TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —Illustration of title page are Japanese characters (kanji) for “Human Bullet”. —Illustrations at the beginning of each chapter are Japanese kanji indicating the chapter number. Translation has been provided as caption. HUMAN BULLETS [Illustration] HUMAN BULLETS A SOLDIER’S STORY OF PORT ARTHUR BY TADAYOSHI SAKURAI LIEUTENANT I. J. A. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY COUNT OKUMA TRANSLATED BY EDITED BY MASUJIRO HONDA ALICE MABEL BACON [Illustration: Japanese kanji for “Human Bullet”] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 1907 COPYRIGHT 1907 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published October 1907_ CONTENTS EDITOR’S PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION BY COUNT OKUMA ix AUTHOR’S PREFACE xiii I. MOBILIZATION 3 II. OUR DEPARTURE 14 III. THE VOYAGE 22 IV. A DANGEROUS LANDING 27 V. THE VALUE OF PORT ARTHUR 37 VI. THE BATTLE OF NANSHAN 42 VII. NANSHAN AFTER THE BATTLE 52 VIII. DIGGING AND SCOUTING 63 IX. THE FIRST CAPTIVES 70 X. OUR FIRST BATTLE AT WAITU-SHAN 77 XI. THE OCCUPATION OF KENZAN 84 XII. COUNTER-ATTACKS ON KENZAN 89 XIII. ON THE DEFENSIVE 100 XIV. LIFE IN CAMP 110 XV. SOME BRAVE MEN AND THEIR MEMORIAL 118 XVI. THE BATTLE OF TAIPO-SHAN 126 XVII. THE OCCUPATION OF TAIPO-SHAN 137 XVIII. THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE 147 XIX. THE FIRST AID STATION 158 XX. FOLLOWING UP THE VICTORY 166 XXI. THE STORMING OF TAKU-SHAN 174 XXII. SUN FLAG ON TAKU-SHAN 184 XXIII. PROMOTION AND FAREWELLS 194 XXIV. THE BEGINNING OF THE GENERAL ASSAULT 204 XXV. A RAIN OF HUMAN BULLETS 214 XXVI. THE FORLORN HOPE 227 XXVII. LIFE OUT OF DEATH 239 APPENDICES 257 EDITOR’S PREFACE