Chapter I: Front Matter

_Frontispiece_

THE BATTLEGROUND OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
OF THE
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

EDITED AND ARRANGED BY

JAMES H. HARE, War Photographer

WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY

VICTOR K. BULLA, ROBERT L. DUNN, JAMES F. J. ARCHIBALD, RICHARD BARRY,
ASHMEAD BARTLETT, JAMES RICALTON

TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN BY CAPTAIN A.
T. MAHAN, U. S. N., RETIRED

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NEW YORK
P. F. COLLIER & SON
1905

COPYRIGHT 1905 BY P. F. COLLIER &
SON

The photographs reproduced in this
volume are fully protected by
copyright in the United States and
Great Britain. Their reproduction,
without express permission, is
hereby forbidden.

The work of Messrs. Hare, Dunn,
Archibald, and Barry, under adverse
conditions in the field, was greatly
facilitated by the use of the films
and developing machine of the
Eastman Kodak Company, to whom they
feel this acknowledgment is due.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Battleground of the Russo-Japanese War—_Frontispiece_ 2

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia 7

Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan 7

Vice-Admiral Alexieff 8

Marquis Ito Hirobumi 8

Typical Street Scene in Russia’s Capital City 10

An Everyday Scene in One of the Large Cities of Japan 11

Japanese Troops Preparing for War 13

Training Japanese Cavalrymen at the Tokio Barracks 14

Changing Guard at the Oyama Barracks in Tokio 15

Swapping Stories in the Guard House at Oyama Barracks 16

Cleaning and Oiling Rifles in Preparation for War 17

Departure of Baron Rosen from Yokohama 18

Russian Minister to Korea Departing from Seoul 19

Newspaper Bulletins on the Chemulpo Battle 20

Patriotic Citizens Awaiting Their Turn to Enlist 21

Building Temporary Stables in Tokio 21

Mobilization of Troops in Tokio at the Outbreak of War 22

Troops Marching to Station Through the Streets of Tokio 23

Departure of Japanese Troops for Korea 24

Japanese Troops Detraining at Hiroshima 25

Cavalry Train Leaving Shimbashi Station 26

Men of the Army Service Corps Ready to Entrain 27

“Sayonara!”—Good-By 27

Engineers at Hiroshima, Practicing Building Bridges 28

Bridge at Hiroshima Ready for the Pontoons 29

“Tikoku Banzai!”—“Long Live the Empire!” 30

Destruction of the “Variag” and “Korietz” 32

Wrecks of the Russian Warships in Chemulpo Harbor 33

Japanese Salvage Corps on the Wreck of the “Variag” 34

The Night Landing of the Japanese Troops at Chemulpo 35

Coolies Handling Japanese Supplies 36

Mrs. Pavlov, Wife of the Russian Minister to Korea 37

Dr. H. N. Allen, United States Minister to Korea 37

The Japanese Advance Through Korea 38

The Japanese Occupation of Seoul 39

Japanese Troops Waiting to Cross at Ping-Yang 40

Koreans Watching the Entry of the Japanese at Seoul 41

The Japanese Red Cross Hospital at Chemulpo 42

Russian Ladies Sewing for the Red Cross 44

With the Russian Army on its March to the Front 45

The Autocrat of Russia and the Royal Family 46

The Czar Leaving the Winter Palace to Bid Farewell to Troops 47

Departure of Red Cross Nurses from St. Petersburg 48

The Czar Reviewing an Infantry Regiment 49

Procession in Honor of the Chemulpo Sailors 50

Twenty-Third Artillery Brigade About to Leave Gatchina 51

The Czar Bidding Farewell to Commanders 52

Grand Duke Alexandrovitch Leading His Marines in Review Before
the Czar 53

International Balloon Contest at St. Petersburg 54

Landing the Men who Fought at the Yalu 56

Artillerymen Landing at Chenampo 57

Japanese Bluejackets Coming Ashore at Chenampo 58

Grooming Cavalry Horses at Chenampo 59

Japanese Troopers Caring for a Sick Horse 60

Koreans and Japanese Salesman at Chenampo 61

With the Japanese on the Advance to the Yalu 62

Screens which Hid the Movements of the Japanese 63

General Kuroki and His Staff at Headquarters 64

Russians Crossing Lake Baikal in Midwinter 66

With the Russian Forces on Their Way to the Front 67

Caissons and Sledges About to Cross Lake Baikal 68

Russian Soldiers Marching Across Frozen Lake Baikal 69

Russian Infantry Warming Up with Hot Tea 70

The Russian Advance to the Front 71

Traveling Soup Kitchen and Soup-Kettle Ovens 72

With the Russians During the Advance to the Front 73

Chinese Coolies with Russian Overseer Ready for Work 74

