Aide-de-Campto the Czar, Stössel and Semenoff appointed,181Ammunition, 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),369Angle Hills,106,135;Japanese attack repulsed,158;loss of,166;anger of Smirnoff,166Armament of the Fortress,369(Appendix II.);list of guns, authorized and actual,369;allotment (in sections) of guns,369Artillery, Kwantun Fortress, report on the, by Major-General Biely,364(Appendix II.)Artillerymen, Russian, endurance of,64Askold, the,153Assaults, the great August,183;of October 30,119,220;repulsed,221;of November 24,239Attack of blockers fails (March 25),29;on Green Hills (July 26),113et seq.;of August 19,164;and subsequent days,183B Battery, storming of,220;state of,230;assault of, November 24,239Bayan, the, in action of April 12,34;sinking of,256Bazilevsky, General,194Biely, General,1,29,175,199;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,307;his report (after the war),364Big Eagle's Nest, storming of,322;loss of,324Boevoy, the, loss of,110Bogdanovitch, his absurd congratulations to Stössel,18Bombardment (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,148Bomb-proofs constructed by inhabitants,105;Stössel discourages,106Borodatoff, Lieutenant, death of,110Boyarin, the,6Butusoff, Colonel, in the defence of Green Hills (July 26),117,119;in the defence of 203 Metre Hill,253;death of,254Capitulation signed,332;its effect,332,333'Caponier,' meaning of, xi (Preface)Cattle allowed to be driven away,40Censorship of letters,91;of press,148,163,189Cesarevitch, the,96,97,153Chinese make military roads,24Chinese 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,347et seq.Chkheydsey's battery,113,119,120Civilians attempt to leave Port Arthur,140Confidence increases under Smirnoff,26Confusion on outbreak of war,4Coolies, Chinese, desert,25Council 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,83,89Danger Hill, look-out station on,164Darkness in Port Arthur,8Defence, Council of, protests against surrender,18;meeting of December 8,265;Smirnoff's opinion at,266;Fock's arguments,268;final meeting (December 29),303Defences, general description, x (Preface);neglect of,18;grave defects in the original scheme of,313;Kuropatkin's modifications,373Diana, the,153Diplomacy, failure of Russian,3Drunkards, flogging of,11Drunkenness,158Egoroff's battery at Battle of Kinchou,63Electric Cliff,7Endrjievsky, Lieutenant, Stössel's treatment of,192Engineer officers—some did good work,162;others did not,164;responsibility of, for loss of life,164;inactivity and inefficiency of,194.See also SappersEngland, Russian attitude towards (before the war),226Erh-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,310Fleet, 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,258-264Fleet, Japanese, opens fire,6Flogging of drunkards,11Flug, General,6Fock, 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),347et seq.(Appendix I.)Food, insufficiency of,46Foreigners, visit of the two,202et seq.;its result,207Fort No. 5, bombardment of,197Fort No. 6, construction of,134Fortification No. 3, assault on,220;its fall,310,311;Fock's order to evacuate it,310Fortifications (of Port Arthur), dilatoriness in constructing the,24;defects in scheme of,313Froloff, Lieutenant-General, opinion of Council of Defence,265Frontier Guards, the, not made use of,48;in the defence of Green Hills,117Fuji, the, damaged by mines,51Garrison, its false sense of security,13;takes to robbery,22;mobilization of,374German Emperor's letter to his naval attachés,161Gilgenheim, Captain, German naval attaché, murder of,161Giliak, gunboat, as look-out,26;in action of May 2,41Golden Hill,7;opens fire on Ta-ku-shan,142;11-inch howitzers on,165;premature bursts of iron shells,165,176Gorbatovsky, General,1;his energy,163;Fock accuses him falsely,171;at assault of Kikwanshan Fort,300et seq.;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;decides to hold second line of defence,312Green Hills, value of, for defence,88;loss of,93;recovered,94;fortifying of,107;battle of July 26,113et seq.Griaznoff, Colonel, at last Council of Defence,304Grigorenko, Colonel, Officer Commanding Fortress Engineers,29;at the last meeting of the Council of Defence,304,306Grigorovitch, Admiral,1;his proposals opposed by Witgeft,151;his work,199Guns of Fortress fail to co-operate in defence of Wolf's Hills,132;list of,375et seq.