The colonel of the Fifth East Siberian Rifles describes holding the Nan Shan position against the Japanese in 1904 and then the long siege of Port Arthur: trenches, bombardments, assaults on the hills, wounded men and dwindling supplies. First published as articles in a Russian military journal, it was translated for British officers.
A rare view of the Russo-Japanese War from the Russian side of the wire, for readers of military history. Download the free EPUB.