Chapters include a description of the bay and topography, Port Arthur (taken by Japanese in 1894, Russian occupation, condition of the fortification at the end of 1903), February 8th to August 15th (Nanchan, investment of Port Arthur), Siege Park (from the 16th to the 24th of August- the first general assault), August 25 to September 25th (the second general assault), September 26th to November 11th (hand grenades and wooden mortars, methods employed for the destruction of wire entanglements, the third general attack), from the 2d of November to the 5th of December (saps and mines, fourth general assault) , the last assaults (December 6, 1904 to January 1, 1905, the capitulation), the value of Port Arthur to the Russians (remarks upon the conduct of the defense, Russian losses, effect of the capitulation in Manchuria), remarks on the conduct of the attack (attacks by assault and by regular siege, choice of the sector of attack, details of the various arms, sanitary conditions and losses of the Japanese), and moral lessons of the siege of Port Arthur (characteristic traits of the two adversaries, why the Japanese have at this time their maximum efficiency, conclusion).

Special 952.031 G754E 1906 c.1 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.