RUSSIAN BOMB-PROOF NEAR NANSHAN HILL CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE ] [Illustration: THE SLOW WORK OF MOVING THE SIEGE GUNS TO NEW EMPLACEMENTS ] SCENES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PORT ARTHUR DURING THE LONG SIEGE [Illustration: INFANTRY HIDDEN BY CORNFIELDS AND RAVINES WAITING THE ORDER TO ADVANCE ] [Illustration: JAPANESE INFANTRY CREEPING THROUGH A CORNFIELD TOWARD THE RUSSIAN POSITION NEAR HOOZAN ] [Illustration: JAPANESE WAR BALLOON AND GAS BAG IN A FIELD ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH OF PORT ARTHUR ] [Illustration: GENERAL NOGI AND HIS STAFF, THE CONQUERORS OF PORT ARTHUR ] General Nogi sits in the centre, the gray-bearded man with the round decoration on his breast. On his right is General Ijichi, his chief of staff, who conducted the negotiations for the surrender. On Ijichi’s right is the Surgeon-General of the Third Army, and beyond, with the beard and many decorations, is Major Arriga, Japan’s greatest expert on international law [Illustration: BETWEEN FIGHTS IN THE TRENCH AT SHOGERSAN FORT ] [Illustration: SHELTERED INFANTRY AWAITING OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE ] [Illustration: BRINGING UP THE BIG TWENTY-EIGHT CENTIMETER SHELLS ] [Illustration: SIEGE GUN SHELTERED BEHIND BAGS OF EARTH ] WITH THE JAPANESE AS THEY CLOSED IN AROUND PORT ARTHUR [Illustration: THE JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN WHITE FLAGS OF TRUCE ] [Illustration: GENERAL STOESSEL ABOUT TO PRESENT HIS FAVORITE HORSE TO GENERAL NOGI ] [Illustration: GENERAL STOESSEL AT THE STATION WAITING TO TAKE THE TRAIN FOR DALNY ] INCIDENTS OF THE SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR TO THE JAPANESE [Illustration: ONE OF THE MANY “BOMB-PROOFS” USED BY CIVILIANS AT PORT ARTHUR ] Although a woman was killed in this shelter shortly before the photograph was taken, they were, generally speaking, fairly effective protections. During the heavier bombardments, the occupants lived in them for days at a time. The Russo-Chinese Bank transacted business underground in “bomb-proofs” constructed in this manner for some time during the latter part of the siege [Illustration: ENGINEERS’ STORES, SET ON FIRE BY JAPANESE SHELLS, BURNING AT PORT ARTHUR ] [Illustration: JAPANESE SHELL BURSTING IN THE BASIN IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE OLD TOWN, PORT ARTHUR ] [Illustration: VIEW OF THE OLD TOWN, PORT ARTHUR, IN NOVEMBER, AFTER A BOMBARDMENT ] [Illustration: THE PRICE OF VICTORY—PART OF THE JAPANESE DEAD LYING ON 203-METER HILL ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN DEAD AWAITING BURIAL IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF PORT ARTHUR ] [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPHER’S STUDIO AT PORT ARTHUR AFTER IT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY ONE OF THE JAPANESE SHELLS ] [Illustration: MAIN ROAD OUT OF THE NEW TOWN, PORT ARTHUR ] [Illustration: RUSSIAN POLICE STATION, PORT ARTHUR, HIT BY JAPANESE SHELL ] [Illustration: VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN, PORT ARTHUR, IN OCTOBER ] [Illustration: WHERE A JAPANESE SHELL HAD EXPLODED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN ]