Under the Mikado's flag - Edward Stratemeyer

BOSTON:
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published November, 1904
Copyright, 1904, by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company

Under The Mikado’s Flag
Norwood Press
Berwick and Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass.
U.S.A.

PREFACE

“Under the Mikado’s Flag” relates the adventures of two young Americans in Korea and Manchuria during the outbreak of the great war between Russia and Japan, which has for its primary object the settling of the vexing question of how much of the Liao-tung Peninsula shall remain under Russian control, and whether or not this control shall eventually be extended to Korea.

In the tale are related some of the causes which led up to this struggle, and also the particulars of the sinking of many ships of war, the numerous attacks upon Port Arthur, the landing of the Japanese troops at Chemulpo and other points, and the advance northward through Korea to the Yalu River. Here the Russians made a strong stand, but being outnumbered they were forced to retreat; and then followed numerous other skirmishes and battles, leading up to the great conflict before Liao-Yang, in which half a million men fought desperately for days—an encounter which has few parallels in modern history.