The Passage of the Yalu--The Guns Begin to Speak--Japanese Batteries Unmasked--Two Hours’ Artillery Duel--Russian Retirement--Japanese Right Advance--Crossing the River at Night--The First of May--A General Attack--No Faith in Boer Tactics--Plunging through the River--Desperate Struggle--The Position Taken--Banzai! CHAPTER XIII The Pursuit and the Lessons--Supports and Reserves in Play--A Detached Russian Force--Fierce Rearguard Fight--Priest as Leader--Capture of Guns--Russian Casualties--The Enemy’s Misplaced Confidence--Effect of Japanese Fire--Common Shell and Shrapnel--Not a Frontal Attack--Why no Counter Attack? CHAPTER XIV After the Battle--A Moving Picture--Kuroki at Ease--Wounded and Dying--“Unser Vater”--The Realism of War--An Appreciation of the Japanese Task--Saving of the Living--Return to Camp--Close Shave--Nearly Shot for a Cossack. CHAPTER XV “The Peace of the East”--Antung City--The Godmothers of Japan, Korea and China--Manchurians as Men--Japanese March through Antung--A Dutch Kitchen--Native Houses--The Privilege of Conquerors--My Quarters in a Temple--A Feast Day. CHAPTER XVI The March into Manchuria--Feng-Hoang-Cheng--“The Merciful Man has no Enemies”--The Governors of the Province--The Manchu as Soldier--A Beautiful Country--March to Kao-li-men--Russians Fall Back upon Liao-Yang--The Intendent of the Eastern Marshes--Informing Interview--“Twenty years since I spoke with an Englishman”--Nearly like a Cardinal. CHAPTER XVII The Soldier and his War Songs--Temple Bell and Rifle Shot--The War Song of Nippon--Political rather than Martial--Sir Ian Hamilton’s Translation. CHAPTER XVIII In Memory of the Dead--A Shinto Service--Memories of Omdurman, Khartoum and Ladysmith--The Lost Origin of a Ritual--A Genuine Product of Japanese Soil--A Religion only in Name--The Essence of the Creed--The High Priest’s Allocution--General Nishi’s Eulogy--Tribute to the Fallen. CHAPTER XIX A Buddhist Ceremony--Japan’s Foreign Civilization but Indigenous Religion--“The sins of Russia have offended Buddha”--A Sermon instinct with Patriotism--The Offering of Incense. CHAPTER XX Why the Japanese lingered at Feng-hoang-cheng--Many Reasons for Hesitation--Kuroki’s Caution--A New Factor--What the Russians ought to have done--An Interval of Forty-five Days but no Waste of Time--Our Right Flank Cleared. CHAPTER XXI