takes the blame for the defeat at Mukden, ii. 85, 86, 335; his farewell address, ii. 87–97; his suggested improvements in the senior ranks and all arms, ii. 98–176; his summary of the war, and conclusions, ii. 177–305; breakdown of the unit organization and distribution, ii. 314–335 Kushk, proposed railway to, i. 67; defeat of Afghans at, i. 86 Kutnevitch, General, ii. 297 Lamsdorff, M., Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Royal Timber Company, i. 173, 174, ii. 306, 311, 312 Launits, General, his gallantry, ii. 334 Lessar, Acting State Councillor, Russian Minister in China, council at Port Arthur on the Yalu enterprise, i. 175, 180 Levestam, General: withdrawal to Hsi-mu-cheng, ii. 40; the battle near Mukden, ii. 283, 286 Liao-tung Peninsula, Japanese land at, i. 225, 257 Liao-yang: seizure by rebels, i. 155; Russian concentration at, i. 225, 242, 258; battle at, ii. 18, 83, 229, 230, 317; Russian retirement, ii. 86; Japanese losses at, ii. 193; Kuropatkin’s arrival at, ii. 209 Linievitch, General: capture of Peking, i. 155; in command of the 1st Army, i. 230, ii. 249, 324; Commander-in-Chief, i. 301, ii. 198; and Kuropatkin, ii. 56, 58 Livonia, Russia’s annexation of, i. 5 Lomakin, General, his disastrous expedition against the Turcomans, i. 31 Losses, Russian, in the two main struggles, i. 36; in past wars, i. 98; in the future, i. 99 Madridoff, Lieutenant-Colonel, and the timber concession, i. 175, 181, 184, ii. 309 Makharoff, Admiral, i. 225, 238 Maksheef, Professor, on military expenditure, i. 111–113 Malakhoff Hill, capture of, i. 19 Malingering, i. 174 Maloshevitch, N. S., _Memoirs of a Sevastopol Man_, i. 16 Manchuria (see also Railways): Russian movements in, i. 35; the question of annexation, i. 71, 105, 157–179; expansion of Russian garrison, i. 122; the rising in, i. 126; the War Minister’s opinion on, i. 145; investigation of the timber concession, i. 180–184; pyramid of Russian interests, i. 185, 186; negotiations, i. 187–198; Japanese invade Southern, ii. 32–44; summary of the war, and conclusions, ii. 177–305 Martinoff, M. E., _Spirit and Temper of the Two Armies_, ii. 77, 78 Menshikoff, M., Russian writer, ii. 69 Menshikoff, Prince, Commander-in-Chief, Crimean War, i. 17; battle of Inkerman, i. 18; superseded, i. 19 Meyendorff, General Baron, Commander of 1st Army Corps, i. 302; retreat of, ii. 284 Milutin, General: the emancipation of the serfs, i. 24; Plevna, i. 25; cession of Kuldja, i. 93; the improvement of the army, i. 113 Mischenko, General: retirement of the local railway guards, i. 155; his cavalry successes, ii. 150 Mobilization, relative speed of, i. 90; inconveniences of, i. 272–286 Moscow, a poor spirit in, i. 198, 199