[27] See [Note No. 4] at end of book.
[28] Usual form of address to the dead.
[29] It is not stated what happened to the other company of the 13th Regiment, which was in reserve. A reference to the Official History will show that only one company out of these two is mentioned there also.
[30] At this stage the Japanese were clothed in khaki.
[31] General Tretyakov appears to have been under the impression that the Japanese were giving no quarter.
[32] See [Maps II.] and [VI.]
[33] 1 pood = 38 lb.
[34] The inhabitants of Dalny received the news of the battle of Nan Shan on the evening of the 26th, and were ordered to proceed to Port Arthur at eleven that night (see Official History, Part III., p. 12).
[35] That between Triple Peak and An-tzu Ling (see [Map VI.]).
[36] Better known as Orphan Hill; shown on British official maps as Kan-ta Shan, that being its Chinese name.