Appendix III
Showing the ‘Matériel’ and ‘Personnel’ Landed From the Fleet for the Land Defence of Port Arthur
Order No. 70.
In continuation of Order No. 32 of August 20 by Rear-Admiral Prince Ukhtomsky, temporarily in command of the Pacific Ocean Squadron, the following is the detailed list of fortifications, showing the numbers and distribution of naval guns, searchlights, and personnel in them:
The ‘Retvisan.’
| Names of Batteries. | Guns. | Search-lights. | Personnel. | |||||||
| Guns. | Search-lights. | Mines. | ||||||||
| Battery No. 20 | 1 24-cm. | — | 18 | — | — | |||||
| Takhe Pipe | 6 37-mm. | — | 12 | — | — | |||||
| Fort No. 1 | 3 47-mm., 6 37-mm. | 1 90-cm. | 21 | 10 | — | |||||
| Between Dragon’s Back and No. 19 | 4 47-mm. | — | 12 | — | — | |||||
| Between Dragon’s Back and No. 1 | 1 37-mm. | — | 2 | — | — | |||||
| Takhe Cliff | 2 47-mm. | — | 5 | — | — | |||||
| To the right of Fort No. 1 | 2 47-mm. | — | 5 | — | — | |||||
| To the left of Fort No. 1 | 2 47-mm. | — | 5 | — | — | |||||
| Open Caponier | — | 1 40-cm. | — | 6 | — | |||||
| Dragon’s Back | 2 6-inch | — | 12 | 6 | — | |||||
| A Battery | 2 47-mm., 7 37-mm., 1 2½-inch | 1 40-cm. | 21 | 6 | — | |||||
| Fortification No. 2 | 4 47-mm., 2 machine guns | 1 40-cm. | 21 | 6 | — | |||||
| Fort No. 2 | 2 47-mm., 4 37-mm. | — | 10 | — | — | |||||
| The ‘Bayan.’ | ||||||||||
| Fort No. 3 | 12 37-mm. | 1 75-cm., 1 40-cm. | 19 | 9 | 7 | |||||
| Fortification No. 3 | 2 6-inch, 1 47-mm., 8 37-mm. | — | 28 | — | — | |||||
| Tumulus Battery | 2 75-mm., 4 37-mm., 1 120-mm. | 1 75-cm., 1 60-cm. | 27 | 13 | — | |||||
| Quail Hill | 2 6-inch, 1 120-mm. | 1 40-cm. | 20 | 6 | — | |||||
| Rocky Ridge | 1 120-mm., 10 75-mm., 2 47-mm., 2 37-mm. | — | 60 | — | — | |||||
| Above Chinese Town | 4 47-mm. | — | 16 | — | — | |||||
| Slope of Big Hill | 4 47-mm. | — | 16 | — | — | |||||
| The ‘Poltava.’ | ||||||||||
| Cemetery Hill | 4 75-mm., 4 47-mm., 4 37-mm. | — | 39 | — | — | |||||
| B Battery and under | 1 120-mm., 2 47-mm. | 1 75-cm., 1 60-cm. | 11 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Fort No. 4 | 4 75-mm., 2 47-mm. | 1 40-cm. | 39 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Intermediate Battery | 2 75-mm., 2 47-mm., 2 37-mm., 2 machine-guns | — | 37 | — | — | |||||
| Fortification No. 4 | 2 75-mm., 4 37-mm. | — | 14 | 2 | — | |||||
| Obelisk Battery | 1 6-inch, 8 47-mm. | — | 32 | — | — | |||||
| Council Battery | 2 9-pounders | — | 13 | — | — | |||||
| The ‘Peresvet.’ | ||||||||||
| Fort No. 5 | 2 6-inch, 2 75-mm. | 1 75-cm., 1 40-cm. | 28 | 11 | — | |||||
| Pigeon Battery | 2 75-mm., 4 37-mm. | — | 30 | — | — | |||||
| Triangulation | 1 6-inch of 1877 | — | 15 | — | — | |||||
| Fort D (? D Battery) | 1 6-inch | 1 75-cm. | 13 | 6 | — | |||||
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| The ‘Pallada.’ | ||||||||||
| Fortification No. 5 | 4 75-mm., 4 47-mm., 10 37-mm. | — | 62 | — | — | |||||
| Wooded Hill | 2 75-mm., 4 47-mm., 4 37-mm. | 1 60-cm., 1 40-cm. | 44 | 7 | — | |||||
| The ‘Pobieda.’ | ||||||||||
| Fort No. 6 | 2 47-mm. | 1 40-cm. | 9 | 6 | — | |||||
| White Wolf | 2 37-mm., 2 2½-inch | 1 60-cm. | — | 6 | — | |||||
| Salt Hill | 4 75-mm., 4 37-mm., 1 2½-inch | — | 28 | — | — | |||||
| Battery at entrance | 1 120-cm. | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Battery No. 9 | 1 60-cm. | — | 9 | — | ||||||
| The ‘Sevastopol.’ | ||||||||||
| Liao-tieh-shan Lighthouse | 4 6-inch, 4 37-mm., 4 2½-inch | 1 75-cm. | 45 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Liao-tieh-shan Top, 218 and 200 | 1 21-cm., 2 6-inch, 3 37-mm., 2 2½-inch | 1 75-cm., 1 60-cm. | 54 | 15 | — | |||||
| Grand total | 852 | 142 | 14 | |||||||
| —— | ——————\/ | —————— | ||||||||
| 1008 | ||||||||||
Wiren,
Rear-Admiral
Note.—Total of Guns (with British Equivalents).
| Calibre, etc. | Equivalent. | Number. |
| 120 millimetres | 4·7-inch | 5 |
| 75 ″ | 3-inch | 38 |
| 47 ″ | Small quick-firing | 60 |
| 37 ″ | ″ | 91 |
| 6-inch | 6-inch | 17 |
| 2·5-inch | 2·5-inch | 10 |
| 24-centimetres | 9·4-inch | 1 |
| 21-centimetres | 8·2-inch | 1 |
| 9-pounder | 9-pound | 2 |
| Machine | Machine | 4 |
Circular
by the Officer Commanding the Division of Battleships and Cruisers in Port Arthur, November 17, 1904.
No. 241.
In continuation of Order No. 70 and Circular No. 205, the following guns have been taken over by the Kwantun District authorities:
| From the | Mounted on | Guns. |
| Retvisan | Fort B | 2 47-mm. |
| Peresvet | Rear Battery | 3 37-mm. and 1 75-mm. |
| Poltava | Sapper Battery | 1 75-mm. |
| Pobieda | Battery No. 1 (Tiger’s Peninsula) | 2 47-mm. |
| Pallada | Big Pigeon Bay | 1 47-mm. |
| Bayan | Hill in rear of Fortification No. 3 | 3 47-mm. |