The Siege and Fall of Port Arthur (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Siege and Fall of Port Arthur As regards those incidents in a tactical aspect I can say but little, as during my short stay in front of Port Arthur I was fully occupied in ex amining the general features of the position and watching the final assault and capture of 203 Metre Hill. It will be seen, however, that many details of military interest are brought to notice in the present narrative: such as the effect pro duced by grenades charged with a high explosive, the employment of wooden mortars to project such grenades, the utility of wire screens for the purpose of throwing the grenades aside, the efficacy of shields of various patterns to protect men working at the heads of saps, the arrangements for transporting and mounting the heavy 11-inch howitzers, and the like. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.