fails to carry the position,184;directed to capture Port Arthur at any cost,236Nojine, M. (the author): his treatment by Stössel, vii (Preface)Novik, the,4,59,153,262Novy Krynewspaper objects to publish Stössel's order of March 17,23;publishes scurrilous allegory,102;censorship of,148,163;publication stopped for a month,189Nurses' opinion of the war compared with the Boer War,194Officers (Russian) kept in ignorance of the topography of the Fortress, 8;their lack of care for their men,126Old Town, defences of,8Order of St. George, Third Class, bestowed on Stössel,187,188Orphan Hill, Japanese attack on, repulsed,157Otvajny, gunboat, as look-out,26,42Oyama, Field-Marshal, joins the besieging army (November),236Pallada, the,96,97;destruction of,259Pan-lun-shan Redoubt, Japanese capture,166;retaken with great loss,167;shelled on September 20,195Petropalovsk, the, blown up by mines,35Petrusha, Colonel, authorized to arrest anyone,12;at last Council of Defence,304;his opinion,305Petsivo, Japanese land at,44Pobieda, the, injured by mines,35,96;sinking of,259Poltava, the, sinking of,259Port Arthur, dilatoriness in constructing defences of,24;cut off,45;invested,156;want of mobilization scheme for the Fortress,194Press censorship,148Proclamation left about by Japanese,110Quail Hill, 7,259Rafalovitch, Lieutenant, at 203 Metre Hill,253Raschevsky, Colonel: attack on his battery (August 23),175;his opinion of Stössel and Semenoff,181;his report of the expenditure of men and ammunition (to September 21),197;his opinion of Fock's trench work,200;extracts from his diary of the siege,207,209-211,213,214,215,223,230,233,234,238;his energy,233;his death,277Radetsky, Colonel, at Kinchou,65Redoubts Nos. 1 and 2, desperate assaults on,176,179;finally captured,182;strengthened by Japanese,186Retirement from Green Hills,122et seq.Retreat from Kinchou to Port Arthur,76et seq.Retvisan, the, damaged,5;floated off the shoal,20;sinking of,259Reuss, Colonel: at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;appointed to conduct capitulation,332;the terms agreed to,332Rewards for the garrison announced,187;treatment of private soldiers,297Russian army: its ignorance of Japan,13—— attitude towards England before the war,226—— fleet driven in on February25,17Rocky ridge, attack on, repulsed,312;Fock orders its abandonment,312Sadikoff, Lieutenant, and his bullock battery,55Savitsky, Colonel, at last Council of Defence,304Sanshilipu occupied by Japanese,49;General Fock's blunders at,55Schwartz, Captain, succeeds Rachevsky,280;continues his diary,283Scurvy,271,317,319,320;neglect of preventive measures,321Searchlights, Japanese, during siege,172;Russian withdrawal to Kinchou from,56Sebastopol, comparison of Port Arthur with,113Selinen, Colonel, deprived of his command,19Second line of fortifications, retirement to (January 1),312;its works,313Semenoff, Colonel: conversation with Kondratenko,111;at the attack on the Green Hills,113;appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Czar,181;at last Council of Defence,304Sevastopol, the,99,262;destroyed on surrender of Fortress,328Shell, 11-inch, introduction of,206;some effects of,230Shaopingtao, Japanese advance from,92Sia-gu-shan Hills, importance of holding,88,92;condition of,139;loss of,142Sickness breaks out,230Siege, progress of the (last days of August),179;Raschevsky's diary,207,209,210,211,214,215Signallers from the hills to be shot,15Signal Hill recaptured,207;final fight at (January 2),330Sappers: deficiency of officers and men,293;ignorance of Stössel and his staff as to the capabilities of,294,295;neglected in rewards,296Sapper Company, the Kwantun,293Skridloff's battery,113,119,120Smirnoff, Lieutenant-General,1;is chosen to supersede Stössel,7;organizes Fortress Gendarmerie,9;protests against surrender,18;arrival at Port Arthur (March 17),23;horrified at the want of preparation,24;orders Kinchou to be fortified without delay,28;his energy,29,30;is overruled by Stössel,86;persuades the Council to occupy the outer position,88;fails to assert his authority over Stössel as Commandant of the Fortress,137;attempts to retake Ta-ku-shan,145,155;drafts reply to proposal of surrender,159;his coolness and courage during the attack of August 21,170;his message to Kuropatkin about the district command,173;his quarters shelled,208;inspects the mine galleries and fires the camouflet,217;attacked by Fock in the memorandum of November 3,227;refused money to pay labourers,235;speech to Council of Defence (December 8),267et seq.;action on the death of Kondratenko,277et seq.;his message to Kuropatkin as to Stössel's behaviour,291;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his speech,307,308;telegram to Kuropatkin, protesting against surrender,331;his report of strength of garrison on the day of surrender,388Solomonoff's battery at Battle of Kinchou,68Sortie of fleet (June 22),96Spy, a Japanese,335Staff, disorganization of the Fortress,5Steresguschy, loss of the,21Stössel, General: his demeanour on February 