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CHAPTER XXIV
THE REASON
I
T may be that in the preceding pages I have
unduly emphasized the excellence of the
defence as compared with the methods of
the attack. Being attached to the Japanese
headquarters, and in a position to follow closely
all their operations, it is natural that I should see,
not only the good points of their dispositions, but
also the several mistakes and less well-advised
moves which they undeniably made, while of the
Russian dispositions I could only judge from the
results, and these were for the best part of the
time, up to the end of November, in the main
favourable for the defenders.
It may be argued that the Russians, being the
whole time on the defensive, and holding very
strong positions, were so much more favourably
placed than the Japanese, that this was only what
could be expected, and to a certain degree this is
undoubtedly true. Not only had the Japanese to
take the offensive, but the whole arrangement of
the fortifications, mutually supporting each other,
and with both wings established on the shores of
the sea, made any turning movement impossible,
and forced the Japanese everywhere and always
to make frontal attacks. This naturally made
their task the more difficult.
On the other hand, it should be remembered
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