Afghanistan: her frontier, i. 62; Britain’s advance, i. 63, 84; and Russia, i. 64–66, 87; a buffer State, i. 85; Boundary Commission, i. 86 Alexander I., Emperor of Russia: more freedom for the army, i. 14; his example, i. 20 Alexander II., Emperor of Russia: the clamour for peace, i. 22; the emancipation of the serfs, i. 23; military economy, i. 87; the Siberian Railway, i. 149 Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, military economy, i. 87 Alexeieff, Admiral: stops work at Port Arthur, i. 126, 128; the Boxer rebellion, i. 154; stops the evacuation of Mukden, i. 169; his connection with Bezobrazoff and the Royal Timber Company, i. 173–185, ii. 306–313; becomes Viceroy of the Far East, i. 187; his negotiations with Japan, i. 188–198; disperses his troops and fleet, i. 225; his opinion of the fleet, i. 237, 238; report on the Eastern Chinese Railway, i. 246; presses for relief, i. 257; strategical distribution of troops, ii. 205–211; the weakness of Port Arthur, ii. 213, 229 Alien population, dangers of an, i. 102 Alma, battle of the, i. 17 America, Russia hands over her possessions in, i. 35 Ammunition: defects in gun, i. 137; average expenditure of rifle, ii. 149, 150 Amur district, Russia’s annexation of, i. 35 Armament (see Army): inferior, i. 15; moral effect of, i. 107, 108; artillery, i. 121, 135; for Port Arthur, i. 129; test of a new field-gun, i. 136; defects in gun ammunition, i. 137