[47] A village midway between Vodymin and 11th Verst station.
[48] See [footnote], page 232.
[49] Millet.
[50] “The flatter the trajectory, the better.”
[51] These two forts were on the Eastern Front. The author probably refers to these here as being the only two points in advance of the main defensive line now left in Russian hands.
[52] A forceful example of the consequences of a badly worded order.
[53] Situated at the extreme left flank of the “Position of the Passes.”
[54] This plea of utter prostration from constant fighting seems to be a poor excuse for the capture of the forts by the Japanese. The resistance was, in reality, most stubborn.
[55] It may be noticed that General Tretyakov makes no mention of the disastrous sortie made by the Russian fleet on August 10.
[56] The Russian name for a knoll at the northern end of Headquarter Hill. Subsequent reference will be by the name of Advanced Hill.