[Illustration: GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON SHOOTING ] THE TARGET-SHOOT GIVEN FOR THE MILITARY ATTACHÉS BY GENERAL KUROKI IN THE WINTER QUARTERS ON THE SHA-HO [Illustration: CAPTAIN HEGARDT, SWEDISH ATTACHÉ, AND COLONEL HUME OF THE BRITISH ARMY ] [Illustration: MAJOR ETZEL, GERMAN ATTACHÉ, READY TO FIRE ] [Illustration: BARON CORVISART, FRENCH ATTACHÉ, SQUINTING AT THE MARK ] [Illustration: THE ITALIAN ATTACHÉ, MAJOR CAVIGLIA, SHOOTING FROM THE GROUND ] MILITARY ATTACHÉS, FIRING AT GENERAL KUROKI’S TARGET-SHOOT WITH CAPTURED RUSSIAN RIFLES [Illustration: COLLIER’S PHOTOGRAPHER, VICTOR K. BULLA, WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES ] [Illustration: COLLIER’S PHOTOGRAPHER, ROBERT L. DUNN, AND HIS COOLIES IN KOREA ] [Illustration: (1) JAMES H. HARE (COLLIER’S), (2) J. F. BASS (CHICAGO DAILY NEWS), (3) FREDERICK PALMER (COLLIER’S), (4) W. DINWIDDIE (NEW YORK WORLD), (5) R. M. COLLINS (ASSOCIATED PRESS AND REUTER’S) AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS WITH THE FIRST JAPANESE ARMY ] [Illustration: (1) RICHARD HARDING DAVIS (COLLIER’S), (2) W. H. LEWIS (NEW YORK HERALD), (3) JOHN FOX, JR. (SCRIBNER’S), (4) W. H. BRILL (ASSOCIATED PRESS), (5) GEORGE LYNCH (ENGLISH), (LONDON DAILY CHRONICLE) AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS WITH THE SECOND JAPANESE ARMY ] WITH THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS IN KOREA AND MANCHURIA [Illustration: ATTACHÉS AND CORRESPONDENTS WITH GENERAL KUROKI’S FIRST ARMY CORPS AT FENG-WANG-CHENG (1) R. M. Collins; (2) David Fraser; (3) Capt. Dani; (4) Capt. Jardine; (5) F. A. McKensie; (6) E. F. Knight; (7) Victor Thomas; (8) O. K. Davis; (9) W. Maxwell; (10) R. J. McHugh; (11) W. Dinwiddie; (12) Frederick Palmer; (13) Capt. Vincent; (14) J. F. Bass; (15) M. H. Donohue; (16) Capt. Hegardt; (17) Capt. Hoffmann; (18) Capt. Payeur; (19) Col. Hume; (20) Baron Col. Corvisart; (21) Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton; (22) Major Caviglia; (23) Major Etzel; (24) Col. Gertsch; (25) Capt. Peyton C. March ] CHAPTER XI THE FIGHTING ALONG THE SHA-HO The Japanese armies occupied Liao-Yang on September 4, and on September 8 the Russians announced that their entire forces had safely reached Mukden. For a fortnight or so the two vast armies paused for breath, while far to the southward the bombardment of Port Arthur continued, and thousands of miles to the westward Russia’s Baltic fleet sailed from Kronstadt for the Far East. During the latter part of September there was desultory fighting along a considerable battle front, and when General Gripenberg took command of the second Russian army in Manchuria, General Kuropatkin began, the first week in October, an offensive movement against his conquerors.