—— naval, use of,201,366(Appendix II.);list of,381et seq.(Appendix III.)Gurko, Lieutenant-Colonel, sent to Kuropatkin from Stössel,173Hammer, Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp to Smirnoff,168Handurin, Lieutenant-Colonel, at last Council of Defence,304Hatsuse, Japanese battleship, destroyed by mines,50Hill 113, key of the Suantsegan position,126Hill, 203 Metre. See MetreHospital, shell falls into,253;organization in the Fortress,315;deficiency of accommodation,316;state of the (in December),317Howitzers (11-inch) on Golden Hill, premature bursting of shells,165;use of generally,367(Appendix II.)Investment begun,156Intelligence Services (Russian), badness of,90,92—— (Japanese),92Irman, Colonel, his gallantry at 203 Metre Hill,253;present at the last meeting of the Council of Defence,304;his opinion,306Itsukushima, the, damaged by mine,186Japanese 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,13Jerebtsoff, Colonel, commanding Sapper Company,294;ordered to do the impossible,295;his energy and gallantry,297;unrewarded,298Karseladse, Prince, his telegram to Bogdanovitch,19Khvostoff, Chief of Fortress Staff,5;arrives with Smirnoff,23;his work,29,199;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304Kinchou, importance of,8;realized by Smirnoff,28,37;Tretiakoff's efforts to fortify,37,47,56;the confusion at,58;battle of (commencement),61et seq.;(continuation),67et seq.;Fock's behaviour during the battle,71Kondratenko, 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,276Kuen-san Hill,89;abandoned,93;attempt to recapture fails,94;results of the loss of,104;commands the Green Hills,108Kuropatkin 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,230Kuteynikoff, engineer, repairs the ships,22Lao-tieh-shan Hill,7;guns mounted on,22;rapidly fortified after Smirnoff's arrival,26;Fock and Smirnoff disagree as to strengthening (in December),269Laperoff, Colonel, at Battle of Kinchou,68,73Letters, censorship of,91Liao-yang, the retirement from,231Lieutenant Burakoff, the, loss of,110Long Hill, Japanese attacks on (September 20),195Lopatin, Captain, sacrificed to save Fock,93Loschinsky, 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,41et seq.;urges Witgeft to capture the damagedFugi,51;appointed to command,187;at the last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,307Machabelly, Prince, retakes Pan-lun-shan Redoubt,167;circumstances of his death,167Mackalinsky, Prince, intermediary between Fortress Staff and navy,148Makharoff, Vice-Admiral, arrival of, to command the fleet,20;his death,35;his attitude towards England,226Malaieff, Lieutenant, heroism of,23;his death,34Manchuria, the, capture of,20Medical organization of the Fortress,315;neglect to equip hospitals,316Mekhmanaroff, Colonel, present at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,306,307Menshoff, M., appointed Hospital Inspector,318Metre (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,243et 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,260Mickeladsey, Prince, in charge of police gendarmes,38Mine-layers (Japanese), the work of,32,38Mines, land,198Mining (siege operations),210,213,214,215,216Mobilization scheme for Fortress, want of,194;of reserves,374Mongolia, the, hospital ship,193Mount Samson,62,64Munitions of war, report of General Biely,386(Appendix IV.)Murman, Colonel, Stössel's treatment of,223Nadein, General, at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,307Nakamura, General, his order for assault of November 24,240Nangalin Heights, value of,88;armed by the Japanese,234—— railway-station,76Nan-shan, Battle of. See KinchouNaval engagement of February25,17;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,97,154Navy, Russian, want of reforms in,153Negotiations with Japan fail,3Nekrashevitch-Poklad, Lieutenant-Colonel, at last Council of Defence,304Newspaper censorship,148,163,189Nickitin, General: his duties,226;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,307Nogi concentrates two divisions to take Chi-kuan-shan Fort, B Battery, and Eagle's Nest,183;