Japanese Guns and Horses--The One Advantage of their Guns--Their Predilection for Common Shell--Good Results--Tactical Deficiencies--The Cavalry--Difficulty of Forming Correct Judgment--The Conservative Cavalry Officer--Spirited Defence of his Branch--The Korean Stock to Blame--Lack of Opportunity to Test Capacity--The Lance must be Relegated to Museums. CHAPTER XLV Children and the War--True Hero Worshippers--A Missive to Lord Roberts--Kuroki’s Letter Bag--Blood-curdling Sentiments--His Punctiliousness in Replying--Girls Better Letter Writers than Boys--Some Juvenile Examples. CHAPTER XLVI Comrades at Last--An Incident of Battle--Told by an Officer of Kuroki’s Staff--Wounded Japanese and Russian Fraternise--A Story of Devotion. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _Facing page_ _Frontispiece_ 1 Japanese Marching Order: Front View } Japanese Marching Order: Back View } 18 In comfortable Quarters } My Interpreter and Staff } 44 General View of the Russian Positions on the North Bank of the Yalu 52 Japanese Infantry fording the Yalu 56 A Close View of the Yalu 84 A Cavalry Regiment crossing the River 88 A Gun Team in the Water 92 On the Line of Retreat 96 The Day after the Retreat 98 Abandoned Russian Field Kitchen 100 City Wall, Feng-Hoang-Cheng } A Street Scene, Feng-Hoang-Cheng } 114 Japanese Ambulance Party, Chaotoa 176 Captured Russian Guns 186 Japanese Funeral Service } The Tower at To-wan } 194 After the Fight } The Red Cross at Work } 200 A Buddhist Shrine } Figure of Buddha } 268 Temple Hill: Ruins of Temple and Gods } A Manchurian Scavenger } 286 Foreign Attachés and Correspondents 314 Russian Warship on Fire, Port Arthur 340 What we found in Port Arthur 354