THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Part 3: The Siege Of port Arthur
This is an accurate view of the siege as was possible that is aided with the addition of good strategical maps to assist the reader to appreciate the relationship between these operations and the movement of field armies. The Siege of Port Arthur (1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
Russian land forces suffered 31,306 casualties in the course of the siege, of whom at least 6,000 were killed. At the end of the siege, the Japanese captured a further 878 army officers and 23,491 other ranks; 15,000 of those captured were wounded. The Japanese also captured 546 guns and 82,000 artillery shells. In addition, the Russians lost their entire fleet based at Port Arthur, which was either sunk or interned.
The Japanese army casualties were later officially listed as 57,780 casualties (killed, wounded and missing), of whom 14,000 were killed. The capture of Port Arthur and the subsequent Japanese victories at the Battle of Mukden and Tsushima gave Japan a dominant military position.
| Author/Editor | The Historical Section of The Committee Of Imperial Defence |
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| Product Code | 31027 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | 2023 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1909). 173 pages with 8 multi page colour maps & 22 plates |
| ISBN | 9781474538480 |
