Muiloff, Lieutenant-General, ii. 282; removal of, ii. 297; his gallantry, ii. 334 Mukden: seized by the rebels, i. 154; recaptured, i. 155; battles round, i. 229 _n._, 260, ii. 43, 246, 272–305, 314–335; Japanese losses at, ii. 193, 194; Russia’s unfavourable position at, ii. 196, 197, 240, 241 Nakhimoff, Admiral, i. 18; his heroic death, i. 21 Namangan, occupation of, i. 148 Narbut, General, member of the military council, i. 293 Narva, reasons for Russian defeat at, i. 5 _Nasha Jizu_, newspaper, _The Viceroy Alexeieff’s Firm Policy_, i. 109 _Navarin_, Russian battleship, terrible loss on, i. 240 Navy, Russian: state of, i. 15; disadvantages of, i. 107; its uselessness at Port Arthur, i. 131; the Pacific Squadron, i. 224; minor part played by, i. 236; strength of Japanese and, i. 236, 237; battles at Port Arthur and Vladivostok, i. 238–241 Newchuang: Russian intentions, i. 157; evacuation of, ii. 43 Nicholas II., Tsar of Russia, on improvements in the army, i. 120–122; his efforts against war, i. 145, 187; railway transport, i. 245, 252, 263–268; mobilization, i. 272; orders concentration, ii. 212; on Kuropatkin’s retirement at Liao-yang, ii. 238; his connection with the Royal Timber Company and Bezobrazoff, ii. 306–313 Nicolaeff, Grand-Duke Michael, operations in Asia, i. 26 Nicolai-Pavlovitch, the late Emperor, his warning, i. 16 Nishtabtski, Treaty of, i. 5 Nodzu, General, lands on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236; his advance, ii. 222; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335 Nogi, General, lands on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236; on the fall of Port Arthur, i. 260; at Mukden, ii. 84, 152, 281; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335 Norway, her frontiers, i. 40 Obrucheff, General, Chief of Headquarter Staff: cession of Kuldja, i. 93; the improvement of the army, i. 113 Offensive, advantages of strategic, ii. 169 Officers, Russian: incapacity of, i. 101, ii. 1–11; the shortage of, i. 290–295; General Grippenberg’s resignation, i. 299, ii. 57; quality of, i. 300–303; _The Resurrected Dead_, i. 305; the susceptibilities of, ii. 57, 58; defects in, ii. 61–72, 95–97; suggested improvements, ii. 98–113; casualties among, ii. 157; line officers have no fair chance, ii. 158; promotion in the field, ii. 159; _field_ v. _office_ training, ii. 160, 161; suggested changes in rank of, ii. 164–168; removal of incompetent, ii. 172 Oku, General: his landing on the Liao-tung Peninsula, i. 236, 256; joins General Nodzu’s army, ii. 43; battle of Liao-yang, ii. 84; summary of the war, ii. 177–305, 314–335 Organization, Russian: defects in, i. 26, 27, 88, 89, 119; difficulties in, ii. 44–60; Kuropatkin’s proposals on, ii. 161–176; breakdown of, ii. 314–320