The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . Colonel Ought, killed at Port WAR RECORD/ 793 CoiTimander-in-Chief of our ManchurianArmies :— * His Majesty the Emperor, out ofpure benevolence and goodness, sin-cerely desires that the non-combatantsat Port Arthur, may be kept free fromthe disastrous effects of fire and swordas much as possible. In pursuance ofthis Imperial wish, you are orderedto escort to Dalny and hand over tothe Commander of that port suchwomen, children, priests, diplomats ofneutral countries and foreign militaryattaches at Port Art
The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . Colonel Ought, killed at Port WAR RECORD/ 793 CoiTimander-in-Chief of our ManchurianArmies :— * His Majesty the Emperor, out ofpure benevolence and goodness, sin-cerely desires that the non-combatantsat Port Arthur, may be kept free fromthe disastrous effects of fire and swordas much as possible. In pursuance ofthis Imperial wish, you are orderedto escort to Dalny and hand over tothe Commander of that port suchwomen, children, priests, diplomats ofneutral countries and foreign militaryattaches at Port Arthur, as may desireto take refuge therefrom. Those non-combatants at the stronghold who donot belong to the above category, inso far as so doing may not jeopardizeour strategical interests, may similai>ly be dealt with. August 12.~From about 10 Russians stationed in the vicinity ofWu-chia-fang set fire to that place thisafternoon and then retired to Tungrchi-kuan-shan. The enemys bombard-ment remained the same as it was onthe previous day. 14th.—Our right column com-menced operations during the nightand
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