Cossacks Dismounted and Lined Up for Inspection 75

General Herschelmann’s Division of Cavalry at Antung 76

Russian Artillery Advancing Toward the Yalu 77

Russian Cobblers at Work in the Field on Soldiers’ Boots 78

Dinner Time with the Nineteenth Siberian Rifle Corps 79

General Sassulitch and Staff at the Battle of the Yalu 80

Incidents of the Battle of the Yalu 82

The Crossing of the Yalu 83

With the Wounded After the Fight at the Yalu 84

Hospital Corps and Wounded Japanese 85

Japanese Reserves Watching the Battle 86

Artillery Spoils Captured by the Japanese 87

Some of the Wounded Russian Prisoners 88

Japanese Burying a Russian Captain 89

Japanese Transportation Trains and Infantry 90

Fire and Devastation in the Wake of the Retreating Army 91

The Japanese Occupation of Feng-Wang-Cheng 92

English Nurses Sent by the Queen to Inspect the Workings of the
Japanese Red Cross 93

Shinto Ceremony Held by the Japanese 94

Feng-Wang-Cheng After the Japanese Occupation 95

Japanese Getting Ready to Push on into Manchuria 96

Recreations of the Japanese Between Battles in Manchuria 97

Japanese Battery Going into Action at Feng-Wang-Cheng 98

With the Japanese Invaders in Manchuria 99

Whiling Away the Time Between Battles 100

Incidents of the Advance from Feng-Wang-Cheng 101

Crossing the So River in the Advance on Liao-Yang 102

General Nishi and His Staff Halting to Study Maps and Scouts’
Reports 103

With the Victorious Japanese at Lienshankwan 104

Arrival of Mail for the Army in the Field 105

Into Manchuria with the Japanese Invaders 106

Kwantei Temple Near Motien Pass 107

Detachment of Japanese Coming Up at the Double-Quick 108

Sharpshooters Covering the Advance 109

Scenes During the Battle of Motienling 110

General Kuroki and His Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Fuji,
Watching the Fight at Motienling 111

Bringing Wounded Russians to the Dressing Station 112

Russian Red Cross Soldier Wounded at Motien Pass 113

Russian Wounded and Dead at Motien Pass 114

With the Wounded and Captured at Motien Pass 115

Japanese Skirmishers Advancing to Flank the Enemy 116

Prisoners and Captors at Motienling 117

Incidents of the Attempt to Recapture Motien Pass 118

General Okasaki, who Defeated the Russians 119

Field Dressing Station for Those Severely Wounded 120

With the Japanese Advance from the Yalu 121

With the Japanese During the Fighting Near Anping 122

Japanese and Captured Russians in Manchuria 123

Smokeless Batteries Hidden in Fields of Kowliang 124

In the Neighborhood of Towan During the Fighting 125

Difficulties of Campaigning During the Rainy Season 126

Russian Guns Captured at Nanshan Used by the Japanese 127

Along the Line of Battle in the Manchurian Passes 128

Pressing the Russians in the Neighborhood of Liao-Yang 129

With the Japanese on August 30 130

View of the Harbor Entrance of Port Arthur 132

Looking Southward Across the Docks at Port Arthur 133

Scenes Along the Water Front at Port Arthur 134

Naval and Civilian Activity in Port Arthur 135

Russian Warships in the Harbor at Port Arthur 136

Getting Ready for the Japanese on a Russian Warship 137

Russian Ships at Port Arthur 138

Part of Russia’s Fighting Fleet at Port Arthur 139

The Man who Bottled Up Port Arthur, and His Flagship 140

Russian Troops Detraining at Mukden Early in March 142

Mukden when the Japanese were Still Many Miles Away 143

Russians at Mukden on Their Way to the Front 144

With the Russians in Manchuria 145

Passing General Herschelmann’s Division 146

With the Russian Advance in Manchuria 147

In the Field with the Russians in Manchuria 148

General Kuropatkin at the Telescope 149

With the Russians on the Way to the Front 150

General Kuropatkin Inspecting the Staff of the Fourth Army
Corps 151

Part of the Movement of Forty Thousand Men 152

Scenes at Liao-Yang on the Arrival of the Russians 153

Courtyard of Rich Manchurian’s House at Liao-Yang 154

When News from the Firing Line Came Back to Those who had not
yet Met the Japanese 155

A Disheartened Japanese Spy 156

Russian Battery Getting into Position at Kansuitan 157

One of the Shrewdly Screened Russian Batteries 158

The Sixth East Siberian Regiment Calculating the Range 159

Russian Infantry Marching to Their Position 160

With the Russian Troops Near Haicheng 161

With the Russian Troops During the Engagement with the Japanese
in the Neighborhood of Haicheng 162

