veselovsky, Lieutenant, death of, at 203 Metre Hill, [253]
Viceroy, the (Admiral Alexeieff), orders on outbreak of war, [6];
decides to remove Stössel, [7];
orders as to removal of all families neglected, [8];
arrives and assumes command of fleet (April 14), [36], [41];
leaves for Mukden, [44];
leaves for St. Petersburg, [231]
Vladivostock, question of the fleet forcing its way to, [187];
attempt of August 10, [152]
War material, insufficiency of, [38]
Water, source of supply, [196]
'Water-supply' Redoubt, [106];
Japanese efforts to capture, [166], [186], [192];
its value, [192];
renewed Japanese attacks on, [195]
White flag sent out (January 1), [324]
Wiren, Admiral, [1];
to command battleships and endeavour to reach Vladivostock, [187];
present at last meeting of Council of Defence, [304];
his opinion, [307];
receives news of surrender, [326];
orders ships to be disabled (January 1), [327]
Witgeft, Rear-Admiral, takes over command of fleet, [44];
his lack of decision, [51];
his incompetence, [59];
his conferences as to fleet breaking out to sea, [150];
opposes Loschinsky's proposals, [131];
death of, [153]
Wolf's Hills, importance of holding, [88], [92];
Fock's division to occupy, [129];
loss of (July 29), [131]
Wounded, treatment of the, during retreat from Kinchou, [73] et seq.;
none found after assault of November 24, [242]
Yalu, news of the Battle of, [37]
Yamoaka, Major, bearer of message about surrender, [160]
Zabiyak, the, sinking of, [260]
Zaredoubt Battery, attack on (August 23), [175]
Zedgenidsey, General, death of, [277]
Zeitz, Captain, in command at Golden Hill, [142]
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