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CHAPTER II
FROM NANSHAN TO PORT ARTHUR
(See Map, Appendix I)
I
T follows from what I have said that it was of
the utmost importance for the Russians to
keep the Japanese as long as possible away
from the permanent lines of defence around Port
Arthur, until these fortifications had been put into
tolerable shape. From February 8th until the
beginning of May, they worked quite undisturbed
on the different positions all over the peninsula,
and it was only on May 26th that the first attack
was made on the most advanced of their defence-
works, the strong, semi-permanently fortified
position at Nanshan, which was carried by a
brilliant assault on the same day. During the
next two months a series of attacks and counter-
attacks took place on the intermediate positions
between Nanshan and Port Arthur. Not until
the beginning of August had the Japanese made
such progress as to bring them right opposite the
real fortress and in a position to attempt an assault
on the Russian stronghold.
Although it is my intention to confine myself
to an account of the siege proper, and, as far as
possible, to describe and discuss only the military
operations which I had an opportunity of seeing
and following personally, it is necessary to the full
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