Battery of the Sixth East Siberian Artillery in Position 163

With the Russian Officers and Fighting Men 164

With the Russian Troops During the Early Campaigning 165

With the Russians at Towan Pass 166

Russian Firing Line Just Before the Battle at Yushuling 167

Japanese Shells Bursting Near the Yushuling Battery 168

Rewards of Valor with Kuropatkin’s Army in Manchuria 169

With the Russian Forces in Manchuria 170

Russian Skirmishers Advancing Against the Japanese 171

With the Tenth Russian Army Corps at Yushuling 172

With the Russian Troops During the Early Campaigning 173

With the Russian Red Cross Service in Manchuria 174

War Balloon and Gas Bag Used by the Russians 175

In the Russian Trenches During the Fighting at Taling 176

Japanese Resting on the Banks of the Tang River 178

On the Last of the Hills, on September Third 179

Searching Out and Burying the Dead 180

Incidents of the Evacuation of Liao-Yang 181

Views of Fortifications and Entanglements 182

Liao-Yang the Morning of Its Occupation by the Japanese 183

The First Entry of the Japanese into Liao-Yang 184

Scenes in Liao-Yang After Its Capture 185

Liao-Yang After Its Occupation by the Japanese Forces 186

Liao-Yang Immediately After the Capture of the City 187

Dr. Westwater, Medical Missionary 188

Dr. Westwater and Rev. T. McNaughton in a Bomb-Proof 188

Operating on Manchurian who had Forty-Seven Wounds 188

Innocent Manchurian Victims of the War 188

Liao-Yang Before and After the Arrival of the Japanese 189

After the Russians Evacuated Liao-Yang 190

Japanese Activity at Liao-Yang 191

Liao-Yang After Oyama’s Armies had Taken the City 192

General Kuroki, Staff, Correspondents, and Attachés 194

Correspondents with the Russian Forces in Manchuria 195

Civilians and Military Attachés with the Russian Forces 196

The Target-Shoot Given for the Military Attachés 197

Military Attachés Firing at a Target-Shoot 198

With the War Correspondents in Korea and Manchuria 199

Attachés and Correspondents with General Kuroki’s Army 200

Scenes During the Fighting Early in October 202

Close to the Firing Line Near Yentai Coal Mines 203

Russian Shells Bursting Close to Japanese Battery 204

Photograph Showing Shrapnel Shells Bursting 204

With the Japanese on October Tenth at the Sha-Ho 205

On the Sha-Ho Battlefield with the Japanese 206

Victors and Vanquished of the Sha-Ho 207

The Aftermath of Battle in the Neighborhood of Yentai 208

Preparing Charcoal for the Army while it was Encamped 209

Winter Quarters with the Japanese Army on the Sha-Ho 210

Japanese Army in December in Camp on the Sha-Ho 211

Between Battles with the Japanese Near the Sha-Ho 212

With the Japanese in Winter Quarters at the Sha-Ho 213

Typical View of Manchurian Peasants 214

Scenes at Newchwang After the Fall of Port Arthur 215

Josses of an Ancient Chinese Temple 216

With the Japanese During the Last Days of the Siege 218

The Great Siege Guns Throwing Eleven-Inch Shells 219

Two of the Great Twenty-eight Centimeter Siege Guns 220

Shells Waiting to be Hurled into Port Arthur 221

Scenes Near Port Arthur During the Long Siege 222

Infantry Hidden by Cornfields and Ravines 223

Japanese Infantry Creeping Through a Cornfield 224

Japanese War Balloon Near Port Arthur 225

General Nogi and His Staff, Conquerors of Port Arthur 226

With the Japanese as They Closed in Around Port Arthur 227

Incidents of the Surrender of Port Arthur 228

One of the Many “Bomb-Proofs” Used by Civilians 229

Engineers’ Stores Set on Fire by Japanese Shells 230

Japanese Shell Bursting in the Basin 231

View of the Old Town After a Bombardment 232

The Price of Victory 233

Russian Dead Awaiting Burial 234

Photographer’s Studio at Port Arthur After it had been Struck
by Japanese Shells 235

Views of Port Arthur in October 236

Inside Some of the Russian Forts After the Surrender 237

Scenes at Port Arthur After the Surrender 238–239

Sunken Russian Battleships 240

Harbor of Port Arthur when the Japanese Took Possession 241

Convalescent Russian Sailors and Japanese Nurses 242

Views at Port Arthur and with a Russian Battery on the Hun
River 244

Russian Cavalry and Native Horsemen in the Neighborhood of
Mukden 245

Muster of One of Kuroki’s Divisions After the Battle of Mukden 246

Mukden Neighborhood Before the Japanese were Near 247

Where Some of the Shells Burst During the Artillery Duels Near
Mukden 248

Desolation in the Path of the Japanese Attack 249

Scenes in the Vicinity of Mukden 250

Fighting Ships of Various Classes in Russia’s Baltic Fleet 253

Formidable Fighting Ships of Russia’s Baltic Fleet 254

Four of the Battleships of Russia’s Baltic Fleet 255

The Battleground of the War and the Victorious Progress of the
Japanese 256