The Archive · 1904

PORT ARTHUR

Tae siege of Port Arthur will undoubtedly take rank with the great sieges of history, and the name of 296 General Stéesel, the grim, stern soldier whom. Russia was indeed Competition igenia" Cup fortunate to have there in command Qhallenge Cup...1296 will be hung prominently in the Keens" Coalengs CoP ~13sg Walhalla of great captains, whatever Castoms No. Monthly Cups 1296 ' his fate may be. A poor and inade-296 quate harbour, Port Arthur has been x trap instead of a refuge for the Russian fleet, but its lund defences A Vindication...

'A Request for Inf were such as justly to class it with abrahams, Beyd & No. our two great Mediterranean fortresses, Malta and Gibraltar. There is no doubt that if Admiral Togo had had a landing force with him on the

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