9,6;Viceroy decides to supersede him,7;neglects to remove families,8;wastes time constructing inner wall,8;mismanages supplies,9,10,91;allows rowdyism,10;permits Chief of Police to flog drunkards,11,12;influenced by General Fock,13;his 'signalling' fears,14;freely criticized in the restaurants,15;publishes 'no retreat' order (February 28),17;'a fighting infantry General,'19;admits his ignorance of fortress warfare,19;his farewell order of March 17,23;ordered to remain in command of the land defences in the Kuan-tun district,29;his extraordinary orders,47,48,49,61;derides the Naval Commander,60;his behaviour during Battle of Kinchou,70;sows dissension between the fleet and the army,101;his greeting to the 5th Regiment after the battle,84;his decision to take the command of the Fortress out of Smirnoff's hands,86;inspects the advanced position,108;supports Fock against Kondratenko,109;his account of the evacuation of Wolf's Hills,133;ordered by Kuropatkin to leave Port Arthur,133,173;remains in Port Arthur,136;on the Japanese proposal of surrender,161;his action on receiving Kuropatkin's orders to hand over to Smirnoff,174;his false telegrams to the Czar,175;denounces the author as a Japanese spy,180;the author's telegrams to St. Petersburg,180;appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Czar,181;prevents a sortie in force,182;promoted to the Order of St. George,187;his censorship of theNovi Krynewspaper,189;his treatment of Lieutenant Endrjievsky,192;his ignorance of fortress mobilization schemes,195;his interference with Smirnoff,199;his action with regard to the two newspaper correspondents,204;and district order on the subject,205;his quarters shelled,208;orders Fortress to be mined in case of surrender,218;wastes ammunition in order to justify capitulation,219;orders work on the inner lines of defence to cease,234;refuses money to pay labourers,235;calls conference on retirement from 203 Metre Hill,246;orders to Admiral on loss of 203 Metre Hill,260;opinion on the minutes of Council of Defence (December 8),272;attempts to isolate Smirnoff,273;appoints Fock to succeed Kondratenko,280;at last meeting of Council of Defence,304,309;his ignorance about the lines of defence,312;despatches aparlementaireto negotiate surrender,325;his behaviour after the surrender,334Strashny(Russian destroyer), sinking of the,34Subotin, Sanitary Inspector,317,319Supplies begin to run short,233;horse-flesh proposed,270;amount available on December 8,271;on December 31,385Supply branch, mismanagement of,9,38,40,46,90Suicides begin to occur,207Surrender suggested by Nogi,159;discussed among Stössel's staff,218;parlementairedispatched to negotiate,325;effect of the news,326,332Tafashin Heights,75Ta-ku-shan Hills, importance of,88,92;position of,123,139;loss of,142;attempt to recapture,144;failure of,147;second attempt fails,155;omission of Velichko to fortify,217;effect,238Telegraphy, wireless, not used,157Telephones (Russian), quite unreliable,14,145;use of, by the Japanese,104;delay in working,197Temple Redoubt,107,108,192;renewed attacks on,195;capture of,195Trenches, Russian, defects of,200Tretiakoff, Colonel: his efforts to fortify Kinchou,37,47,56;at Battle of Kinchou,69,71;applies to Fock for reinforcements, and is refused,72;his heroism in holding 203 Metre Hill,248Truce, to find wounded, after November 24,241Unreadiness of Russia,4Urasovsky, Captain, death of,33Velichko on the importance of holding the advanced position,135;his omission to fortify Ta-ku-shan,217Vershinin, Colonel, Chief Commissary,9;opposes Stössel's orders,11Veselovsky, Lieutenant, death of, at 203 Metre Hill,253Viceroy, the (Admiral Alexeieff), orders on outbreak of war,6;decides to remove Stössel,7;orders as to removal of all families neglected,8;arrives and assumes command of fleet (April 14),36,41;leaves for Mukden,44;leaves for St. Petersburg,231Vladivostock, question of the fleet forcing its way to,187;attempt of August 10,152War material, insufficiency of,38Water, source of supply,196'Water-supply' Redoubt,106;Japanese efforts to capture,166,186,192;its value,192;renewed Japanese attacks on,195White flag sent out (January 1),324Wiren, Admiral,1;to command battleships and endeavour to reach Vladivostock,187;present at last meeting of Council of Defence,304;his opinion,307;receives news of surrender,326;orders ships to be disabled (January 1),327Witgeft, Rear-Admiral, takes over command of fleet,44;his lack of decision,51;his incompetence,59;his conferences as to fleet breaking out to sea,150;opposes Loschinsky's proposals,131;death of,153Wolf's Hills, importance of holding,88,92;Fock's division to occupy,129;loss of (July 29),131Wounded, treatment of the, during retreat from Kinchou,73et seq.;none found after assault of November 24,242Yalu, news of the Battle of,37Yamoaka, Major, bearer of message about surrender,160Zabiyak, the, sinking of,260Zaredoubt Battery, attack on (August 23),175Zedgenidsey, General, death of,277Zeitz, Captain, in command at Golden Hill,142