June 17--Battle of Motien Pass; Russians driven back. June 18--Japanese take Kinsan Heights. June 30-31--Battle of Haicheng; loss, 5700. July 17--Russian cruisers seize neutral vessels in the Red Sea. July 25--Russian forces driven out of Niuchwang. July 31--Kuroki wins the Yangze Pass; General Count Keller killed. August 10--Sorties from Port Arthur harbor. Russian fleet dispersed and in part destroyed. Vice Admiral Witoft killed. August 14--Kamimura defeats Vladivostock squadron; _Rurik_ sunk. August 17--Stoessel refuses to surrender Port Arthur. August 30-September 4--Japanese, under Oyama, defeat Kuropatkin at Liao-yang; 365,000 men engaged; loss, 35,000. September 11--Baltic fleet sails from Cronstadt under Rozhdestvensky. October 8-18--Kuroki defeats Kuropatkin at Sha-ho River. Total casualties, 61,000, with 23,000 killed. October 20--Armies go into winter quarters in and before Mukden. October 25--Kuropatkin replaces Alexeieff in supreme command. October 22--"The Doggerbank outrage". Two British fishermen killed. November 30--Japanese take 203-Metre Hill by storm, losing 12,000. December 30--Japanese capture Urlungshan fort. January 2--Stoessel surrenders Port Arthur to Nogi. The siege of Port Arthur takes high rank in the history of all war. Its capture was the most brilliant achievement of Japanese arms, and its defense perhaps the most glorious page in Russian annals. Invested on May 5, 1904, the fortress held out till failing ammunition forced the surrender of January 2, 1905--242 days. Direct attacks opened on August 19. City, fort and fleet have been valued at $270,000,000; all were destroyed, at a cost to the besiegers of $100,000,000 and more than 30,000 lives; fully 70,000 Japanese were wounded in the various attacks. CHAPTER XV. After Port Arthur--Raids in Manchuria--The Battle of Sandepu--Kuropatkin Asks for Reinforcements--The North Sea Inquiry. [Sidenote: After Port Arthur]