Austerlitz, Russia’s heavy loss at, i. 98 Austria: war with Napoleon, i. 10; Crimean War, i. 16; her frontier with Russia, i. 51–54; her strategic railways, i. 55; her speed of mobilization, i. 90; her perfected organization, i. 103 Austro-Hungary: Russian frontiers, i. 44, 50–52; trade with Russia, i. 52; possibility of war with Russia, i. 53, 54 Azov, surrender of, i. 6 Baikal, Lake, great obstacle to the Siberian Railway, i. 149, 248, 254 Balasheff, Acting State Councillor: his warlike despatch, i. 178; investigation of the Royal Timber Company, i. 181 Baltic Sea: Russian aims, i. 5, 9; defence of, i. 114 Batianoff, General, Commander of the 3rd Manchurian Army, ii. 186 Batoum, i. 32 Bayazet, the defence of, i. 26 Berlin: Congress, i. 32; Treaty of, i. 82 Bessarabia, Russian annexation of, i. 13, 24 Bezobrazoff, State Councillor: his connection with the Royal Timber Company, i. 169, ii. 306–313; his propositions, i 172–174; Kuropatkin’s report on, i. 177–179; investigation of the Royal Timber Company, i. 180, 184 Bilderling, General, Commander of the 2nd Manchurian Army: his report, ii. 186; criticism on, ii. 228, 234, 247; his force, ii. 242; withdraws to position on the Sha Ho, ii. 245, 286 Black Sea, the: Russian progress towards, i. 6, 12, 13; Russia deprived of a war fleet in, i. 19, 24, 33; coast defence on, i. 114 Blume, M., theorist in strategy, ii. 69 Borisoff, Colonel, at Mukden, ii. 281, 283 Borodino, Russian loss at, i. 98 Boskey, General, surprises the Russians at the battle of the Alma, i. 17 Bothnia, Gulf of, Russian aims, i. 9, 41, 42 Boxer Rebellion, i. 136, 154, 155 Bulgaria: Turko-Servian War, i. 24, 25; Russian behaviour in, i. 29, 30 Burun, M., on the Russian fleet, i. 236, 237, 240, 241 Caucasus, the: her Russian frontier, i. 5, 8, 33, 34, 57, 58; her troops, i. 26, 114 Cavalry: not sufficiently used, ii. 151, 152; failure of the officers, ii. 153–155, 288; details of units, ii. 162 Censorship, necessity for press, ii. 176 Charles XII., King of Sweden, war with Russia, i. 5 Cherniaeff, General, Geok Tepe, i. 32 Chichagoff, General, his alarmist reports, ii. 302, 321, 322 China: peaceful attitude of, i. 5; Peking Treaty, i. 35; Russian frontier and trade, i. 67, 68; war with Japan, i. 69, 151, 201–204; Russian policy, i. 72, 157; the awakening of, i. 91; Boxer Rebellion and treaty with Russia, i. 154–162; her alarm at Russia’s policy, i. 170; Russian treatment of the Chinese, ii. 190, 191 Chin-chou, battle of, i. 257 Civil disorder, repression of, ii. 125 Constantinople, Russian advance to walls of, i. 30, 82 Cossacks. See Cavalry